Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2023-12-08

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Dec 8
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,032 head
▲ 1,157 vs last sale 875▲ 496 vs year ago 1,536 · +32.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
355 head
▼ 70 vs last sale 425▼ 15 vs year ago 370 · −4.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Friday's trading at EMC was the first big special in several weeks with no recent good comparisons on large groups and pot loads of steers and heifers all sold with a lower undertone. There was overall a nice quality offering of calves and yearlings in the offering with several pot loads of yearlings and several large groups of feeders all sold with moderate to good demand. One highlight of the auction was Jacob Massey the 2023 World Champion Auctioneer stopping by to sell most of the afternoon. The market has been dominated over the last two weeks with sharply lower cattle futures as liquidation selling in the cattle futures has made a very nervous market pressuring the feeder cattle prices. Slaughter cows sold steady 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 $234.05/cwt on 741 head. That ranks 9 of 23 comparable sales and sits −7.65 against this barn's trailing median of $241.70.
Average price
$234.05
741 head · 640 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,499
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$520
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$27.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.49
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1647238.411,543486
Medium and Large 1-2625226.381,415239
Medium and Large 2547221.001,2093thin
Large 1-2748216.501,61910thin
Medium 2485211.001,0233thin
One grade step is worth $27.41/cwt here — about $520 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 sale741 hd
234.05
—
MO average19 barns · 18,560 hd
238.54
−4.49
This barn, trailing median23 sales
241.70
−7.65
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—Average1,738110.581,92220
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,699108.591,84617
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,48794.701,40844
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25386.601,08552
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03381.5384244
HeifersSelectAverage1,111155.001,7227thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,296171.912,2286thin
SteersSelectAverage1,267155.251,96725

Every lot

74 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 1-2381259.22/cwt255.00–265.0098812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2442256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,1323
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2481254.81/cwt249.00–259.001,22633
Steers—Medium 2485211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,0233
Steers—Medium and Large 1520251.24/cwt246.00–257.001,30662
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533237.94/cwt235.00–240.001,26833
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned546232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,2677
Steers—Medium and Large 2547221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,2093
Steers—Medium and Large 1569248.34/cwt244.00–254.001,41388
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573222.75/cwt213.00–228.001,27615
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy609216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,3159
Steers—Medium and Large 1613240.50/cwt235.00–242.501,47436
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2632224.38/cwt220.00–229.001,41827
Steers—Medium and Large 1661241.77/cwt232.00–244.251,598122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2661221.77/cwt210.00–229.001,46650
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2714220.28/cwt208.00–223.501,57323
Steers—Medium and Large 1723229.24/cwt222.00–232.251,657110
Steers—Large 1-2748216.50/cwt216.50–216.501,61910
Steers—Medium and Large 1756220.79/cwt219.50–222.001,66954
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy772217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,6757
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy787206.61/cwt205.00–209.001,62610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy834199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,6605
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2914179.24/cwt175.00–182.251,63819
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2419209.86/cwt202.50–216.008799
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned423202.00/cwt202.00–202.008546
Heifers—Medium and Large 1447250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1186
Heifers—Medium and Large 2452210.00/cwt210.00–210.009495
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480245.67/cwt243.00–251.001,17932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485229.03/cwt225.00–235.001,11121
Heifers—Medium 2504154.00/cwt154.00–154.007764
Heifers—Medium and Large 2517208.55/cwt196.00–217.001,07811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned519202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,0484
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527235.25/cwt233.00–240.001,24032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527226.53/cwt222.00–230.001,19424
Heifers—Medium and Large 2550191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,0514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned552200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1046
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567235.38/cwt229.00–239.001,33571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573219.92/cwt214.00–226.251,26044
Heifers—Medium and Large 1632227.64/cwt221.50–229.751,439116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy634212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,34410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635215.02/cwt211.00–218.001,36537
Heifers—Large 1-2662203.50/cwt203.50–203.501,3475
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669214.98/cwt208.50–220.001,43835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2669202.62/cwt200.00–208.501,35612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2685165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1303
Heifers—Medium and Large 1700207.17/cwt203.50–209.001,45018
Heifers—Medium and Large 2710166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,1795
Heifers—Large 1-2711195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3867
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2727196.62/cwt195.00–199.501,42927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1892196.75/cwt196.75–196.751,75553
Heifers—Medium and Large 1947185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,75243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2969163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,5846
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2416258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,0734
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2500235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1753
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2615187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,1503
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,267155.25/cwt151.00–162.001,96725
Steers—Choice1,296171.91/cwt170.00–175.002,2286
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,111155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,7227
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,641104.12/cwt94.00–109.001,7099
Bulls——1,738120.55/cwt120.00–121.002,0952
Bulls——1,836114.83/cwt111.00–119.502,1089
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98471.02/cwt67.00–74.006997
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03378.75/cwt76.00–81.008138
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04484.36/cwt82.00–87.5088127
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04591.32/cwt89.50–93.009542
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23298.39/cwt95.50–101.501,2123
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23882.49/cwt78.00–86.001,02124
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27089.87/cwt87.00–94.501,14124
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28571.50/cwt71.50–71.509191
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45996.02/cwt92.00–101.501,40114
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48087.86/cwt83.50–92.001,30020
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,538106.53/cwt103.00–115.001,63810
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,673111.23/cwt106.00–118.001,86112
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,763102.27/cwt97.00–105.001,8035

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.