Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2023-03-03

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Mar 3
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
312 head
▼ 995 vs last sale 1,307▼ 594 vs year ago 906 · −65.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
318 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 287▼ 102 vs year ago 420 · −24.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a very light offering of feeders this week were not well tested, but sold with good demand and a firm undertone on small packages and overall kind and quality. Slaughter cows on a nice offering sold firm to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $185.00/cwt on 112 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −63.47 against this barn's trailing median of $248.48.
Average price
$185.00
112 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,019
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$15
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$32.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.18
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1424208.2788315thin
Medium and Large 1-2572181.581,03994
Medium and Large 2510176.008983thin
One grade step is worth $32.27/cwt here — about −$15 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 sale112 hd
185.00
—
MO average15 barns · 8,519 hd
191.19
−6.18
This barn, trailing median13 sales
248.48
−63.47
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—High1,785112.142,00218
CowsPremium White 65-75%Low1,67798.131,64518
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,45690.181,31326
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26588.151,11552
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08379.8186430
HeifersChoiceAverage1,260166.292,09526
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,260161.002,0293thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,136144.001,6365thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,371168.232,30634
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,231164.002,01916

Every lot

45 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 1-2338219.00/cwt219.00–219.007403
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395230.80/cwt229.00–232.009125
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423217.54/cwt210.50–230.0092012
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525207.22/cwt199.00–212.001,0887
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2592200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1843
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned610184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,1225
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2645194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,2513
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed707194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,3728
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2746187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,3957
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2388205.19/cwt203.00–206.007967
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424208.27/cwt206.00–211.0088315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431189.94/cwt186.00–197.0081911
Heifers—Medium and Large 2510176.00/cwt176.00–176.008983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521184.86/cwt179.00–189.0096325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565172.00/cwt172.00–172.009723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned565164.50/cwt164.50–164.509293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635178.82/cwt173.50–181.001,13623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2673173.88/cwt170.00–178.001,1706
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2706172.23/cwt168.50–178.501,21616
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1395225.00/cwt225.00–225.008893
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2480185.00/cwt185.00–185.008884
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2511182.50/cwt182.50–182.509334
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0344
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2560181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,0144
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,231164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,01916
Steers—Choice1,371168.23/cwt166.00–170.002,30634
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,136144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,6365
Heifers—Choice1,260166.29/cwt165.00–167.002,09526
Heifers—Select and Choice1,260161.00/cwt161.00–161.002,0293
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,46594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,3771
Bulls——1,636105.19/cwt101.00–112.001,7218
Bulls——1,953120.33/cwt113.00–130.002,3509
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03568.14/cwt63.00–73.007056
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08557.50/cwt57.50–57.506241
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09180.46/cwt75.00–85.0087815
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10490.14/cwt88.00–95.009958
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24376.92/cwt70.00–80.509568
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25987.56/cwt84.00–90.001,10228
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28594.81/cwt91.00–100.001,21816
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42883.35/cwt82.50–84.001,1906
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45988.15/cwt85.50–91.001,2869
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46995.56/cwt92.50–104.001,40411
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,658104.12/cwt98.00–111.001,72611
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,70293.14/cwt90.00–95.501,5853
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,71085.38/cwt83.00–87.501,4604

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.