Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2024-11-22

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Nov 22
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
940 head
▲ 455 vs last sale 485▲ 454 vs year ago 486 · +93.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
275 head
▼ 49 vs last sale 324▼ 5 vs year ago 280 · −1.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two week's ago, steer calves weighing under 550 lbs and 400-500 lb heifers sold with a sharply higher undertone on limited comparisons from two weeks ago, 550-700 lb steers sold 5.00-12.00 higher and 500-600 lb heifers sold 5.00-10.00 higher with the most advance on the 500-550 lb heifers, heifers over 600 lbs were not well tested with last special. Demand was good on a good quality offering of weaned steers weighing 400-650 lbs and heifers weighing 400-600 lbs. Stick out sales included two pot loads of (101 hd) of 1083 lb Large Frame heifers selling at 213.35, and a group of thin steers (22 hd) weighing 603 lbs at 302.00. Slaughter steers and heifers sold firm to 1.00 higher with slaughter cows trading steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $272.86/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −126.29 against this barn's trailing median of $399.14.
Average price
$272.86
74 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,499
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$29
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$20.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.31
vs MO average
+5.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538280.721,50945
Medium and Large 1-2568260.661,48029
One grade step is worth $20.05/cwt here — about $29 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale74 hd
272.86
—
MO average15 barns · 2,572 hd
257.55
+15.31
National average196 barns · 21,141 hd
267.05
+5.81
This barn, trailing median30 sales
399.14
−126.29
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—Low1,791153.852,7556thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,743133.082,32012
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,478123.891,83144
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,260120.691,52155
CowsLean 85-90%High1,082106.991,15727
HeifersChoiceAverage1,233185.122,28313
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,212180.002,1825thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,390184.682,56714

Every lot

62 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320398.35/cwt397.50–400.001,2753
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2332365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2123
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1364372.12/cwt365.00–385.001,35510
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419351.34/cwt338.00–371.001,47234
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2441310.92/cwt308.00–317.001,3716
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480330.60/cwt323.00–339.001,58730
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2492311.97/cwt308.00–318.001,53510
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed503336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,6904
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1534310.39/cwt301.00–326.001,65742
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566301.84/cwt295.00–311.001,70828
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2592279.97/cwt275.00–285.001,6576
Steers550–600Large 1597270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6129
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed603302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,82122
Steers600–650Large 1607273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,65713
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618292.40/cwt288.00–299.001,80737
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,6263
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2658261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,7173
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1692268.50/cwt260.00–271.001,85822
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,8425
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy783237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,8568
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy925221.00/cwt221.00–221.002,0443
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2304315.00/cwt315.00–315.009584
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2366277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,0144
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370302.95/cwt294.00–312.001,12116
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424302.08/cwt290.00–312.501,28130
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2448282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,2638
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474278.90/cwt271.00–286.001,32211
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479300.13/cwt290.00–306.001,43827
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529286.99/cwt283.00–293.001,51833
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536272.61/cwt265.00–279.001,46112
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561263.46/cwt261.00–266.001,47812
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590252.23/cwt250.00–254.001,48817
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1608256.70/cwt255.00–257.501,56128
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2634244.46/cwt240.00–249.001,5506
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2657230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5116
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1686240.03/cwt240.00–240.501,64757
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730231.26/cwt230.00–237.001,68816
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2773215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6623
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1816226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,8444
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,083213.35/cwt213.35–213.352,311101
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1400355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,4203
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1466320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4915
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2518258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,3363
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2694218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,5134
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,390184.68/cwt183.50–186.002,56714
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,212180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,1825
Heifers—Choice1,233185.12/cwt184.50–185.502,28313
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,713153.83/cwt149.00–156.002,6353
Bulls——1,855142.30/cwt140.00–145.002,6402
Bulls——1,895177.00/cwt177.00–177.003,3541
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,071113.37/cwt109.00–117.001,21412
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,085121.51/cwt120.00–123.001,3182
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,086100.43/cwt94.00–105.001,09112
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15080.00/cwt80.00–80.009201
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,255110.45/cwt105.00–115.001,38613
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,259121.71/cwt118.00–127.001,53231
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,269129.91/cwt128.00–133.001,64911
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,459114.28/cwt110.00–117.001,66711
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,472124.07/cwt119.00–127.501,82620
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,503131.76/cwt128.50–135.501,98013
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,705128.46/cwt127.00–130.002,1902
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,751134.00/cwt131.00–139.502,34610

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.