Sale reports / Missouri / Central Missouri Sales Company / 2019-10-21

Central Missouri Sales Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sedalia, Missouri · Mon, Oct 21
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1818
Feeder Cattle receipts
328 head
▼ 161 vs last sale 489▲ 328 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 70▲ 47 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 3▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers too few for a good price comparison, however the undertone was weak to lower. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Demand moderate. Supply light. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.43/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$135.43
70 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$705
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$120
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.55
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547140.4876834
Medium and Large 1-2496130.6664836
One grade step is worth $9.82/cwt here — about $120 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale70 hd
135.43
—
MO average20 barns · 7,811 hd
133.88
+1.55
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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—High1,68277.331,3016thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45957.198347thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15853.7062220
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04246.794887thin

Every lot, as filed

41 lots · USDA AMS · Central Missouri Sale Company - Sedalia, MO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—468142.00/cwt142.00–142.006652
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—520130.77/cwt125.00–137.006802
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—595126.00/cwt126.00–126.007502
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—419145.77/cwt140.00–152.006114
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—61796.63/cwt90.00–116.005964
HeifersMedium and Large 1—330147.00/cwt147.00–147.004852
HeifersMedium and Large 1—420142.01/cwt141.00–144.005965
HeifersMedium and Large 1—516142.00/cwt142.00–142.007335
HeifersMedium and Large 1—382143.05/cwt140.50–148.005466
HeifersMedium and Large 1—644139.00/cwt139.00–139.008956
HeifersMedium and Large 1—709137.00/cwt137.00–137.0097110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—532123.54/cwt120.00–126.006574
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—380138.00/cwt136.00–139.005245
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—567124.89/cwt122.00–132.007086
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—613124.19/cwt122.00–133.007616
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—481133.05/cwt130.00–135.006407
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—423136.72/cwt131.00–139.505788
SteersLarge 1—720133.00/cwt133.00–133.009582
SteersLarge 1—567132.00/cwt132.00–132.007485
SteersMedium and Large 1—315166.00/cwt166.00–166.005232
SteersMedium and Large 1—429159.90/cwt155.00–163.006865
SteersMedium and Large 1—380163.22/cwt159.00–169.006206
SteersMedium and Large 1—522147.52/cwt146.00–149.007706
SteersMedium and Large 1—472155.63/cwt151.00–159.007359
SteersMedium and Large 1—624142.00/cwt142.00–142.008869
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—405175.00/cwt175.00–175.007093
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—353155.01/cwt154.00–156.005472
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—415152.51/cwt152.00–153.006332
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—569141.56/cwt140.00–146.008054
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—611137.98/cwt136.00–140.008434
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,5451,150.32/cwt1,100.00–1,200.0017,7722
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,125922.57/cwt785.00–1,035.0010,37913
Bulls——1,55883.00/cwt83.00–83.001,2932
Bulls——1,74474.49/cwt73.00–76.001,2994
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,00262.65/cwt62.00–63.006283
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10847.55/cwt41.00–50.005275
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21854.02/cwt52.00–59.0065812
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,32360.76/cwt60.00–61.508042
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,51355.76/cwt54.00–58.008445
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02743.54/cwt43.00–45.004473
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05449.23/cwt45.00–52.005194

How this sale compares

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.