Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2024-08-02

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Aug 2
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
135 head
▼ 720 vs last sale 855▼ 120 vs year ago 255 · −47.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
140 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 162▼ 107 vs year ago 247 · −43.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Friday's sale receipts were very light with feeder cattle not well tested selling mostly as singles and small packages. Slaughter steers and heifers traded steady with last week with slaughter cows also selling steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $269.13/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −130.02 against this barn's trailing median of $399.14.
Average price
$269.13
8 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,487
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$158
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$29.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.22
vs MO average
+10.67 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2552280.001,5465thin
Medium and Large 2553251.001,3883thin
One grade step is worth $29.00/cwt here — about $158 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 sale8 hd
269.13
—
MO average12 barns · 988 hd
271.35
−2.22
National average139 barns · 7,218 hd
258.46
+10.67
This barn, trailing median30 sales
399.14
−130.02
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—Average1,851161.042,98114
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,468137.682,02219
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,705137.002,3361thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,242134.031,66418
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,021110.671,13034
SteersChoiceAverage1,180193.162,2794thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,198187.182,24211

Every lot

36 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,3612
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523306.76/cwt302.00–310.001,6045
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,7053
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2310288.00/cwt288.00–288.008933
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2391280.50/cwt280.00–281.001,0974
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431286.77/cwt286.00–288.001,2365
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,0503
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,2602
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477243.51/cwt235.00–253.001,1628
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2552280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5465
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2553251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,3883
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2648231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4973
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2798227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,8115
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2278358.00/cwt358.00–358.009953
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2380318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,2086
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2482301.98/cwt286.00–310.001,4569
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2502276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,3863
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2578275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5903
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2670251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,6823
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,180193.16/cwt191.50–194.502,2794
Steers—Select and Choice1,198187.18/cwt186.50–189.002,24211
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,793159.85/cwt155.00–165.002,8667
Bulls——1,840181.35/cwt177.00–185.003,3372
Bulls——1,910145.73/cwt140.00–150.002,7834
Bulls——2,040190.00/cwt190.00–190.003,8761
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97486.37/cwt85.00–93.008416
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,013106.25/cwt100.00–115.001,07617
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,053138.03/cwt134.00–141.001,4535
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,063124.70/cwt120.00–130.001,3266
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,228128.07/cwt125.00–132.001,5736
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,239139.46/cwt136.00–142.001,72811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,350110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,4851
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,463153.37/cwt152.00–155.002,2443
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,464139.50/cwt135.50–143.502,04211
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,481124.28/cwt120.00–130.001,8415
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,705137.00/cwt137.00–137.002,3361

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.