Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2023-11-03

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Nov 3
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
405 head
▼ 682 vs last sale 1,087▼ 27 vs year ago 432 · −6.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
242 head
▼ 58 vs last sale 300▼ 83 vs year ago 325 · −25.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, very light offering for Friday's auction were mostly small packages and singles of calves and bulls weighing 400-650 lbs with many unweaned/short weaned and no vaccination program were not well tested. Slaughter steers and heifers on a light test sold steady to 2.00 higher with slaughter cows mostly average and low dressing cows trading near steady with a light offering of high dressing cows selling with a lower undertone.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $226.37/cwt on 119 head. That ranks 4 of 13 comparable sales and sits −22.10 against this barn's trailing median of $248.48.
Average price
$226.37
119 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,251
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$199
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$7.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.93
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2561227.281,275105
Medium and Large 2490219.601,07614thin
One grade step is worth $7.68/cwt here — about $199 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 sale119 hd
226.37
—
MO average17 barns · 6,032 hd
237.30
−10.93
This barn, trailing median13 sales
248.48
−22.10
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—Low1,899119.542,27015
CowsPremium White 65-75%Low1,773112.741,9996thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,519101.191,53742
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25194.571,18338
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00587.1787616
SteersChoiceAverage1,447181.212,62218
SteersSelectAverage1,187174.472,0717thin

Every lot

51 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 1-2Thin Fleshed402303.01/cwt300.00–306.001,2186
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2402271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,0893
Steers—Medium and Large 2466230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0727
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470266.01/cwt263.00–269.001,2506
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned495257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,2723
Steers—Medium and Large 2522240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2535
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2534250.73/cwt249.00–252.001,33910
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630234.38/cwt232.00–240.001,47710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned671210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4094
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2302278.00/cwt278.00–278.008403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2407261.54/cwt259.00–265.001,0647
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned427222.00/cwt222.00–222.009483
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned462226.19/cwt217.00–230.001,04510
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468228.49/cwt222.00–231.001,06911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473243.30/cwt238.00–250.001,15115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521237.88/cwt229.00–242.001,23920
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned548208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,1405
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned553221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,2225
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,0663
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2637226.83/cwt222.00–233.001,44516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned664180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2702224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,5724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned704177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,2506
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2852209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,7814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2973191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,8583
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2449260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1676
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2478262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,2525
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2515230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1855
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned530224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,1873
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned569208.01/cwt200.00–210.001,18418
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned637180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1473
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned666175.00/cwt166.00–180.001,1669
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2711180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2804
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned750158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,1856
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,187174.47/cwt174.00–175.002,0717
Steers—Choice1,447181.21/cwt179.00–185.002,62218
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,798112.63/cwt107.00–115.002,0256
Bulls——1,934123.29/cwt119.00–127.002,3848
Bulls——2,220131.00/cwt131.00–131.002,9081
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96983.36/cwt80.50–88.008088
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02095.50/cwt95.50–95.509741
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04590.33/cwt88.50–94.009447
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24689.80/cwt83.50–94.501,11920
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25499.42/cwt95.50–104.001,24717
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300107.50/cwt107.50–107.501,3981
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45794.69/cwt90.00–99.001,38020
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,553115.05/cwt113.00–120.001,7875
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,581104.76/cwt100.00–110.001,65617
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,735123.00/cwt123.00–123.002,1341
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,738114.15/cwt112.50–116.001,9843
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,845105.48/cwt104.00–107.001,9462

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.