Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2024-09-06

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Sep 6
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
303 head
▲ 145 vs last sale 158▼ 1,466 vs year ago 1,769 · −82.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
160 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 93▼ 20 vs year ago 180 · −11.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Friday's auction overall had light receipts of feeders with most of the offering unweaned/short weaned bulls, steers and heifers with very few comparisons, but overall quality was good especially on the unweaned bull calves with the small offering of feeders selling with good demand.. Slaughter cows and slaughter steers and heifers sold steady with last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $290.39/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −162.51 against this barn's trailing median of $452.89.
Average price
$290.39
40 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,558
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$162
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$52.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.73
vs MO average
+20.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520310.231,61325
Medium and Large 1-2564257.321,45115thin
One grade step is worth $52.91/cwt here — about $162 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 sale40 hd
290.39
—
MO average10 barns · 669 hd
284.65
+5.73
National average147 barns · 6,928 hd
269.40
+20.99
This barn, trailing median26 sales
452.89
−162.51
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—High1,707158.862,71112
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,818132.542,4105thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,485132.011,96027
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,252128.171,60534
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,072118.741,27318
HeifersChoiceAverage1,165181.082,11014
SteersChoiceAverage1,293181.222,34313

Every lot

44 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,1853
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,4608
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,2643
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485315.06/cwt312.00–317.001,5285
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520310.23/cwt309.00–313.001,61325
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned522265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3834
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned579254.53/cwt254.00–255.001,47411
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2605271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,6403
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1658270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7773
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,7543
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2333310.23/cwt306.00–313.001,0335
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned372275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0233
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned416283.45/cwt280.00–289.001,1798
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428285.61/cwt278.00–301.001,2229
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1456292.97/cwt289.00–300.001,3369
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned475275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3068
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned537267.54/cwt265.00–268.001,43713
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620242.99/cwt236.00–248.001,5075
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned688219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,5074
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2692231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,5994
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned370338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,2513
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned431303.78/cwt300.00–309.001,3097
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned465297.97/cwt294.00–300.001,38612
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned528302.30/cwt298.00–305.001,5968
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2577275.38/cwt269.00–279.001,58911
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned586275.50/cwt275.50–275.501,61412
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2683228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,5573
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2780209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,6303
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,293181.22/cwt180.00–183.002,34313
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,165181.08/cwt180.50–181.502,11014
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,648165.45/cwt158.00–170.002,7274
Bulls——1,710152.78/cwt150.00–156.002,6137
Bulls——1,920175.00/cwt175.00–175.003,3601
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,061110.68/cwt106.00–115.001,1745
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,067127.63/cwt120.00–132.001,36211
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0132
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,243130.89/cwt127.00–135.001,62716
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,251137.68/cwt137.00–139.001,7226
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,260122.23/cwt115.00–125.001,54010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,290107.63/cwt105.00–110.001,3882
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,463134.51/cwt130.00–138.501,96811
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,494123.73/cwt120.00–127.001,84910
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,509141.23/cwt140.00–145.002,1316
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,818132.54/cwt130.00–137.002,4105

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.