Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2024-05-03

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, May 3
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
446 head
▼ 655 vs last sale 1,101▲ 57 vs year ago 389 · +14.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
338 head
▲ 88 vs last sale 250▲ 13 vs year ago 325 · +4.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a very light offering of feeders this week were sold in small packages and singles with a few sales of 400-600 lb steers and heifers on comparable sales traded steady with last week. Feeder offering was made up of several groups of unweaned/short weaned calves along with several groups of bulls. A good offering of slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher with slaughter cows selling firm to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $263.52/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −135.62 against this barn's trailing median of $399.14.
Average price
$263.52
42 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,429
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$101
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.47
vs MO average
−4.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547269.141,47224
Medium and Large 1-2536256.041,37218thin
One grade step is worth $13.10/cwt here — about $101 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 sale42 hd
263.52
—
MO average19 barns · 2,856 hd
275.99
−12.47
National average173 barns · 11,009 hd
268.38
−4.86
This barn, trailing median30 sales
399.14
−135.62
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

30 sales
454412371329median 399.1403/0604/2406/2609/1110/30
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.62, low $343.18, median $399.14 across 30 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—High1,969150.782,96914
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,641129.952,13316
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,479125.371,85442
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,247124.191,54844
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,018105.811,07730
HeifersChoiceAverage1,261187.502,3646thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,228181.742,2324thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,423189.002,6899thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,426185.332,64343
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,368181.532,48316

Every lot

62 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2395341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,3473
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426338.67/cwt328.00–345.001,44315
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484332.48/cwt325.00–340.001,6096
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519326.81/cwt325.00–328.501,6968
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned523317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,6586
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561309.18/cwt309.00–310.001,73411
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy577270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5583
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2593278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,6493
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630283.19/cwt279.00–292.001,7849
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675254.90/cwt251.00–260.001,7217
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned678225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5264
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2742259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,9223
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2828231.50/cwt231.50–231.501,9173
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy412300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2363
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429313.79/cwt304.00–324.001,3466
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431284.24/cwt278.00–291.001,2256
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned458295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3513
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2461288.58/cwt281.00–294.001,33016
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1491301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,4784
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2500271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,3554
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned505240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2123
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520288.23/cwt276.00–293.001,49911
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2557254.97/cwt249.00–261.001,42011
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569264.75/cwt262.00–266.001,5069
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned572226.50/cwt226.50–226.501,2964
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2602241.12/cwt236.00–247.001,4528
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned610217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,3274
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630254.86/cwt254.50–256.001,60612
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2645219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,4133
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned658217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,4316
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,5833
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1740233.21/cwt233.00–233.501,72614
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2746227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,6974
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1785229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,7987
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2800220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7603
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,3693
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2464295.03/cwt291.00–301.001,36914
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2525289.13/cwt284.00–294.001,51813
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2553281.01/cwt275.00–284.001,5549
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2612262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,6033
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2665234.15/cwt229.00–243.001,5578
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2736237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,7448
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,368181.53/cwt180.00–182.502,48316
Steers—Choice and Prime1,423189.00/cwt189.00–189.002,6899
Steers—Choice1,426185.33/cwt183.00–186.502,64343
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,228181.74/cwt181.50–182.002,2324
Heifers—Choice1,261187.50/cwt187.50–187.502,3646
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,816163.90/cwt161.00–167.002,9764
Bulls——1,998132.22/cwt127.00–141.002,6424
Bulls——2,052154.41/cwt147.00–158.003,1686
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%83581.47/cwt80.00–84.006804
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,007108.82/cwt106.00–112.001,0965
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02994.27/cwt88.00–102.009708
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,072119.24/cwt114.00–125.001,27813
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,197108.95/cwt105.00–112.001,3043
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,244127.85/cwt124.00–133.501,59028
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,264119.82/cwt117.00–122.001,51513
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,474129.81/cwt125.00–136.001,91327
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,486111.44/cwt105.00–115.001,6566
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,487121.35/cwt117.00–124.001,8049
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,625133.02/cwt126.00–140.502,16213
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,712116.65/cwt115.00–118.001,9973

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.