Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2021-10-08

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Oct 8
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,265 head
▲ 1,049 vs last sale 216▲ 424 vs year ago 841 · +50.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
250 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 196▲ 10 vs year ago 240 · +4.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, a light test of weaned steer calves under 650 lbs sold mostly steady on comparable sales, with unweaned steer calves trading with a lower undertone, yearling steers over 650 lbs sold with a steady to firm undertone. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs were lightly tested, with with 6 weight heifers selling steady to 5.00 higher and a pot load weighing 750 lbs sold with a higher undertone. The first full week of October had several consignments of unweaned and short weaned calves on offer and selling with light demand with weaned calves and yearlings selling with moderate to good demand on a moderate offering.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.59/cwt on 438 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −96.89 against this barn's trailing median of $248.48.
Average price
$151.59
438 head · 592 lb average
Value per head Derived
$897
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$230
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.54
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1633157.29995249
Medium and Large 1-2535144.86775174
Medium and Large 2568134.8376515thin
One grade step is worth $22.46/cwt here — about $230 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 sale438 hd
151.59
—
MO average13 barns · 5,546 hd
144.04
+7.54
This barn, trailing median13 sales
248.48
−96.89
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

13 sales
277253228204median 248.4803/2005/0806/0507/3110/30
Heifers 0–100 lb: high $262.69, low $218.12, median $248.48 across 13 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
SteersChoiceAverage1,394123.201,71720
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,197118.351,41716

Every lot

45 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 1-2320195.02/cwt186.00–201.0062411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2350196.00/cwt196.00–196.006865
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned395179.00/cwt179.00–179.007075
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2410176.00/cwt176.00–176.007225
Steers—Medium and Large 1430192.39/cwt186.00–198.0082725
Steers—Medium and Large 1454189.63/cwt189.00–190.0086111
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned470177.89/cwt177.00–179.008369
Steers—Medium and Large 2477163.50/cwt163.50–163.507803
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483173.26/cwt169.00–175.0083726
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned521170.63/cwt170.00–171.0088927
Steers—Medium and Large 1531181.29/cwt176.00–187.0096316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535169.00/cwt169.00–169.009045
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned535157.33/cwt155.00–160.5084214
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned571153.65/cwt148.00–158.0087743
Steers—Medium and Large 1577173.00/cwt173.00–173.0099812
Steers—Medium 1-2Unweaned581140.00/cwt140.00–140.008137
Steers—Medium and Large 1619163.80/cwt161.00–164.501,01439
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned627146.49/cwt143.50–150.0091818
Steers—Medium and Large 1677164.04/cwt161.50–166.001,11152
Steers—Medium and Large 1709159.69/cwt156.50–162.001,13212
Steers—Medium and Large 1769156.60/cwt152.50–158.501,20439
Steers—Large 1969145.60/cwt145.60–145.601,41152
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2377164.21/cwt162.00–167.0061914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412171.12/cwt168.00–176.0070511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423152.33/cwt146.00–159.0064410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470157.67/cwt155.00–160.0074129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2489149.40/cwt146.00–152.0073122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1506156.41/cwt155.00–159.0079119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned515134.35/cwt133.00–135.0069215
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520135.00/cwt135.00–135.0070210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522148.20/cwt145.50–159.5077437
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2563143.15/cwt140.00–144.5080616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned573135.98/cwt134.00–138.0077931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582156.90/cwt150.50–161.5091318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2605142.79/cwt138.50–147.0086410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed628164.25/cwt164.25–164.251,03137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1634158.67/cwt152.50–162.001,00626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660142.97/cwt140.00–145.0094410
Heifers—Medium and Large 2663134.50/cwt134.50–134.508925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673155.75/cwt155.50–156.001,04824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2704137.21/cwt135.00–140.009669
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723153.25/cwt153.25–153.251,10816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1751152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,14569
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,197118.35/cwt117.50–119.501,41716
Steers—Choice1,394123.20/cwt121.50–124.001,71720

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.