Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2022-08-12

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Aug 12
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,682 head
▲ 1,481 vs last sale 201▼ 48 vs year ago 1,730 · −2.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
233 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 189▲ 3 vs year ago 230 · +1.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, steer calves under 550 lb sold with a higher undertone, with 550-700 lbs selling firm to 5.00 higher and 700-800 lbs trading 3.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 550- lbs sold with a sharply higher undertone with 550-700 lb heifers selling mostly 5.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm. A nice offering of top quality black steers and heifers weighing mostly 450-750 lbs with good weighing conditions sold with good demand on and active market.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $191.43/cwt on 704 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −50.27 against this barn's trailing median of $241.70.
Average price
$191.43
704 head · 639 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,223
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$114
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$17.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.45
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1661195.001,289432
Medium and Large 2447186.298337thin
Medium and Large 1-2607185.921,129260
Large 1-2662177.501,1755thin
One grade step is worth $17.50/cwt here — about $114 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 sale704 hd
191.43
—
MO average15 barns · 6,328 hd
188.99
+2.45
This barn, trailing median23 sales
241.70
−50.27
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—High1,702114.941,95622
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,66995.051,5864thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,46993.941,38012
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,27790.571,15753
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06286.2691639
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,408153.002,1543thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,376146.432,01522

Every lot

73 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2377196.00/cwt196.00–196.007393
Steers—Medium and Large 1385218.00/cwt218.00–218.008394
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2412206.00/cwt206.00–206.008498
Steers—Medium and Large 1437213.99/cwt213.50–215.009359
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy442194.00/cwt194.00–194.008576
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2464196.50/cwt195.50–200.0091228
Steers—Medium and Large 1481214.45/cwt209.00–220.501,03229
Steers—Medium and Large 2500179.00/cwt179.00–179.008954
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2515196.89/cwt191.00–201.001,01458
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed521226.30/cwt224.50–227.001,17918
Steers—Medium and Large 1531215.81/cwt208.00–221.501,14628
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed551222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,22315
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy570194.66/cwt193.00–196.001,1109
Steers—Medium and Large 1581211.93/cwt204.00–214.001,23126
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2596181.33/cwt179.00–192.001,08133
Steers—Medium and Large 1622201.47/cwt194.50–205.001,25331
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630186.77/cwt178.00–192.001,17735
Steers—Large 1-2662177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,1755
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy665174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,15725
Steers—Medium and Large 1670193.93/cwt189.00–195.001,29971
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677181.18/cwt179.00–183.001,22722
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2703176.40/cwt176.00–179.001,24046
Steers—Medium and Large 1726187.45/cwt184.00–191.501,36140
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2753177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,33711
Steers—Medium and Large 1783179.19/cwt178.50–183.501,403110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2821165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3554
Steers—Medium and Large 1835180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,5074
Steers—Medium and Large 1871170.58/cwt169.50–171.501,48613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2927157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,4553
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2963150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4456
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2369184.57/cwt183.00–186.006816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385191.41/cwt190.00–197.0073715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed391209.00/cwt209.00–209.008179
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned416191.00/cwt191.00–191.007958
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2422178.40/cwt175.50–182.5075312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy462208.18/cwt206.00–210.0096211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473192.01/cwt185.00–198.0090845
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519179.50/cwt179.50–179.5093233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525191.58/cwt189.00–195.001,00617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2569176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,00111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy582187.64/cwt187.00–188.501,09243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1584177.30/cwt175.00–181.001,035105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2604174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,05412
Heifers—Medium and Large 2621162.90/cwt160.00–164.501,01211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626179.53/cwt179.00–180.001,12411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2666169.94/cwt169.00–171.001,13226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668177.73/cwt172.50–183.001,18797
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy695169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,17535
Heifers—Medium and Large 1738171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,2624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1760160.68/cwt158.00–162.001,22112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1834162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,3559
Heifers—Medium and Large 1854155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,32412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2873144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,26112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1974150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,46121
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2360209.00/cwt209.00–209.007524
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2411201.88/cwt200.00–205.0083013
Bulls—Medium and Large 1455206.00/cwt206.00–206.009375
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2490184.00/cwt184.00–184.009028
Bulls—Medium and Large 1655180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1793
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,376146.43/cwt144.00–148.002,01522
Steers—Choice and Prime1,408153.00/cwt153.00–153.002,1543
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,628110.37/cwt104.00–114.001,79711
Bulls——1,776119.50/cwt116.00–123.002,12211
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98870.25/cwt65.00–74.006944
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04484.52/cwt79.00–88.0088215
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09090.77/cwt88.00–96.0098920
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23786.79/cwt83.50–89.001,07415
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29192.42/cwt89.00–100.001,19337
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,0701
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46889.11/cwt88.00–90.001,3084
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46996.35/cwt92.00–99.501,4158
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,66096.74/cwt94.50–101.001,6063
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,69590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,5261

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.