Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2022-05-13

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, May 13
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,258 head
▲ 989 vs last sale 269▼ 184 vs year ago 1,442 · −12.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
138 head
▼ 204 vs last sale 342▼ 137 vs year ago 275 · −49.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, steer calves weighing 400-600 lbs sold with a higher undertone on a light test with two weeks ago, 600-800 lbs sold with a firm undertone and two pot loads of 1000 lb steers were not tested but sold with a firm to higher undertone. Feeder heifer weighing 400-600 lbs had the best test trading 3.00-7.00 higher and over 600 lbs sold with a firm undertone. Slaughter cows on a light offering traded steady. Demand was moderate to good on a moderate supply wit the best demand on the 400-600 lb steers and heifer calves . Two pot loads of heavy weight yearling steers weighing 1020-1040 lbs sold with good demand as did a pot load of 690 lb heifers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $166.37/cwt on 470 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −75.33 against this barn's trailing median of $241.70.
Average price
$166.37
470 head · 680 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,131
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$50
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$57.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.78
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1571182.971,045192
Medium and Large 1-2610167.921,025144
Medium and Large 2525161.8285028
Large 11,028136.241,40198
Medium and Large 2-3796125.009958thin
One grade step is worth $57.97/cwt here — about $50 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 sale470 hd
166.37
—
MO average14 barns · 9,266 hd
179.15
−12.78
This barn, trailing median23 sales
241.70
−75.33
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—High1,739110.501,92211
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,67781.141,3603thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45075.421,0937thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,26074.9294422
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,05162.8366033
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,363141.641,93116

Every lot

62 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 1-2329204.96/cwt202.00–208.0067411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2367202.63/cwt200.00–206.0074423
Steers—Medium and Large 2402170.00/cwt170.00–170.006834
Steers—Medium and Large 1415205.98/cwt202.00–210.0085532
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2445188.00/cwt188.00–188.008374
Steers—Medium and Large 1470202.16/cwt198.00–203.5095035
Steers—Medium and Large 2476174.00/cwt174.00–174.0082810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521177.49/cwt174.00–179.0092518
Steers—Medium and Large 2532163.00/cwt163.00–163.008675
Steers—Medium and Large 1533191.89/cwt190.00–194.001,02318
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy542182.00/cwt182.00–182.009864
Steers—Medium and Large 1563181.79/cwt176.00–187.501,02320
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy574170.50/cwt170.50–170.509797
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577160.03/cwt154.00–164.0092322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy626160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0024
Steers—Medium and Large 1628172.45/cwt167.50–175.001,08320
Steers—Medium and Large 2631144.00/cwt144.00–144.009099
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2638168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,0723
Steers—Medium and Large 1670166.08/cwt163.50–168.501,11313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2726154.16/cwt150.00–157.501,11916
Steers—Medium and Large 1727160.09/cwt158.00–164.501,16436
Steers—Medium and Large 1781154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,2077
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3796125.00/cwt125.00–125.009958
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2836143.89/cwt140.00–146.501,20343
Steers—Large 11,028136.24/cwt135.25–137.251,40198
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2322173.50/cwt173.50–173.505594
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed358193.00/cwt193.00–193.006919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380181.15/cwt180.00–183.0068810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420170.01/cwt167.00–173.0071414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433179.65/cwt175.00–182.5077858
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467176.93/cwt174.00–180.0082623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470164.19/cwt161.00–167.0077219
Heifers—Medium and Large 2492142.00/cwt142.00–142.006998
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517171.89/cwt165.50–178.0088928
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525151.03/cwt148.00–154.007939
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy542162.50/cwt162.50–162.508815
Heifers—Medium and Large 2546142.50/cwt142.50–142.507784
Heifers—Medium and Large 2552138.50/cwt138.50–138.507655
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571159.62/cwt157.00–161.0091118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2587145.97/cwt144.00–152.0085727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623143.92/cwt140.00–150.0089731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2663139.93/cwt139.00–142.5092825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1688154.25/cwt154.25–154.251,06167
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,07911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2729135.18/cwt133.00–143.0098522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2812131.28/cwt130.25–138.001,06623
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,363141.64/cwt141.00–142.501,93116
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,55587.32/cwt85.00–90.001,3582
Bulls——1,736121.54/cwt115.00–130.002,1106
Bulls——1,868103.86/cwt100.00–107.001,9403
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00743.87/cwt40.00–48.004425
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04277.74/cwt74.50–79.508106
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04368.57/cwt63.50–73.0071512
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08856.46/cwt50.50–60.0061410
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24966.11/cwt61.00–71.008269
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25875.65/cwt73.00–79.009525
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27484.38/cwt80.00–90.501,0758
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43777.62/cwt75.00–80.001,1153
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45270.02/cwt67.00–72.001,0173
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,2581
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,62074.50/cwt74.50–74.501,2071
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,70584.46/cwt83.50–85.501,4402

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.