Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2023-06-02

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Jun 2
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
317 head
▼ 887 vs last sale 1,204▼ 108 vs year ago 425 · −25.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
416 head
▲ 106 vs last sale 310▲ 146 vs year ago 270 · +54.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, very light offering of feeder cattle this week were not well tested selling in small packages and singles but sold with a firm to higher undertone on comparable weights and quality. Slaughter cows on a nice offering sold firm to 3.00 higher with several stick-out high yielding cows, slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00-7.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $235.58/cwt on 106 head. That ranks 5 of 13 comparable sales and sits −12.89 against this barn's trailing median of $248.48.
Average price
$235.58
106 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,282
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$267
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$29.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.11
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2548237.521,30199
Medium and Large 2497208.141,0347thin
One grade step is worth $29.38/cwt here — about $267 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 sale106 hd
235.58
—
MO average9 barns · 4,635 hd
232.47
+3.11
This barn, trailing median13 sales
248.48
−12.89
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—Average1,785128.452,29311
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,711113.951,9509thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,459110.451,61247
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,246108.401,350107
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04196.541,00561
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,598116.001,8545thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,106182.192,01511
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,250178.002,2254thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,081169.001,8275thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,369184.972,53222
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,213179.252,17414

Every lot

41 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 1-2358292.15/cwt285.00–299.001,0466
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2417264.98/cwt258.00–271.001,1059
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2488265.74/cwt256.00–274.001,2978
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,3934
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2559261.21/cwt259.00–265.001,46011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630243.24/cwt238.00–249.001,53211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2670237.67/cwt228.00–247.001,5926
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2711229.19/cwt227.00–231.001,6309
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2795212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,68511
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2350256.00/cwt256.00–256.008963
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429235.98/cwt230.00–240.001,0128
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463191.00/cwt191.00–191.008843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2466245.34/cwt235.00–253.001,14317
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,1544
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528244.75/cwt229.00–252.001,29232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574236.80/cwt224.00–245.001,35917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2642235.30/cwt227.00–238.001,5118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2674217.96/cwt210.00–226.001,4696
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2713216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,5403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2770198.50/cwt198.50–198.501,5285
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2585217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,2694
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,213179.25/cwt179.00–179.502,17414
Steers—Choice1,369184.97/cwt183.00–188.502,53222
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,081169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,8275
Heifers—Choice1,106182.19/cwt182.00–184.002,01511
Heifers—Select and Choice1,250178.00/cwt178.00–178.002,2254
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,758111.30/cwt110.00–113.001,9572
Bulls——1,783123.49/cwt122.00–125.002,2022
Bulls——1,794134.76/cwt129.00–143.002,4187
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02983.97/cwt79.50–88.0086416
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03594.62/cwt89.50–99.0097921
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,055106.59/cwt100.00–114.001,12524
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23793.28/cwt90.00–95.501,1545
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,242105.06/cwt98.50–108.501,30560
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,252114.98/cwt109.00–137.001,44042
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,418105.59/cwt102.00–108.501,49716
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46093.79/cwt90.00–96.501,3693
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,483115.01/cwt109.50–122.001,70628
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,710108.64/cwt108.00–110.001,8583
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,712116.61/cwt111.00–128.001,9966
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,598116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,8545

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.