Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2022-08-19

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Aug 19
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
290 head
▼ 1,392 vs last sale 1,682▲ 90 vs year ago 200 · +45.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
285 head
▲ 52 vs last sale 233▲ 75 vs year ago 210 · +35.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
230 head
▲ 230 vs last sale 0▼ 86 vs year ago 316 · −27.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Friday's auction was a Special Bred Cow/Pairs sale with several packages of top quality bred heifers and young bred cows 3-5 yrs in the 3rd stage also several young packages of good quality young pairs with 300-350 lb calves bred back in the 1st stage all sold with good demand. Feeder cattle on a very light offering sold with a steady to firm undertone on comparable sales and quality. A nice offering of slaughter steers and heifers mostly High Choice and Prime sold with very good demand with Slaughter cows trading steady to firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $172.84/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −75.64 against this barn's trailing median of $248.48.
Average price
$172.84
62 head · 600 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,037
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$247
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.65
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1636179.041,14025
Medium and Large 1-2577169.4197734
Medium and Large 2558160.008933thin
One grade step is worth $19.04/cwt here — about $247 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 sale62 hd
172.84
—
MO average13 barns · 5,440 hd
173.49
−0.65
This barn, trailing median13 sales
248.48
−75.64
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—High1,682113.351,90714
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,51992.231,40116
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,64591.841,51113
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24586.931,08345
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08182.1888921
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,206152.921,84417
SteersPrimeAverage1,452158.832,30612
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,296153.491,98943
SteersChoiceAverage1,418147.852,0976thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,241$1,69849
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,331$1,56210
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,060$1,3505
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,295$1,20116
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,177$1,1103thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,186$1,10510
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,151$2,03415
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,237$2,15024

Every lot

52 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1398221.00/cwt221.00–221.008804
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2459200.00/cwt200.00–200.009189
Steers—Medium and Large 1479212.07/cwt206.00–218.001,01616
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530198.50/cwt198.50–198.501,0523
Steers—Medium and Large 1538203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,0928
Steers—Medium and Large 2598177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,0584
Steers—Medium and Large 1608196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,1923
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2624189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,1794
Steers—Medium and Large 1770186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,43210
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1342200.00/cwt200.00–200.006843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2491179.85/cwt179.00–181.008837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2531169.72/cwt165.00–173.0090110
Heifers—Medium and Large 2558160.00/cwt160.00–160.008933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570161.50/cwt161.50–161.509213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1602180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0373
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2666164.49/cwt158.00–170.001,09611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,21510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1754166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,2526
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365223.00/cwt223.00–223.008144
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415220.00/cwt220.00–220.009133
Bulls—Medium and Large 2448173.00/cwt173.00–173.007755
Bulls—Medium and Large 1550199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,0953
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2572181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,0357
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice and Prime1,296153.49/cwt151.50–155.501,98943
Steers—Choice1,418147.85/cwt146.00–150.502,0976
Steers—Prime1,452158.83/cwt157.00–159.002,30612
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,206152.92/cwt151.50–155.501,84417
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,553119.57/cwt116.00–126.001,8576
Bulls——1,779108.69/cwt104.50–115.001,9348
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05679.99/cwt75.00–84.508457
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09488.96/cwt87.00–91.0097310
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09469.05/cwt67.50–71.507554
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24192.01/cwt89.00–100.001,14220
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24386.57/cwt84.50–89.001,07615
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25877.32/cwt74.00–81.0097310
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47395.04/cwt90.00–102.501,4009
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57988.62/cwt87.50–89.001,3997
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,64089.65/cwt88.50–93.001,47011
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,673103.87/cwt98.00–109.001,7382
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0601,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3505
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1771,110.00/head1,110.00–1,110.001,1103
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,1861,105.24/head1,100.00–1,110.001,10510
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2291,124.38/head960.00–1,200.001,12411
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2321,631.71/head1,490.00–1,700.001,63233
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2611,836.13/head1,750.00–1,900.001,83616
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3311,561.77/head1,525.00–1,625.001,56210
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4391,370.86/head1,325.00–1,400.001,3715
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0001,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7004
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1331,983.33/head1,900.00–2,025.001,9836
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3502,350.00/head2,200.00–2,475.002,35014
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,1512,033.53/head2,000.00–2,075.002,03415

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.