Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2024-04-05

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Apr 5
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
485 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 510▲ 5 vs year ago 480 · +1.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
300 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 267▲ 4 vs year ago 296 · +1.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a light offering this week of calves weighing 400-650 lbs sold steady to firm on comparable sales with last week's light offering of similar kind and quality. Demand was moderate to good on a light supply of feeders. Feeders sold in small groups and singles with mostly new crop calves in the offering. Slaughter cattle traded mostly 1.00-2.00 lower with slaughter cows selling fully steady to 3.00 higher. CME Live and Feeder cattle futures ended the week on another sell-off with Live Cattle futures April thru December down 3.00-3.80 and Feeder contracts down hard with April thru September down 5.00-5.85. There is a lot of uncertainty in the markets with the bird virus and markets hate uncertainty.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $302.02/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −150.88 against this barn's trailing median of $452.89.
Average price
$302.02
48 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,649
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$176
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$39.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.98
vs MO average
−8.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539322.501,73923
Medium and Large 1-2552283.181,56425
One grade step is worth $39.32/cwt here — about $176 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale48 hd
302.02
—
MO average18 barns · 2,611 hd
313.00
−10.98
National average173 barns · 11,586 hd
310.76
−8.74
This barn, trailing median26 sales
452.89
−150.88
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 500–600 lb

26 sales
514467420373median 452.8903/0605/0106/2609/1110/30
Steers 500–600 lb: high $499.75, low $386.78, median $452.89 across 26 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—High1,849160.602,97019
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,669144.892,41810
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,472131.531,93747
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,244126.971,57956
CowsLean 85-90%High1,051109.501,15131
HeifersChoiceAverage1,362187.002,54711
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,483177.002,6255thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,488185.932,76721

Every lot

58 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,3333
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2387297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,1493
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421342.15/cwt332.00–358.001,44017
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471318.43/cwt315.00–325.001,5009
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,5955
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515326.93/cwt325.00–328.001,68413
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518297.26/cwt291.00–301.001,5408
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy540261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,4093
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571316.74/cwt315.00–321.001,80910
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574287.43/cwt275.00–301.001,65010
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned575261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,5014
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2606280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6975
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned608265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6113
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8447
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2642241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5473
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670248.38/cwt246.00–250.001,66415
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2740242.25/cwt242.00–242.501,7936
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775232.91/cwt229.00–237.001,8058
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy980184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,8034
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,0423
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383311.34/cwt307.00–314.001,1928
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1103
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2453289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,3094
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,4097
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527262.07/cwt255.00–273.001,38113
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,5893
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed570289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,6475
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,5894
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2581236.50/cwt236.50–236.501,3744
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy585233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,3633
Heifers600–650Medium 2615200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2304
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620242.75/cwt240.00–245.001,50519
Heifers650–700Medium 1-2Fleshy661209.50/cwt209.50–209.501,3856
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666230.63/cwt229.00–232.501,53613
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy692189.50/cwt189.50–189.501,3116
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy729212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,5496
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1372342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,2723
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned434336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,4587
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1438336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,4723
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1467319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,4905
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned528278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,4684
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2575264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,5185
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,488185.93/cwt185.00–189.002,76721
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,362187.00/cwt187.00–187.002,54711
Heifers—Select and Choice1,483177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,6255
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,780155.81/cwt150.00–159.002,7738
Bulls——1,900164.09/cwt160.00–168.003,11811
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97374.24/cwt70.00–77.507222
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,032112.19/cwt107.00–117.001,15810
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03496.66/cwt89.00–101.009998
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,095122.80/cwt118.50–129.001,34511
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,198112.22/cwt107.00–117.001,3448
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,233123.08/cwt119.00–128.001,51822
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,267134.79/cwt129.00–143.001,70826
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,462126.60/cwt121.00–131.501,85125
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,483140.10/cwt134.00–148.502,07819
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,493118.31/cwt116.50–120.501,7663
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,669144.89/cwt140.00–149.002,41810

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.