Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2023-09-22

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Sep 22
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,036 head
▲ 711 vs last sale 325▲ 126 vs year ago 910 · +13.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
300 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 277▼ 40 vs year ago 340 · −11.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, steer calves under 600 lbs on a light test sold with a weak to lower undertone, 600-750 lbs sold fully steady to firm. Feeder heifers weighing under 550 lbs were lightly tested with 550-750 lbs selling 5.00-10.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good on a moderate supply. Feeders sold mostly in small lots, packages and singles with several groups of unweaned calves in the offering. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower. Cattle on Feed Report was released Friday afternoon coming in within expectations with On Feed at 97.8 percent, Replacements at 95 percent and Marketings at 94 percent.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $280.75/cwt on 323 head. That ranks 24 of 23 comparable sales and sits +39.06 against this barn's trailing median of $241.70.
Average price
$280.75
323 head · 604 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,695
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$612
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 2
$52.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.62
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2590282.051,66396
Medium and Large 2478282.001,3484thin
Medium and Large 1615281.321,731218
Medium 2457230.001,0515thin
One grade step is worth $52.05/cwt here — about $612 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 sale323 hd
280.75
—
MO average15 barns · 8,818 hd
272.13
+8.62
This barn, trailing median23 sales
241.70
+39.06
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—Low1,762130.292,29619
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,707126.472,1593thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,449110.891,60732
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,254107.731,35158
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04896.121,00838
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,410180.002,53810

Every lot

73 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1412329.81/cwt320.00–335.001,3599
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned417323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,3475
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2448315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4114
Steers—Medium 2Unweaned457230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0515
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2467306.94/cwt304.00–311.001,4337
Steers—Medium and Large 1478317.46/cwt316.00–321.001,51722
Steers—Medium and Large 2478282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,3484
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned480301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,4455
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2506301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,5237
Steers—Medium and Large 1528305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,61021
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy560272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,5265
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned562268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,5068
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573287.10/cwt276.00–291.001,64546
Steers—Medium and Large 1598294.09/cwt290.00–295.001,75922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2612276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,6898
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned619252.13/cwt245.00–257.001,56123
Steers—Medium and Large 1630281.09/cwt276.00–293.001,77117
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2653253.46/cwt249.50–260.001,6558
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned654242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,5867
Steers—Medium and Large 1662274.50/cwt274.00–275.001,8176
Steers—Medium and Large 1714265.86/cwt263.00–267.501,89863
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2731259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,8935
Steers—Medium and Large 1778262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,0384
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2847243.50/cwt243.50–243.502,0626
Steers—Medium and Large 1855253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,1636
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2341231.07/cwt221.00–246.007888
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2371281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,0434
Heifers—Medium 2Unweaned387219.00/cwt219.00–219.008485
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2438262.02/cwt252.00–272.001,14811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2467271.70/cwt270.00–274.001,2697
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477283.28/cwt282.00–285.001,35117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4388
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned527261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,37512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2529238.36/cwt230.00–247.001,2616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533259.79/cwt252.00–267.001,38521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed559279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,5608
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2572259.40/cwt257.50–261.001,48411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576273.26/cwt269.00–280.001,57427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned578266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,53710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2588248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,4583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned602236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,4215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed616279.63/cwt278.00–282.501,72311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623254.49/cwt251.00–257.001,58512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631269.05/cwt267.00–271.001,69823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665265.74/cwt263.00–267.001,76718
Heifers—Medium and Large 2679241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,6364
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed694260.75/cwt260.75–260.751,81020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2707249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,7607
Heifers—Medium and Large 1739261.27/cwt258.00–262.501,93133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2780246.75/cwt246.75–246.751,92510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1841232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,9558
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned372328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,2204
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned432326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,4086
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned469304.30/cwt295.00–312.001,4279
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2473282.76/cwt276.00–289.501,3376
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned515275.14/cwt273.00–278.001,4177
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2598241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,4413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1631246.44/cwt242.00–250.001,5559
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2712208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,4813
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,410180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,53810
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,460122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,7811
Bulls——1,660140.68/cwt138.00–143.002,3353
Bulls——1,803128.76/cwt124.00–135.002,32215
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00289.03/cwt85.00–92.008929
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06197.06/cwt94.00–101.501,03024
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,072104.39/cwt103.00–105.501,1195
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,233100.24/cwt92.00–104.001,23613
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,255108.29/cwt105.00–113.001,35937
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,283117.30/cwt114.00–122.501,5058
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,443122.54/cwt118.00–126.001,7687
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,444102.40/cwt96.00–106.001,47913
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,458113.29/cwt109.00–116.001,65212
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,707126.47/cwt124.50–128.502,1593

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.