Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2024-08-23

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Aug 23
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,241 head
▲ 1,071 vs last sale 170▲ 945 vs year ago 296 · +319.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
160 head
▼ 77 vs last sale 237▼ 250 vs year ago 410 · −61.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, feeder steers under 700 lbs and heifers under 600 lbs on comparable sales traded mostly 10.00-15.00 lower, with steers over 700 lbs and heifers over 600 lbs all selling with a lower undertone on a light test with the last special. Demand was moderate to good with supply moderate, the best demand was on a nice quality offering of 745-800 lb steers that sold with good demand. The largest draft that sold was 100 head of Large Frame heifers weighing 1082 lbs at 201.25. Over the last two weeks CME Cattle futures have had a volatile ride along with lower fed cattle trade all has pressured feeder cattle prices as cattle feeders have slowed their approach to purchasing feeders. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 8.00-10.00 lower than last week's strong market with slaughter cows trading 2.00-5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $285.68/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −167.22 against this barn's trailing median of $452.89.
Average price
$285.68
88 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,574
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$177
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$32.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.20
vs MO average
+15.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551292.881,61544
Medium and Large 1-2550279.821,54041
Medium and Large 2553260.001,4383thin
One grade step is worth $32.88/cwt here — about $177 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 sale88 hd
285.68
—
MO average15 barns · 1,682 hd
285.88
−0.20
National average163 barns · 7,520 hd
270.50
+15.18
This barn, trailing median26 sales
452.89
−167.22
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—Average1,949165.513,22513
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,744140.182,4456thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,460135.541,97923
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,252133.521,67225
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,046113.821,19115
HeifersChoiceAverage1,378183.682,5318thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,318184.372,43023
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,263175.452,21616

Every lot

68 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434302.02/cwt294.00–310.001,3116
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2451275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2404
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484319.36/cwt317.00–321.001,54617
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,4173
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515303.13/cwt301.00–304.001,56110
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524279.75/cwt271.00–293.001,46622
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2553260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4383
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562289.87/cwt288.50–291.001,62934
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581279.90/cwt278.00–282.501,62619
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625283.49/cwt275.50–286.751,77268
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2643267.79/cwt263.00–270.001,72225
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666254.86/cwt249.50–261.001,69711
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675259.60/cwt259.00–260.001,7525
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2717229.50/cwt229.50–229.501,6465
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1727263.81/cwt256.00–270.001,91811
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2731243.03/cwt237.00–253.001,77728
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed752247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,85710
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1761259.96/cwt253.50–267.101,978101
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2762229.02/cwt227.00–231.001,74510
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2771221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,7047
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820235.90/cwt229.50–240.001,93424
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2835225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,87921
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1875224.99/cwt223.00–226.501,96920
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2876218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,9107
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335298.00/cwt298.00–298.009983
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2383296.22/cwt291.00–301.001,13518
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2413295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2183
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2414264.21/cwt257.00–267.001,09414
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478303.77/cwt293.50–309.001,45218
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484290.45/cwt286.00–293.001,40614
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,2283
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535272.88/cwt268.00–276.001,46018
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2564245.22/cwt243.00–247.001,38316
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581251.39/cwt249.00–259.001,46141
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613249.16/cwt248.50–250.001,5279
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624238.59/cwt233.00–243.001,48919
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2676220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,4914
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1681246.04/cwt241.50–250.001,67619
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2687226.93/cwt223.00–230.501,55913
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1724230.87/cwt225.00–235.001,67138
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760229.14/cwt225.00–235.501,74138
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2780222.82/cwt222.50–224.001,73814
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1833228.50/cwt228.50–228.501,9038
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1865218.51/cwt217.50–219.501,8908
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1945207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,95615
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,082201.25/cwt201.25–201.252,178100
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,50010
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2521278.87/cwt277.00–280.001,4538
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2580271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,5723
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2619255.67/cwt253.00–264.001,58322
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,263175.45/cwt175.00–179.002,21616
Steers—Choice1,318184.37/cwt184.00–184.502,43023
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,378183.68/cwt183.00–184.502,5318
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,545130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,0091
Bulls——1,969178.38/cwt175.00–184.003,5124
Bulls——1,989163.51/cwt155.00–171.003,2528
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,000123.69/cwt120.00–130.001,2374
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05586.80/cwt85.00–90.009163
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,059108.64/cwt105.00–110.001,1505
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,078136.33/cwt135.00–139.001,4703
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,211125.97/cwt119.50–130.001,5258
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,253135.51/cwt134.00–138.001,69812
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,315140.80/cwt140.00–142.001,8525
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,418126.92/cwt120.00–130.001,8006
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,462142.01/cwt140.00–147.002,0768
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,487135.53/cwt131.00–138.002,0159
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,697138.21/cwt135.00–140.002,3455
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,980150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,9701

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.