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Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Dec 29
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
285 head
▼ 165 vs last sale 450▼ 210 vs year ago 495 · −42.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
185 head
▼ 340 vs last sale 525▼ 265 vs year ago 450 · −58.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Friday's end of the year auction had a light run of feeders that sold with a firm to higher undertone on a very light test of comparable feeders from two weeks's ago and sold with good demand. Slaughter cows traded fully steady to firm with two weeks ago.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $218.81/cwt on 84 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −29.67 against this barn's trailing median of $248.48.
Average price
$218.81
84 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,210
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+5.21
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2553218.811,21084
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale84 hd
218.81
—
MO average1 barns · 94 hd
213.60
+5.21
This barn, trailing median13 sales
248.48
−29.67
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—High1,890113.372,1429thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,721106.521,83310
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,49798.441,47344
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25389.071,11636
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03978.1481217
HeifersChoiceAverage1,273171.002,1776thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,155168.001,9404thin

Every lot

47 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 1-2425278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,1823
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2482268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,2923
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2512265.15/cwt261.00–271.001,3589
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569259.56/cwt254.00–265.501,47717
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2633230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4567
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2666230.81/cwt225.00–234.501,5379
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2723229.84/cwt228.00–231.001,6628
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2766221.96/cwt217.00–224.001,70016
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2859215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,8476
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned386236.00/cwt236.00–236.009116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned421208.00/cwt208.00–208.008768
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423224.55/cwt224.00–225.009507
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned481198.00/cwt198.00–198.0095210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,1456
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518229.97/cwt226.00–232.001,1916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582237.41/cwt232.00–239.501,3827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned609187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,1394
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625222.54/cwt218.00–227.001,3916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2663220.29/cwt218.00–222.001,46113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2726214.55/cwt207.00–217.001,5588
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2758209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,5843
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2385262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,0093
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned433246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,06510
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2438267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,1693
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2456250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1404
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2516248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,2804
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned519239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,24016
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned638177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,1293
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2675182.16/cwt180.00–189.501,2309
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,155168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,9404
Heifers—Choice1,273171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,1776
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,814112.04/cwt109.50–113.502,0324
Bulls——1,932121.87/cwt121.00–123.502,3553
Bulls——1,978103.29/cwt99.00–108.002,0432
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01376.73/cwt72.50–80.007778
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02883.73/cwt81.50–87.008615
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07590.00/cwt90.00–90.009681
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11768.62/cwt65.50–70.507663
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23188.73/cwt84.50–93.001,09223
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28896.51/cwt93.50–100.501,2437
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29981.72/cwt78.50–84.001,0626
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46995.25/cwt91.00–99.001,39917
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47087.75/cwt83.00–90.001,2909
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,536106.80/cwt101.00–111.001,64018
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,648118.80/cwt115.00–123.001,9582
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,731104.94/cwt101.50–108.001,8177
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,80093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,6741

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.