Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2024-05-24

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, May 24
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
950 head
▲ 575 vs last sale 375▼ 254 vs year ago 1,204 · −21.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
140 head
▼ 160 vs last sale 300▼ 170 vs year ago 310 · −54.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two week's ago, (last week was a special bred cow sale) the best test on steer calves weighed 500-600 lbs selling 10.00-18.00 higher, with 600-650 lbs on comparable sales and weights trading steady to firm all other weights of steers lightly tested but selling with a higher undertone. Feeder heifers weighing 400-550 lbs sold fully steady to firm, with 600-650 lb heifers selling 10.00-15.00 higher other weights of heifers sold with a firm to higher undertone on a light test. Slaughter cows sold firm to 3.00 higher. Demand was good on a light to moderate offering with the best demand on the 500-600 lb steers and 500-550 lb heifers. Cattle on Feed Report was released Friday afternoon pretty much within estimates with On Feed at 99 percent, Placements came in at 94 percent and Marketings at 110 percent.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $331.43/cwt on 120 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −121.46 against this barn's trailing median of $452.89.
Average price
$331.43
120 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,828
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$179
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$30.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.37
vs MO average
+17.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552336.501,858100
Medium and Large 1-2548306.111,67920
One grade step is worth $30.39/cwt here — about $179 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale120 hd
331.43
—
MO average15 barns · 3,859 hd
317.06
+14.37
National average158 barns · 11,390 hd
314.10
+17.33
This barn, trailing median26 sales
452.89
−121.46
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—High1,768160.292,83314
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,680150.002,5201thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,479134.411,98719
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,239133.721,65731
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,012116.611,18019
HeifersChoiceAverage1,345189.122,5446thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,436187.002,6855thin

Every lot

60 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378374.72/cwt370.00–385.001,41615
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,5164
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481318.31/cwt315.00–325.001,5319
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1489360.11/cwt357.00–364.001,7618
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2514309.58/cwt307.50–311.001,5917
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524347.36/cwt329.00–359.001,82026
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562332.68/cwt315.00–342.001,87074
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2567304.24/cwt299.00–313.001,72513
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1639298.06/cwt292.00–314.001,90534
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2641268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,7184
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2642284.50/cwt284.50–284.501,8268
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667286.18/cwt277.00–295.001,90919
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2678243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,6485
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy692260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7994
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710267.91/cwt266.00–270.001,90232
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724247.64/cwt243.50–253.501,79324
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1757257.60/cwt256.00–260.001,95010
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2767246.61/cwt245.50–249.001,89119
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2795218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,7333
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2867225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,9513
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2900222.50/cwt222.50–222.502,0036
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1321354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,1365
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1382348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,3293
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425307.25/cwt307.25–307.251,3064
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427330.21/cwt322.00–339.001,41024
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1453314.63/cwt312.00–317.001,4258
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478280.97/cwt279.50–284.001,3436
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525310.37/cwt304.00–316.001,62952
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,3253
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2539282.99/cwt281.00–287.001,52515
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed556300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6689
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575269.96/cwt263.00–287.001,55224
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1608271.87/cwt265.00–278.001,65352
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2636258.14/cwt255.00–259.501,64210
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671234.33/cwt231.00–237.001,5727
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1674249.96/cwt243.00–258.001,68516
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2728227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,65325
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1743232.45/cwt231.50–233.501,72737
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755235.50/cwt235.50–235.501,77813
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785225.43/cwt223.50–229.501,77012
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368384.00/cwt384.00–384.001,4134
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1417366.63/cwt365.00–367.501,5299
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1487342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,6683
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2581292.35/cwt288.00–296.001,69912
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2618277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,7123
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2740238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,7618
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,436187.00/cwt187.00–187.002,6855
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,345189.12/cwt188.00–190.002,5446
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,718158.26/cwt150.00–163.002,71911
Bulls——1,950167.71/cwt167.00–169.003,2703
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97696.72/cwt90.00–104.009445
Cows—Lean 85-90%990113.87/cwt110.00–116.001,1274
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,039127.65/cwt123.00–132.501,32610
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235136.91/cwt132.00–142.001,69122
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,241127.28/cwt121.00–130.001,5808
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,325115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,5241
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,432128.31/cwt125.00–130.001,8373
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,485138.49/cwt134.00–142.002,05714
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,503115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,7282
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,680150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,5201

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.