Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2021-10-22

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Oct 22
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,185 head
▲ 831 vs last sale 354▼ 121 vs year ago 1,306 · −9.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
160 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 200▼ 80 vs year ago 240 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, steer calves under 500 lbs were lightly tested, with weaned 500-600 lbs selling steady to 3.00 higher, 600-700 lbs sold 4.00-6.00 higher and over 700 lbs were lightly tested. Feeder heifers 400-500 lbs sold steady, with 550-700 lbs trading with a fully steady to firm undertone. A nice quality offering of 500-700 lb steers and 600-700 lb heifer sold on and active market with good demand. Slaughter cows sold steady. Cattle on Feed report was released Friday afternoon with On Feed at 98.6 percent, Placements were at 97 percent, 3 percent below last year and 4 percent below expectations, Marketings came in at 97 percent.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $163.31/cwt on 394 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −78.38 against this barn's trailing median of $241.70.
Average price
$163.31
394 head · 589 lb average
Value per head Derived
$962
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$11
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$35.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.43
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1600166.551,000280
Medium and Large 1-2572159.8091469
Medium and Large 2522150.2078341
Medium 1769131.501,0114thin
One grade step is worth $35.05/cwt here — about −$11 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 sale394 hd
163.31
—
MO average16 barns · 8,193 hd
159.88
+3.43
This barn, trailing median23 sales
241.70
−78.38
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—Low1,82887.291,5954thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51661.8893814
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25957.2772120
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06746.8550029
HeifersChoiceAverage1,269123.241,5644thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,228119.331,4654thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,332124.191,65413
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,283118.411,51911

Every lot

65 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2406158.30/cwt155.00–160.006439
Steers—Medium and Large 1438191.00/cwt191.00–191.008373
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2441172.00/cwt172.00–172.007594
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2462172.27/cwt168.00–177.0079611
Steers—Medium and Large 1482180.99/cwt175.00–183.5087221
Steers—Medium and Large 2491159.50/cwt159.50–159.507837
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned522166.00/cwt166.00–166.008675
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523165.37/cwt156.50–169.0086521
Steers—Medium and Large 2526147.80/cwt140.00–150.0077714
Steers—Medium and Large 1531175.38/cwt173.00–180.0093154
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned545150.00/cwt150.00–150.008184
Steers—Medium and Large 1573170.63/cwt166.00–173.5097847
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578157.22/cwt155.00–160.5090911
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned587142.50/cwt142.50–142.5083610
Steers—Medium and Large 2589140.00/cwt140.00–140.008257
Steers—Medium and Large 1608163.85/cwt161.50–170.5099647
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned628140.50/cwt140.50–140.5088213
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2634150.50/cwt150.50–150.509545
Steers—Medium and Large 1665167.36/cwt160.00–170.001,11355
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2674153.24/cwt150.00–157.501,0337
Steers—Medium and Large 2702142.00/cwt142.00–142.009974
Steers—Medium and Large 1740155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,14710
Steers—Medium 1Fleshy769131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,0114
Steers—Medium and Large 1790148.92/cwt148.75–149.001,17615
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2871136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,1856
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2362157.64/cwt155.00–162.0057118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1395166.00/cwt166.00–166.006568
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419150.41/cwt147.00–156.0063021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426160.31/cwt159.00–162.0068323
Heifers—Medium 1-2435131.00/cwt131.00–131.005705
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470147.62/cwt145.00–150.0069414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474157.70/cwt154.00–159.0074727
Heifers—Medium 2480120.00/cwt120.00–120.005768
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515143.47/cwt140.00–145.0073920
Heifers—Medium and Large 2536136.11/cwt130.00–140.507307
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned550130.00/cwt130.00–130.007154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1553165.00/cwt165.00–165.0091224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned565139.50/cwt139.50–139.5078811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2566150.15/cwt150.00–150.5085023
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575140.50/cwt140.50–140.508086
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627161.46/cwt157.50–162.751,01261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2631140.89/cwt137.50–143.0088926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1671154.67/cwt152.50–156.501,03823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1704153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,08116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2712137.00/cwt137.00–137.009755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1756147.25/cwt147.25–147.251,11322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2787131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0319
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned371141.00/cwt141.00–141.005236
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned477124.30/cwt120.00–130.005937
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,283118.41/cwt115.00–120.001,51911
Steers—Choice1,332124.19/cwt122.50–124.501,65413
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,228119.33/cwt118.00–120.501,4654
Heifers—Choice1,269123.24/cwt123.00–124.001,5644
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,82789.05/cwt85.00–96.001,6273
Bulls——1,83082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,5011
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04934.77/cwt30.00–40.003656
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06062.00/cwt62.00–62.006571
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07045.30/cwt41.50–48.0048511
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07453.62/cwt52.00–56.5057611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21952.65/cwt49.50–54.506429
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28359.89/cwt57.50–63.507689
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33566.23/cwt65.50–67.008842
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47352.74/cwt52.50–53.007772
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51861.63/cwt58.00–65.0093610
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55072.29/cwt69.50–75.001,1202

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.