Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2022-09-30

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Sep 30
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
494 head
▼ 416 vs last sale 910▲ 278 vs year ago 216 · +128.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
300 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 340▲ 104 vs year ago 196 · +53.1%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's special, a light offering of mostly small packages and groups with several groups of unweaned/short weaned calves in the offering had few good comparisons. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm with spots 3.00 higher on the high dressing cows.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $183.12/cwt on 140 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −58.58 against this barn's trailing median of $241.70.
Average price
$183.12
140 head · 606 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,109
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$185
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$51.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.67
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1473210.6799722
Medium and Large 1-2591184.541,09188
Medium and Large 2745158.731,18230
One grade step is worth $51.94/cwt here — about −$185 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 sale140 hd
183.12
—
MO average16 barns · 10,002 hd
183.79
−0.67
This barn, trailing median23 sales
241.70
−58.58
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—Average1,697111.051,88521
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,67185.501,4298thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,47483.821,23627
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25179.5399558
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06172.0376438
HeifersChoiceAverage1,258144.001,8124thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,407146.602,06326
SteersSelectAverage1,334135.951,8149thin

Every lot

57 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2360208.26/cwt200.00–217.007506
Steers—Medium and Large 1437218.00/cwt218.00–218.009533
Steers—Medium and Large 1457210.92/cwt209.00–212.0096416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2481193.00/cwt193.00–193.009287
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2512201.67/cwt200.00–206.001,03316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2561190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,06616
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned583177.15/cwt176.00–179.001,03316
Steers—Medium and Large 1595202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,2023
Steers—Medium and Large 2595173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,0294
Steers—Medium and Large 2611172.09/cwt171.00–173.001,05111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2612190.50/cwt190.50–190.501,1663
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2657170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1173
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned717161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,1545
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2759167.88/cwt166.00–171.501,27411
Steers—Medium and Large 2792143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,1374
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2853161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,3735
Steers—Medium and Large 2860152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,3123
Steers—Medium and Large 2936143.16/cwt140.00–148.501,3408
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2397160.00/cwt160.00–160.006355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned461165.42/cwt164.00–169.0076311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471176.89/cwt176.00–180.0083313
Heifers—Medium 1-2Fleshy490150.00/cwt150.00–150.007354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526156.50/cwt156.50–156.508234
Heifers—Medium and Large 2529150.96/cwt145.00–156.507996
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2564159.57/cwt153.00–166.0090019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned578145.72/cwt143.50–150.5084218
Heifers—Medium and Large 2583146.00/cwt146.00–146.008518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy594140.00/cwt140.00–140.008324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned605140.73/cwt138.50–143.508519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2627157.95/cwt155.50–159.0099010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2730148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0803
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2412200.00/cwt200.00–200.008243
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2466208.00/cwt208.00–208.009695
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2511192.03/cwt187.00–200.009818
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530156.00/cwt156.00–156.008274
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2550185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0183
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2632165.25/cwt163.00–170.001,0449
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,334135.95/cwt135.00–138.001,8149
Steers—Choice1,407146.60/cwt145.00–148.002,06326
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,258144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,8124
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,681117.43/cwt116.00–119.001,9746
Bulls——1,702110.35/cwt105.00–115.001,87813
Bulls——1,71596.43/cwt92.00–101.001,6542
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00064.95/cwt58.00–68.0065011
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02352.80/cwt50.00–55.005402
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07783.24/cwt80.00–86.008967
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09774.13/cwt70.00–79.0081318
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24580.67/cwt76.00–84.501,00431
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24873.09/cwt68.50–75.5091217
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27386.92/cwt85.50–92.501,10610
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40972.57/cwt69.00–75.501,0235
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47182.42/cwt78.50–85.001,21210
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50489.67/cwt86.00–97.001,34912
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,66879.33/cwt77.00–81.001,3233
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,67087.88/cwt85.50–90.501,4684
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,68594.50/cwt94.50–94.501,5921

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.