Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2022-08-05

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Aug 5
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
201 head
▼ 363 vs last sale 564▼ 213 vs year ago 414 · −51.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
189 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 223▼ 57 vs year ago 246 · −23.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a very light offering of feeders this week but sold with a steady to firm undertone on comparable quality and sales. Slaughter cows sold on a very active market trading 5.00-10.00 higher. Feeder Special next week expecting 1500 head.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $169.28/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −79.20 against this barn's trailing median of $248.48.
Average price
$169.28
88 head · 589 lb average
Value per head Derived
$997
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$254
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$7.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.28
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2547169.6092963
Medium and Large 1732169.281,23922
Medium and Large 2415162.506743thin
One grade step is worth $7.10/cwt here — about $254 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 sale88 hd
169.28
—
MO average13 barns · 7,475 hd
166.99
+2.28
This barn, trailing median13 sales
248.48
−79.20
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—High1,650115.391,90415
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,520103.561,5744thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25688.551,11245
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46688.431,29723
CowsLean 85-90%High1,07483.0589223
HeifersChoiceAverage1,215146.501,7803thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,394151.202,10811
SteersChoiceAverage1,309148.001,9378thin

Every lot

37 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1414209.88/cwt205.50–213.0086910
Steers—Medium and Large 1468210.50/cwt210.50–210.509853
Steers—Medium and Large 1578202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,1683
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610187.92/cwt186.00–188.501,14613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2662175.50/cwt175.50–175.501,1623
Steers—Medium and Large 1710179.10/cwt178.00–180.001,2729
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2377172.86/cwt165.00–178.006528
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415162.50/cwt162.50–162.506743
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2472173.34/cwt171.00–175.008189
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2524172.47/cwt170.50–175.0090414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,0316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578170.43/cwt165.00–173.5098517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2626168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,05210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1729169.01/cwt167.00–171.001,2326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2761150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1807163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,3157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1873165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,4403
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2300202.50/cwt202.50–202.506083
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2539179.00/cwt179.00–179.009655
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2560178.00/cwt178.00–178.009973
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2708161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,1403
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,309148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,9378
Steers—Choice and Prime1,394151.20/cwt150.75–153.002,10811
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,215146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,7803
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,468109.34/cwt100.00–114.001,6057
Bulls——1,53095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,4541
Bulls——1,849124.36/cwt117.00–138.002,2997
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05682.26/cwt78.50–86.0086910
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08389.48/cwt87.00–97.0096910
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10264.27/cwt60.00–68.007083
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23685.52/cwt82.50–88.501,05718
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26693.09/cwt89.00–99.501,17923
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28876.04/cwt73.50–78.009794
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46075.65/cwt67.00–80.001,1044
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46487.35/cwt85.00–89.001,2799
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47194.51/cwt90.00–102.501,39010
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,520103.56/cwt98.50–108.001,5744

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.