Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2023-07-14

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Jul 14
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,134 head
▲ 681 vs last sale 453▲ 56 vs year ago 1,078 · +5.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
370 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 415▲ 30 vs year ago 340 · +8.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special three weeks ago, a light test of steer calves under 550 lb sold steady to firm, with 550-750 lb selling 7.00-10.00 higher and a pot load of 877 lb steers sold with a higher undertone. Feeder heifers weighing under 550 lbs sold with a higher undertone on limited comparisons with 550-800 lb heifers trading 10.00-15.00 higher. Slaughter steers and heifers traded steady with last week's sale and slaughter cows sold fully steady to firm with last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $256.40/cwt on 456 head. That ranks 19 of 23 comparable sales and sits +14.70 against this barn's trailing median of $241.70.
Average price
$256.40
456 head · 685 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,757
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$163
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.13
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1696259.801,807337
Medium and Large 2518252.671,3109thin
Medium and Large 1-2668246.291,644110
One grade step is worth $13.51/cwt here — about $163 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 sale456 hd
256.40
—
MO average16 barns · 17,200 hd
257.53
−1.13
This barn, trailing median23 sales
241.70
+14.70
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—High1,842127.232,34431
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,590127.522,02722
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,475113.461,67343
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,251107.841,34963
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05396.601,01830
HeifersChoiceAverage1,375178.822,45913
SteersChoiceAverage1,368178.762,44553
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,278175.212,23914

Every lot

62 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2335280.00/cwt280.00–280.009384
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2422291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,2284
Steers—Medium and Large 2441266.50/cwt266.50–266.501,1756
Steers—Medium and Large 1529279.63/cwt275.00–285.001,47924
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy534300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6027
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2545256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,3953
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed564285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6075
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2576259.33/cwt251.00–263.001,49411
Steers—Medium and Large 1585269.70/cwt267.50–276.001,57841
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626249.67/cwt240.00–255.001,56335
Steers—Medium and Large 1631267.58/cwt259.00–271.751,68850
Steers—Medium and Large 2673225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5143
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677242.69/cwt240.00–246.001,64322
Steers—Medium and Large 1682261.03/cwt254.00–262.001,78082
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2728231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,6823
Steers—Medium and Large 1736247.44/cwt243.00–255.001,82153
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2750241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,8084
Steers—Medium and Large 1752253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,9033
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2804234.50/cwt234.50–234.501,8855
Steers—Medium and Large 1821238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,95412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2857234.50/cwt234.00–235.002,01010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy874215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,8799
Steers—Medium and Large 1877245.75/cwt245.75–245.752,15560
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2297265.00/cwt265.00–265.007875
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2369274.69/cwt265.00–280.001,0146
Heifers—Medium and Large 2411233.51/cwt230.00–240.009609
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2450243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,0945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478259.67/cwt256.00–265.001,2417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed480279.23/cwt277.50–281.001,34010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1534255.48/cwt252.00–264.501,36462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572252.13/cwt246.00–257.001,44226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583238.43/cwt231.00–245.001,39020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613252.37/cwt247.50–254.501,54755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2631236.23/cwt230.00–240.001,49132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660242.16/cwt241.00–245.001,59822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675236.27/cwt235.00–237.001,59542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1708234.46/cwt232.00–235.501,66022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy709247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,7559
Heifers—Medium and Large 1778230.57/cwt230.00–231.001,79428
Heifers—Medium and Large 1805228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,8353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2912208.25/cwt208.25–208.251,89922
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2369281.96/cwt279.00–286.001,0409
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2482248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,1954
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2579219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,2684
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,278175.21/cwt174.00–176.002,23914
Steers—Choice1,368178.76/cwt178.00–181.002,44553
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,375178.82/cwt178.00–182.002,45913
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,733114.04/cwt113.00–115.001,9763
Bulls——1,775135.40/cwt130.00–142.002,40310
Bulls——1,898124.89/cwt119.50–128.502,37018
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03096.63/cwt91.50–99.0099513
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03182.41/cwt80.00–88.508506
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,093104.31/cwt100.00–108.001,14011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20893.64/cwt89.00–98.001,13112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,254105.78/cwt101.00–108.501,32622
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,266115.28/cwt110.00–123.001,45929
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,466117.93/cwt111.50–124.001,72929
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,474107.12/cwt102.00–110.001,57910
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54096.89/cwt94.00–99.001,4924
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,564130.60/cwt126.00–135.002,04318
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,705113.68/cwt109.00–118.501,9384

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.