Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2024-01-19

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Jan 19
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,548 head
▲ 958 vs last sale 590▲ 1,263 vs year ago 285 · +443.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
315 head
▲ 125 vs last sale 190▼ 10 vs year ago 325 · −3.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, steer calves under 550 lbs were not tested on light offering, with 550-650 lbs selling mostly steady, 650-950 lbs sold with a higher undertone. Feeder heifers weighing 400-600 lbs sold steady, with 600-700 lbs trading 2.00-6.00 higher with the most advance on the 650-700 lb heifers, over 700 lbs sold with a higher undertone. Demand was good on a moderate supply with the bulk of the receipts yearlings weighing 600-950 lbs. Several large groups and packages of good quality yearlings sold on and active market with one consignment of 23 hd of black replacement heifers weighing 811 lbs sold for 232.50. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00-4.00 higher than last week with slaughter cows trading 5.00-8.00 higher, spots 10.00 higher on a nice offering off slaughter cows. Cattle on Feed report was issued Friday afternoon coming in within estimates with On Feed at 102 percent, Placements at 96 percent and Marketings at 99 percent.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $237.19/cwt on 732 head. That ranks 10 of 23 comparable sales and sits −4.51 against this barn's trailing median of $241.70.
Average price
$237.19
732 head · 716 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,698
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$820
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Large 1
$50.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.06
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2497244.181,21329
Medium and Large 1736238.291,753493
Medium and Large 1-2661238.131,573189
Large 11,052193.252,03321
One grade step is worth $50.93/cwt here — about −$820 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 sale732 hd
237.19
—
MO average5 barns · 2,805 hd
243.26
−6.06
This barn, trailing median23 sales
241.70
−4.51
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—High1,912121.882,3307thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,497107.981,61669
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,773107.971,9149thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,237102.291,26554
CowsLean 85-90%High99794.8294536
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,347180.842,43614
HeifersChoiceAverage1,225177.722,17717
HeifersSelectAverage1,168168.001,9622thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,685181.003,0501thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,376177.082,43726
SteersSelectAverage1,452165.002,3963thin

Every lot

65 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2396257.25/cwt254.00–260.001,01913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2398280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1146
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2436284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,23810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,29319
Steers—Medium and Large 2511247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,2625
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523263.46/cwt263.00–264.001,3789
Steers—Medium and Large 2576231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,3315
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580240.13/cwt236.50–246.001,39310
Steers—Medium and Large 1589275.09/cwt269.00–285.501,62069
Steers—Medium and Large 1627261.72/cwt250.00–269.001,64154
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2634243.64/cwt233.00–250.001,54534
Steers—Medium and Large 2638224.50/cwt224.50–224.501,4326
Steers—Medium and Large 1676243.24/cwt239.00–246.001,64460
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677229.52/cwt228.50–232.501,55426
Steers—Medium and Large 1721237.23/cwt231.50–242.251,71056
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2740224.77/cwt218.50–228.001,66326
Steers—Medium and Large 1764229.37/cwt225.00–237.001,752121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2778217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,68817
Steers—Medium and Large 1806227.72/cwt227.25–228.001,83578
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2835215.09/cwt208.00–220.501,79626
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2870198.21/cwt195.00–201.501,7246
Steers—Medium and Large 1933201.37/cwt198.50–203.751,87926
Steers—Medium and Large 1953197.67/cwt191.00–198.751,88429
Steers—Large 11,052193.25/cwt193.25–193.252,03321
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2394250.01/cwt249.00–251.0098512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428220.00/cwt220.00–220.009426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1440259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,1406
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2444251.45/cwt242.00–255.001,11611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned455223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,0154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2456250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1404
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463227.99/cwt226.00–230.001,0566
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481261.70/cwt261.00–264.001,25913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530242.98/cwt240.00–251.001,28836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564231.65/cwt226.00–234.501,30736
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,3084
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610226.59/cwt226.00–227.001,38210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630228.41/cwt224.50–231.001,43929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2673211.88/cwt208.50–221.001,42631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683227.44/cwt224.00–231.001,553108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725208.29/cwt206.50–210.001,51019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1726218.09/cwt215.00–222.001,58375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2758208.71/cwt204.00–211.251,58241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement811232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,88623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2833196.72/cwt193.00–199.501,63916
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2571186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,0626
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2689173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,1924
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,376177.08/cwt175.00–179.502,43726
Steers—Select1,452165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,3963
Steers—Choice and Prime1,685181.00/cwt181.00–181.003,0501
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,168168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,9622
Heifers—Choice1,225177.72/cwt175.00–179.502,17717
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,347180.84/cwt180.50–181.502,43614
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,786115.41/cwt112.00–119.502,0614
Bulls——2,080130.51/cwt126.50–135.002,7153
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91883.69/cwt81.00–85.007683
Cows—Lean 85-90%98191.02/cwt86.00–95.0089317
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,029100.95/cwt95.00–110.001,03916
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21596.66/cwt93.00–100.001,17415
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,242107.55/cwt102.50–112.001,33633
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26387.46/cwt84.00–90.001,1056
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43494.92/cwt94.00–96.001,3615
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,498110.73/cwt106.00–117.001,65951
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,516102.22/cwt98.50–105.001,55013
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,695115.76/cwt112.00–119.501,9622
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,795105.75/cwt102.00–110.001,8987

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.