Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2021-09-24

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Sep 24
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
853 head
▲ 499 vs last sale 354▼ 68 vs year ago 921 · −7.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
166 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 200▼ 94 vs year ago 260 · −36.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, a nice quality offering of 500-700 lb steers sold with a firm to higher undertone compared to a much lighter offering and test of same weight steer calves from two weeks ago, 700-750 lb steers sold 5.00-7.00 lower. Feeder heifers had the best test on 500-700 lbs sold mostly steady on comparable sales. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good, best on the steers calves weighing under 700 lbs on a moderate supply. Cattle on Feed Report was released Friday afternoon with On Feed at 98.6 percent with estimates at 98.2 percent; Placements came in above estimates at 102.3 percent with average guess at 99.1 percent and Marketings in line at 100 percent.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $167.68/cwt on 310 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −74.02 against this barn's trailing median of $241.70.
Average price
$167.68
310 head · 622 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,043
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$387
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$26.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.72
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1629171.061,076225
Medium and Large 1-2622159.4099173
Medium and Large 2501157.677899thin
Medium 2475145.006893thin
One grade step is worth $26.06/cwt here — about $387 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 sale310 hd
167.68
—
MO average14 barns · 7,171 hd
157.96
+9.72
This barn, trailing median23 sales
241.70
−74.02
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—Low1,85389.651,66118
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,53566.651,02321
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30064.1983425
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04859.0161825
SteersChoiceAverage1,331124.321,6555thin
SteersSelectAverage1,278120.401,5392thin

Every lot

61 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned319190.11/cwt188.00–191.006067
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed377202.00/cwt202.00–202.007623
Steers—Medium and Large 1395196.00/cwt196.00–196.007745
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed413202.65/cwt202.00–204.008376
Steers—Medium and Large 1439188.10/cwt185.00–193.008265
Steers—Medium 2475145.00/cwt145.00–145.006893
Steers—Medium and Large 2478151.00/cwt151.00–151.007223
Steers—Medium and Large 1479185.23/cwt183.00–188.008877
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2490166.41/cwt164.00–168.008155
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2508170.49/cwt170.00–171.008668
Steers—Medium and Large 2512161.00/cwt161.00–161.008246
Steers—Medium and Large 1532187.18/cwt181.00–194.0099633
Steers—Medium and Large 1581174.08/cwt167.00–179.501,01116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620158.92/cwt155.00–160.0098514
Steers—Medium and Large 1631171.26/cwt166.00–175.001,08140
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2650151.50/cwt151.50–151.509857
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy658174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,14823
Steers—Medium and Large 1672163.59/cwt160.50–166.501,09929
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2726149.65/cwt147.50–151.501,08618
Steers—Medium and Large 1732156.29/cwt155.00–156.751,14454
Steers—Medium and Large 1756149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,1307
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2836138.55/cwt136.00–140.001,15811
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy358151.00/cwt151.00–151.005413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370175.00/cwt175.00–175.006484
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2371160.11/cwt158.00–164.0059410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2422160.00/cwt160.00–160.006753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424165.00/cwt165.00–165.007004
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy428130.00/cwt130.00–130.005564
Heifers—Medium and Large 2437144.00/cwt144.00–144.006293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475163.29/cwt161.00–165.5077616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned535155.00/cwt155.00–155.008294
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535154.80/cwt152.00–158.5082832
Heifers—Medium and Large 2544142.50/cwt142.50–142.507755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580148.22/cwt144.00–150.0086029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581156.50/cwt152.00–159.7590918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620147.67/cwt143.00–150.5091627
Heifers—Medium and Large 1636155.05/cwt153.75–158.0098625
Heifers—Medium and Large 2641135.00/cwt135.00–135.008658
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669154.25/cwt154.25–154.251,03223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2687141.07/cwt137.50–144.009699
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2709135.00/cwt135.00–135.0095711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy753133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,0058
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy775127.50/cwt127.50–127.509885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1792132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy860120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy932120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1183
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2433175.00/cwt175.00–175.007583
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,278120.40/cwt119.00–122.001,5392
Steers—Choice1,331124.32/cwt123.00–125.001,6555
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,78583.43/cwt78.00–85.001,4896
Bulls——1,85398.00/cwt96.50–100.501,8163
Bulls——1,89891.01/cwt88.00–95.001,7279
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99568.61/cwt67.00–70.006833
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02351.22/cwt47.50–54.505248
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07361.40/cwt56.00–66.0065914
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29658.47/cwt56.50–62.007587
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29765.93/cwt63.00–69.0085516
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33370.26/cwt69.00–71.509372
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46759.98/cwt58.00–62.508806
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49365.75/cwt64.00–69.009828
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,64273.41/cwt71.00–75.501,2057

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.