Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2023-10-06

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Oct 6
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
415 head
▲ 104 vs last sale 311▲ 102 vs year ago 313 · +32.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
225 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 275▼ 68 vs year ago 293 · −23.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 0▲ 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, there was two pot loads of 850 and 933 lb heifers that sold with a weak to lower undertone with no recent comparison the feeder calves sold in small packages and singles were lightly tested but sold with a lower undertone. Slaughter cows sold steady with slaughter steers and heifers not well tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $231.63/cwt on 198 head. That ranks 4 of 13 comparable sales and sits −16.85 against this barn's trailing median of $248.48.
Average price
$231.63
198 head · 733 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,697
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$637
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$31.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.02
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2507252.401,27964
Medium and Large 2451238.741,0789thin
Medium and Large 1869220.481,916125
One grade step is worth $31.92/cwt here — about −$637 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 sale198 hd
231.63
—
MO average17 barns · 6,306 hd
243.65
−12.02
This barn, trailing median13 sales
248.48
−16.85
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—Low1,764123.332,17614
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,690124.252,1002thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,480111.131,64521
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,252102.051,27729
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,03991.8895531
HeifersSelectAverage1,141176.642,01515
SteersChoiceAverage1,174183.002,1484thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,042$1,35610
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)938$1,3208
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)992$1,2157

Every lot

42 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 1-2446279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,2445
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned448281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,2593
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2467293.96/cwt285.00–300.001,3735
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned497275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3673
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2538289.16/cwt285.00–291.001,55619
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned552286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,5794
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2571268.12/cwt267.00–270.001,5318
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned618257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,5884
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630263.50/cwt263.50–263.501,6603
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2326267.69/cwt264.00–270.008738
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2377272.38/cwt267.00–278.001,0276
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,0143
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463239.61/cwt237.00–241.001,1096
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2067
Heifers—Medium and Large 1496275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3647
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2510246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,2555
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy516235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2552249.13/cwt246.00–251.501,37521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2627246.33/cwt238.00–249.001,54412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1853219.50/cwt219.50–219.501,87262
Heifers—Medium and Large 1933214.75/cwt214.75–214.752,00456
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,174183.00/cwt183.00–183.002,1484
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,141176.64/cwt175.50–177.502,01515
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,733126.35/cwt124.00–131.002,1908
Bulls——1,798115.97/cwt113.00–119.002,0855
Bulls——1,845136.00/cwt136.00–136.002,5091
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02795.51/cwt92.00–100.5098118
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04684.86/cwt80.00–89.0088810
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,075102.27/cwt102.00–102.501,0992
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11076.00/cwt76.00–76.008441
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,232107.11/cwt103.00–110.001,32012
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26297.74/cwt93.00–103.001,23312
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27289.27/cwt87.50–91.001,1363
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,278116.67/cwt113.00–120.001,4912
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,450100.86/cwt98.00–104.001,4627
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,469111.06/cwt107.50–116.001,6316
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,485130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,9311
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,515120.18/cwt117.00–126.001,8218
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,895118.50/cwt118.50–118.502,2461
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29381,319.97/head1,185.00–1,450.001,3208
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29921,215.08/head1,200.00–1,235.001,2157
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0421,355.92/head1,285.00–1,460.001,35610

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.