Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2024-11-01

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Nov 1
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
335 head
▼ 666 vs last sale 1,001▼ 70 vs year ago 405 · −17.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
200 head
▼ 100 vs last sale 300▼ 42 vs year ago 242 · −17.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A light offering of feeders this week were lightly tested but sold mostly steady on comparable sales and quality selling in small packages and singles. Slaughter steers and heifers traded steady with last week. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm. Special feeder cattle sale next week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $271.78/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −181.11 against this barn's trailing median of $452.89.
Average price
$271.78
27 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,501
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$318
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$40.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.02
vs MO average
−28.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1598280.001,6744thin
Medium and Large 1-2541274.911,48820
Medium and Large 2565240.001,3563thin
One grade step is worth $40.00/cwt here — about $318 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 sale27 hd
271.78
—
MO average17 barns · 2,393 hd
280.80
−9.02
National average185 barns · 40,108 hd
300.69
−28.91
This barn, trailing median26 sales
452.89
−181.11
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—Average1,955152.742,9869thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,819131.332,3896thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,485126.301,87527
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,269121.331,53924
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,074104.311,12013
HeifersChoiceAverage1,303190.002,4766thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,379186.402,57013
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,267184.002,3313thin
SteersSelectAverage1,359177.922,41816

Every lot

60 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1317370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1733
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2442316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,3973
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned448279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,2503
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,4523
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned486291.00/cwt286.00–298.001,41411
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2498265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3203
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2512280.15/cwt274.00–285.001,4347
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned527268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,4123
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3563
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566273.31/cwt268.00–279.001,54710
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1598280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6744
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2614265.77/cwt257.00–269.001,63216
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1651269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,7514
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685243.61/cwt243.00–244.001,6695
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,8303
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,7706
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2817231.97/cwt230.50–237.001,8959
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2347304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,0553
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned391254.00/cwt254.00–254.009934
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,2573
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned461274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,2634
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2466268.50/cwt268.00–269.001,2516
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned468241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,1283
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned486238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,1574
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528242.48/cwt240.00–245.001,2806
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2550244.00/cwt242.00–246.001,3426
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2613210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2873
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2614247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,5174
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned630212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,3363
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,7773
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy716210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5044
Heifers1000–1050Large 1-21,013207.00/cwt207.00–207.002,0973
Heifers1050–1100Large 1-21,062195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,0716
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned410269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,1033
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned500247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,2353
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned550232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,2763
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned608207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,2594
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2623231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4393
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2785221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,7354
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2858203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,7423
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,267184.00/cwt184.00–184.002,3313
Steers—Select1,359177.92/cwt175.00–179.002,41816
Steers—Choice1,379186.40/cwt185.00–189.502,57013
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,303190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,4766
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,415118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,6701
Bulls——1,988155.76/cwt146.00–159.503,0976
Bulls——2,125161.04/cwt160.00–162.003,4222
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,046113.49/cwt107.00–117.001,1874
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,3551
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,070101.23/cwt97.00–103.001,0835
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12588.98/cwt87.00–90.001,0013
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,243129.30/cwt127.00–135.001,6074
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,269111.43/cwt105.00–116.001,4146
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,276123.30/cwt119.00–126.001,57314
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,462115.34/cwt115.00–116.001,6863
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,482124.38/cwt120.00–127.001,84312
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,493130.95/cwt128.00–135.501,95512
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,745129.00/cwt129.00–129.002,2511
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,825119.00/cwt119.00–119.002,1721
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,836134.99/cwt133.50–137.002,4784

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.