Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2021-09-03

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Sep 3
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
291 head
▼ 490 vs last sale 781▼ 63 vs year ago 354 · −17.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
200 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 140▼ 55 vs year ago 255 · −21.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a very light offering this week of feeder cattle going into the Labor Day Weekend had very few comparisons as most were sold in small packages and singles. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm, spots 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $164.01/cwt on 93 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −77.69 against this barn's trailing median of $241.70.
Average price
$164.01
93 head · 576 lb average
Value per head Derived
$945
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$132
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.80
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1586172.001,0085thin
Medium and Large 1-2575164.6494781
Medium and Large 2580151.078767thin
One grade step is worth $20.93/cwt here — about $132 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale93 hd
164.01
—
MO average13 barns · 6,923 hd
163.21
+0.80
This barn, trailing median23 sales
241.70
−77.69
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

23 sales
274251227204median 241.7003/1304/2406/1908/2810/16
Steers 0–100 lb: high $259.77, low $218.18, median $241.70 across 23 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,79094.341,68912
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,62082.501,3371thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,49872.971,0938thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29270.6191229
CowsLean 85-90%High1,04765.0968122
HeifersChoiceAverage1,199123.501,4816thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,322125.651,66127
SteersSelectAverage1,143122.251,3973thin

Every lot

38 lots · USDA AMS · Eastern MO Commission Company - Bowling Green, MO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2340190.00/cwt190.00–190.006463
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478174.82/cwt169.00–177.0083623
Steers—Medium and Large 2515152.50/cwt152.50–152.507853
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2560162.75/cwt158.00–166.0091122
Steers—Medium and Large 1586172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,0085
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2622158.91/cwt156.50–160.0098814
Steers—Medium and Large 2628150.00/cwt150.00–150.009424
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675157.56/cwt156.50–159.501,06415
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2852144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,2274
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2412164.00/cwt164.00–164.006766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481158.07/cwt157.00–159.0076016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521155.00/cwt155.00–155.008085
Heifers—Medium and Large 2538136.00/cwt136.00–136.007323
Heifers—Medium and Large 2557130.50/cwt130.50–130.507273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568145.84/cwt143.50–149.008289
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2626143.93/cwt140.00–145.509017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2663135.59/cwt130.00–143.008997
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2468176.00/cwt176.00–176.008243
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned492147.00/cwt147.00–147.007234
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2510140.00/cwt140.00–140.007144
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2564149.00/cwt149.00–149.008405
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2715130.50/cwt130.50–130.509333
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,143122.25/cwt122.25–122.251,3973
Steers—Choice1,322125.65/cwt124.50–126.501,66127
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,199123.50/cwt123.00–124.001,4816
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,56887.74/cwt87.50–88.001,3762
Bulls——1,805104.50/cwt104.50–104.501,8861
Bulls——1,83894.68/cwt90.00–99.001,7409
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96652.43/cwt50.00–55.005064
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05871.50/cwt69.00–74.0075610
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07363.41/cwt59.50–67.006808
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27662.48/cwt60.00–64.007975
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29475.75/cwt73.50–80.009809
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29670.23/cwt65.00–73.0091015
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47065.50/cwt65.50–65.509631
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49771.34/cwt69.50–72.501,0683
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50576.05/cwt74.50–78.001,1454
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,62082.50/cwt82.50–82.501,3371

This sale against other markets

Missouri weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.