Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2024-07-12

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Jul 12
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,021 head
▲ 318 vs last sale 703▼ 113 vs year ago 1,134 · −10.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
250 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 235▼ 120 vs year ago 370 · −32.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, steer calves on a light test weighing 500-600 lbs sold with a firm to higher undertone, 600-700 lbs traded steady with the best test on 700-750 lb steers trading 10.00-13.00 higher, two pot loads of 961-975 lb steers sold with a firm to higher undertone. Feeder heifers were lightly tested weighing 500-750 lbs and sold mostly steady on comparable sales. Demand was good on a moderate supply with two pot loads of 961-975 lb steers selling at 248.00-250.60 and a consignment of 111 head of 1014 lb heifers selling at 215.60. Slaughter steers and heifers traded steady with slaughter cows selling steady to firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $329.15/cwt on 81 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −123.74 against this barn's trailing median of $452.89.
Average price
$329.15
81 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,851
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$266
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$51.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.81
vs MO average
+26.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1566336.011,90264
Medium and Large 1-2539310.971,67512thin
Medium and Large 2574285.001,6365thin
One grade step is worth $51.01/cwt here — about $266 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale81 hd
329.15
—
MO average15 barns · 2,551 hd
322.34
+6.81
National average160 barns · 9,699 hd
302.91
+26.24
This barn, trailing median26 sales
452.89
−123.74
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—High1,805172.663,11616
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,711144.122,4668thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,227139.821,71635
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,444139.492,01529
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,029118.121,21625
HeifersChoiceAverage1,300195.102,53621
SteersChoiceAverage1,366194.512,65730
SteersSelectAverage1,423175.872,50311

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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2417339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,4143
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476342.54/cwt336.00–345.001,6307
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1498379.00/cwt379.00–379.001,8873
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy518374.00/cwt374.00–374.001,9373
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519311.49/cwt311.00–312.001,6176
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527346.46/cwt339.00–367.001,82616
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2558310.44/cwt306.00–315.001,7326
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2574285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6365
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583329.76/cwt323.00–341.501,92345
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625308.84/cwt307.00–315.001,93034
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635286.32/cwt282.00–300.001,81818
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668290.58/cwt287.50–300.001,94129
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2684274.84/cwt269.00–277.001,88018
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715289.28/cwt286.00–291.502,06844
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724261.53/cwt258.00–265.001,89318
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2776254.62/cwt252.00–258.001,97620
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy786226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,7765
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy810248.50/cwt248.50–248.502,0134
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2826240.73/cwt239.00–243.501,98818
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2862240.92/cwt237.00–242.002,07728
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2950221.50/cwt221.50–221.502,1047
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1968249.29/cwt248.00–250.602,413110
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2971225.50/cwt225.50–225.502,1908
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2398316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,2583
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2411299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,2294
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned420295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2394
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474275.46/cwt274.00–277.001,3066
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2492303.97/cwt300.00–310.001,4965
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518297.11/cwt294.00–299.001,53913
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536279.38/cwt276.00–282.001,4977
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570290.49/cwt285.00–299.001,65616
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572277.40/cwt274.50–281.001,58711
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1606279.77/cwt275.50–283.001,69523
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2634261.27/cwt256.00–263.501,65626
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680263.49/cwt263.00–264.001,79225
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2700243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,7015
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735246.22/cwt244.00–253.001,8108
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy749215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6104
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1766253.50/cwt253.50–253.501,9424
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2767236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,8103
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2843225.50/cwt225.50–225.501,9015
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1898220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9768
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1924225.75/cwt225.75–225.752,08612
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,014215.60/cwt215.60–215.602,186111
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2439259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,1374
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2512259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,3264
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,366194.51/cwt192.00–197.502,65730
Steers—Select1,423175.87/cwt173.00–177.002,50311
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,300195.10/cwt193.00–197.002,53621
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,460153.00/cwt153.00–153.002,2341
Bulls——1,780168.60/cwt158.00–174.003,0019
Bulls——1,899182.03/cwt179.00–191.003,4576
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85090.00/cwt90.00–90.007651
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,030105.88/cwt100.00–113.001,09110
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,035124.16/cwt116.00–130.001,28510
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,059140.62/cwt136.00–145.501,4894
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,209138.29/cwt135.00–144.001,67210
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,222126.99/cwt120.00–132.001,5529
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,242148.00/cwt145.00–153.501,83816
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,420122.76/cwt118.00–130.001,7436
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,437139.14/cwt133.50–144.001,99913
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,468149.99/cwt145.00–155.002,20210
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,709147.49/cwt145.00–150.002,5215
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,715138.51/cwt132.00–143.002,3753

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.