Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2024-06-07

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Jun 7
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,466 head
▲ 1,132 vs last sale 334▼ 17 vs year ago 1,483 · −1.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
250 head
▲ 90 vs last sale 160▼ 225 vs year ago 475 · −47.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, a light test of steer calves weighing under 650 lbs sold steady on a light offering, with yearling steers over 650 lbs trading with a firm to higher undertone on a much larger offering than two weeks ago. Feeder heifers under 700 lbs sold steady to firm with over 700 lbs trading with a higher undertone. Demand was good on a moderate offering with the bulk of the feeders weighing 650-1000 lbs. Several pot loads were in the offering with two pot loads of steers weighing 1011-1031 lbs at 231.75-233.10, pot load steers weighing 782 lbs at 266.00, two pot loads of heifers weighing 905 lbs at 216.10 and a pot load heifers weighing 659 lbs at 271.00. Slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to firm with slaughter cows trading steady to firm with spots 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $322.85/cwt on 96 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −130.05 against this barn's trailing median of $452.89.
Average price
$322.85
96 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,771
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$316
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.79
vs MO average
+13.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553328.671,81662
Medium and Large 1-2545313.411,70731
Medium and Large 2500300.001,5003thin
One grade step is worth $28.67/cwt here — about $316 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale96 hd
322.85
—
MO average16 barns · 4,737 hd
315.05
+7.79
National average164 barns · 13,053 hd
309.16
+13.69
This barn, trailing median26 sales
452.89
−130.05
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—High1,857171.733,1889thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,723140.542,42113
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,474136.212,00737
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,254134.311,68443
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,036114.631,18811
HeifersChoiceAverage1,348187.852,53210
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,178184.002,1682thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,335187.672,50545

Every lot

64 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2347380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3193
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422372.16/cwt367.50–375.001,5715
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2464338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,5684
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465348.93/cwt341.00–355.001,6239
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,4639
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5003
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2509318.37/cwt315.00–324.001,62115
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518336.87/cwt330.00–340.001,74512
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561326.70/cwt320.00–330.501,83350
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed567320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8145
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583303.66/cwt298.00–310.001,77011
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2602271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,6314
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1607302.19/cwt301.00–302.501,83424
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623291.56/cwt283.00–298.001,81664
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2653258.24/cwt256.50–260.001,68610
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1669291.96/cwt284.50–299.001,95366
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683271.65/cwt259.00–277.001,85533
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2716253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,8117
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2722262.17/cwt257.75–268.251,89328
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1738277.51/cwt272.00–284.502,04815
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1779261.61/cwt256.25–266.002,038123
Steers1000–1050Large 11,021232.42/cwt231.75–233.102,373104
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2392330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2943
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1412340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4013
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474303.04/cwt291.00–316.001,4368
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479327.07/cwt320.00–337.001,56721
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521314.70/cwt311.00–318.001,64019
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533274.20/cwt271.00–280.001,4618
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563274.06/cwt269.50–282.001,54350
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2574247.25/cwt247.00–247.501,4196
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577259.03/cwt250.00–263.501,49512
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2612257.20/cwt249.00–262.001,57432
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2618246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,5204
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1627270.26/cwt264.00–277.001,69541
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed659271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,78680
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2661249.05/cwt245.00–255.001,64649
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670264.43/cwt260.00–268.001,77217
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,5954
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed705263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,85417
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1717241.56/cwt237.00–249.001,73229
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2734235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7254
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1764235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7959
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2788227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,78911
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,8514
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1905216.10/cwt216.10–216.101,956115
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2341358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,2214
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2464337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,5664
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,335187.67/cwt186.00–189.002,50545
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,178184.00/cwt184.00–184.002,1682
Heifers—Choice1,348187.85/cwt185.00–189.002,53210
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,840168.48/cwt163.00–171.003,1006
Bulls——1,890178.22/cwt175.00–185.003,3683
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92096.50/cwt96.00–97.008882
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,059118.00/cwt114.00–122.001,2504
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,063128.98/cwt125.00–134.001,3714
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07080.00/cwt80.00–80.008561
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,240120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,4881
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,245139.98/cwt135.00–145.001,74320
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,262129.80/cwt124.00–133.001,63822
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,428120.71/cwt120.00–122.001,7243
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,437132.57/cwt126.50–135.001,90511
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,497139.97/cwt137.00–146.502,09523
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,685133.86/cwt132.00–137.002,2565
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,746144.71/cwt139.50–150.002,5278

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.