Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2021-10-29

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Oct 29
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
405 head
▼ 780 vs last sale 1,185▲ 96 vs year ago 309 · +31.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
197 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 160▼ 51 vs year ago 248 · −20.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a very light test this week of mostly small packages and singles of calves weighing 450-650 lbs selling mostly steady on same type quality with a few packages of yearling heifers over 800 lbs trading with a higher undertone. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.31/cwt on 118 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −103.17 against this barn's trailing median of $248.48.
Average price
$145.31
118 head · 584 lb average
Value per head Derived
$849
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$187
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$22.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.78
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2536147.1578997
Medium and Large 1875141.481,23812thin
Large 11,006137.501,3834thin
Medium and Large 2481125.006015thin
One grade step is worth $22.15/cwt here — about $187 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 sale118 hd
145.31
—
MO average15 barns · 5,293 hd
144.53
+0.78
This barn, trailing median13 sales
248.48
−103.17
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
Bulls—Low1,73489.371,54911
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,86975.351,4084thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52963.3296814
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,26956.7872124
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03848.1150031
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceLow1,412112.501,5896thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,284124.431,5984thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,391125.881,75118
SteersSelectAverage1,260116.881,47315

Every lot

46 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2341190.00/cwt190.00–190.006484
Steers—Medium and Large 2393170.00/cwt170.00–170.006686
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2432172.02/cwt171.00–173.007436
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2479170.64/cwt167.50–177.0081711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2506163.77/cwt160.00–167.5082912
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568156.82/cwt156.50–157.5089113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665154.63/cwt152.00–157.001,02814
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2732150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0985
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2808148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,2005
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2862147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,2713
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2371166.29/cwt162.00–168.0061710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2416160.26/cwt160.00–161.0066711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2481125.00/cwt125.00–125.006015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2489142.98/cwt140.00–146.5069915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned500135.00/cwt135.00–135.006756
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523145.06/cwt140.00–149.5075914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2560143.71/cwt140.00–146.008058
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2627141.65/cwt136.00–144.0088818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2663144.02/cwt139.00–147.0095510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2730144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,0555
Heifers—Medium and Large 1851141.65/cwt138.75–145.501,2057
Heifers—Medium and Large 1909141.25/cwt141.25–141.251,2845
Heifers—Large 11,006137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,3834
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned465140.00/cwt140.00–140.006516
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2495153.00/cwt153.00–153.007573
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2555141.98/cwt140.00–146.007889
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2612139.10/cwt132.00–144.0085110
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2711123.04/cwt120.00–127.008757
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,260116.88/cwt115.00–118.001,47315
Steers—Choice1,391125.88/cwt124.50–127.001,75118
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,284124.43/cwt123.50–125.501,5984
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,52379.35/cwt78.00–81.001,2092
Bulls——1,72396.00/cwt96.00–96.001,6542
Bulls——1,79790.34/cwt84.00–94.501,6237
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01945.14/cwt40.50–49.004607
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03153.46/cwt50.00–58.0055116
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04560.50/cwt60.50–60.506321
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07437.08/cwt33.50–40.003987
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26763.82/cwt63.00–65.008093
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26757.33/cwt54.00–61.5072615
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27551.88/cwt49.00–53.506616
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47062.45/cwt59.00–66.509186
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50353.46/cwt49.50–56.508043
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,61570.28/cwt67.50–72.501,1355
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,86975.35/cwt73.00–79.501,4084
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,412112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,5896

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.