Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2019-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, too few feeder steers and heifers for a market test. Slaughter cows steady. All of the calves offered as singles or in small packages. Demand moderate and supply light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.75/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −109.21 against this barn's trailing median of $246.96.

Average price

$137.75

35 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$734

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$274

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$13.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.08

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	422	144.00	608	3thin
Medium 1-2	426	143.04	610	17thin
Medium and Large 1-2	676	130.50	882	15thin

One grade step is worth $13.50/cwt here — about −$274 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

15 sales

Heifers 0–100 lb: high $262.69, low $223.56, median $246.96 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale35 hd

137.75

—

MO average19 barns · 9,239 hd

146.83

−9.08

This barn, trailing median15 sales

246.96

−109.21

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,644	80.19	1,318	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,533	58.84	902	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,286	56.00	720	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,151	46.65	537	41
Steers	Choice	Average	1,240	123.08	1,526	8thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	858	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	902	9
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	417	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	709	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	597	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	878	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	521	156.10/cwt	155.00–159.00	813	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	433	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	753	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	572	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	847	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	600	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	855	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	677	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	927	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	504	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	859	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	987	3
Bulls	—	—	1,433	78.52/cwt	77.50–79.50	1,125	2
Bulls	—	—	1,855	81.85/cwt	81.00–83.00	1,518	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,240	123.08/cwt	122.00–124.50	1,526	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	60.70/cwt	59.00–62.00	794	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	51.37/cwt	47.00–54.00	683	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	57.07/cwt	53.00–59.50	720	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,516	52.12/cwt	50.00–54.50	790	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,552	63.61/cwt	60.00–69.00	987	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,528	58.16/cwt	55.00–60.00	889	18
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	385	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	589	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	435	140.91/cwt	131.00–148.00	613	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	422	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	608	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	824	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,218	58.37/cwt	57.50–59.00	711	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	34.87/cwt	30.50–40.00	352	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,132	52.69/cwt	50.00–56.50	596	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,241	45.75/cwt	39.00–52.00	568	15

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Eastern MO Commission Company - Bowling Green, MO

Fri May 3, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 200Last week 2,052Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 225Last week 420Year ago 0

Compared to last week, too few feeder steers and heifers for a market test. Slaughter cows steady. All of the calves offered as singles or in small packages. Demand moderate and supply light.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	643	133.50	133.50
9	—	719	125.50	125.50
3	—	578	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	385	153.00	153.00
14	—	435	131.00–148.00	140.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	422	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	170.00	170.00
3	—	597	147.00	147.00
7	—	521	155.00–159.00	156.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	433	174.00	174.00
3	—	572	148.00	148.00
3	—	600	142.50	142.50
3	—	677	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	504	170.50	170.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	695	142.00	142.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,433	77.50–79.50	78.52
2	—	1,855	81.00–83.00	81.85
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,240	122.00–124.50	123.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,308	59.00–62.00	60.70
13	—	1,330	47.00–54.00	51.37
30	—	1,262	53.00–59.50	57.07
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,516	50.00–54.50	52.12
11	—	1,552	60.00–69.00	63.61
18	—	1,528	55.00–60.00	58.16
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,218	57.50–59.00	58.37
9	—	1,010	30.50–40.00	34.87
14	—	1,132	50.00–56.50	52.69
15	—	1,241	39.00–52.00	45.75

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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