Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2020-02-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, steer calves and heifers weighing 500-600 lbs sold mostly 7.00-12.00 higher, with steers weighing 600-800 lbs selling 3.00-7.00 higher with instances 10.00 higher, yearling steers over 800 lbs were not well tested but sold with a firm undertone on kind and quality. Feeder heifers weighing over 600 lbs sold with a firm to higher undertone on a light test with two weeks ago. Slaughter cows traded steady to 3.00 higher with last week. Very good demand this week and overall extremely good quality offering of many home raised calves and yearlings weighing 500-800 lbs. CME cattle futures on Friday ended the week on a high note with strong triple digit gains hopefully finding a bottom into the recent downtrend.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.20/cwt on 762 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −97.80 against this barn's trailing median of $241.00.

Average price

$143.20

762 head · 772 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,105

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

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

$49.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.68

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	666	157.56	1,049	372
Medium and Large 2	517	140.00	724	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	877	130.46	1,143	369
Medium 1-2	853	108.00	921	18thin

One grade step is worth $49.56/cwt here — about $128 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

25 sales

Steers 0–100 lb: high $259.77, low $218.54, median $241.00 across 25 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 sale762 hd

143.20

—

MO average17 barns · 11,718 hd

154.88

−11.68

This barn, trailing median25 sales

241.00

−97.80

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	1,695	84.10	1,425	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,488	59.83	890	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,311	58.20	763	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,083	51.90	562	14
Steers	Choice	Average	1,284	120.24	1,544	6thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Low	1,299	113.39	1,473	28
Steers	Select	Average	1,290	109.57	1,413	8thin
Steers	Standard	Low	1,095	100.00	1,095	5thin

Every lot, as filed

74 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	—	711	132.90/cwt	130.00–134.25	945	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	150.21/cwt	144.00–154.25	795	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	154.77/cwt	151.00–159.00	684	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	969	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	720	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	153.86/cwt	153.00–154.50	760	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	136.80/cwt	134.00–144.50	741	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	834	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	854	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	901	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	136.57/cwt	136.00–137.00	799	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	155.81/cwt	152.50–156.75	1,103	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	161.76/cwt	155.00–166.50	990	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	179.89/cwt	175.00–186.00	944	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,089	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,094	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	877	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	711	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,031	4
Steers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	853	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	921	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	635	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	598	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	861	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	173.97/cwt	166.00–178.50	1,002	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	143.55/cwt	139.25–147.75	1,111	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,131	116.25/cwt	116.25–116.25	1,315	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	142.76/cwt	142.00–145.00	968	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	132.68/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,011	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	136.26/cwt	132.00–142.00	977	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	145.31/cwt	142.00–151.00	929	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	804	126.20/cwt	125.00–127.00	1,015	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	143.23/cwt	140.00–150.00	708	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	127.15/cwt	125.00–132.00	846	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	856	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	137.89/cwt	136.00–141.00	804	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	136.69/cwt	135.00–142.00	709	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	394	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	583	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	515	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	665	3
Bulls	—	—	1,508	77.47/cwt	77.00–78.00	1,168	2
Bulls	—	—	1,488	85.72/cwt	85.50–86.00	1,276	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	724	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	118.25/cwt	118.25–118.25	1,224	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	120.35/cwt	120.35–120.35	1,282	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	906	126.25/cwt	126.25–126.25	1,144	53
Steers	StandardReturn to Feed	—	1,095	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,095	5
Steers	Select and ChoiceMuddy	—	1,299	113.39/cwt	112.50–114.00	1,473	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	168.15/cwt	164.00–173.00	895	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	166.15/cwt	159.50–171.00	768	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	170.79/cwt	168.50–174.00	751	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	932	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	357	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	657	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	646	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	891	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	798	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	998	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	154.23/cwt	142.00–159.50	1,027	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,012	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,154	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	129.70/cwt	126.00–135.00	803	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	113.47/cwt	113.00–118.00	894	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	874	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,036	30
Steers	Select	—	1,290	109.57/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,413	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,284	120.24/cwt	119.50–121.00	1,544	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	53.11/cwt	50.00–56.50	576	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	44.82/cwt	40.50–47.00	478	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	674	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	57.22/cwt	56.00–59.50	878	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	65.04/cwt	62.00–69.00	907	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	56.63/cwt	53.00–60.50	726	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,354	63.52/cwt	61.50–66.00	860	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	47.50/cwt	47.00–48.00	607	3
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,655	64.50/cwt	64.50–64.50	1,067	1
Bulls	—	—	1,901	91.50/cwt	89.00–94.50	1,739	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	690	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	828	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	803	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,068	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	738	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,004	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	655	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	979	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	145.89/cwt	138.00–149.00	853	67

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 Feb 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,835Last week 313Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 145Last week 125Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	711	130.00–134.25	132.90
47	—	529	144.00–154.25	150.21
17	—	442	151.00–159.00	154.77
14	—	791	122.50	122.50
5	—	474	152.00	152.00
67	—	585	138.00–149.00	145.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	460	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	598	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	494	140.00–150.00	143.23
24	—	665	125.00–132.00	127.15
14	—	702	122.00	122.00
13	—	583	136.00–141.00	137.89
12	—	519	135.00–142.00	136.69
8	—	394	148.00	148.00
4	—	332	155.00	155.00
3	—	443	150.00	150.00
99	—	1,012	114.00	114.00
72	—	619	126.00–135.00	129.70
41	—	788	113.00–118.00	113.47
30	—	874	118.50	118.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	690	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	803	133.00	133.00
25	—	738	136.00	136.00
25	—	655	149.50	149.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	494	153.00–154.50	153.86
16	—	542	134.00–144.50	136.80
13	—	625	133.50	133.50
10	—	683	125.00	125.00
8	—	722	124.75	124.75
7	—	585	136.00–137.00	136.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	708	152.50–156.75	155.81
47	—	612	155.00–166.50	161.76
39	—	525	175.00–186.00	179.89
27	—	816	133.50	133.50
11	—	872	125.50	125.50
6	—	463	189.50	189.50
54	—	576	166.00–178.50	173.97
52	—	774	139.25–147.75	143.55
85	—	666	142.00–159.50	154.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	711	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	853	108.00	108.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,131	116.25	116.25
33	—	678	142.00–145.00	142.76
22	—	762	130.00–136.00	132.68
21	—	717	132.00–142.00	136.26
20	—	639	142.00–151.00	145.31
10	—	804	125.00–127.00	126.20
58	—	1,035	118.25	118.25
57	—	1,065	120.35	120.35
53	—	906	126.25	126.25
10	—	532	164.00–173.00	168.15
10	—	462	159.50–171.00	166.15
7	—	440	168.50–174.00	170.79
5	—	586	159.00	159.00
3	—	357	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	517	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	646	138.00	138.00
4	—	798	125.00	125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,508	77.00–78.00	77.47
2	—	1,488	85.50–86.00	85.72
4	—	1,901	89.00–94.50	91.50
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,655	64.50	64.50
Steers — Standard · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,095	100.00	100.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Muddy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,299	112.50–114.00	113.39
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,290	107.00–110.00	109.57
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,284	119.50–121.00	120.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,085	50.00–56.50	53.11
3	—	1,067	40.50–47.00	44.82
1	—	1,105	61.00	61.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,535	56.00–59.50	57.22
3	—	1,395	62.00–69.00	65.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,282	53.00–60.50	56.63
9	—	1,354	61.50–66.00	63.52
3	—	1,277	47.00–48.00	47.50

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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