Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2020-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a very light offering of feeder cattle this week, a few light heifers weighing under 500 lbs sold mostly steady with all other weights of steers and heifers too lightly tested for any comparisons. A large offering of slaughter cows sold fully steady to firm with last week with several high dressing bulls selling higher than most fat cattle on Friday's auction. Demand was moderate on the light run of feeders with good demand on the slaughter cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.40/cwt on 107 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −120.56 against this barn's trailing median of $246.96.

Average price

$126.40

107 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$710

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

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

$13.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.51

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	561	127.15	714	101
Medium and Large 2	561	113.75	638	6thin

One grade step is worth $13.40/cwt here — about $76 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 sale107 hd

126.40

—

MO average18 barns · 9,191 hd

126.91

−0.51

This barn, trailing median15 sales

246.96

−120.56

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	1,866	96.40	1,799	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,276	57.26	730	62
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,535	57.00	875	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,033	49.48	511	100
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,280	101.00	1,293	7thin
Steers	Prime	Average	1,359	118.61	1,612	8thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,304	111.08	1,448	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,410	99.02	1,396	9thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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	—	664	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	800	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	856	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	877	107.45/cwt	107.00–109.50	942	11
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,304	111.08/cwt	106.50–113.00	1,448	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,410	99.02/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,396	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	764	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	147.55/cwt	143.00–149.00	537	13
Steers	Prime	—	1,359	118.61/cwt	116.00–119.00	1,612	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	111.60/cwt	110.00–112.00	858	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	122.36/cwt	120.50–123.50	882	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	762	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	158.37/cwt	156.00–160.00	665	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	159.26/cwt	154.00–164.50	661	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	502	138.16/cwt	135.00–141.00	694	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	129.10/cwt	123.50–133.50	736	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	113.60/cwt	113.00–114.00	745	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	311	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	507	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	537	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	588	129.13/cwt	128.00–130.00	759	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	546	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	737	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	722	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	838	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	668	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	752	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	485	126.95/cwt	125.00–129.00	616	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	142.99/cwt	140.50–147.00	606	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	669	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	133.84/cwt	133.50–134.00	715	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	836	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	140.75/cwt	135.00–146.00	664	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	63.50/cwt	61.50–67.50	791	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	45.60/cwt	41.00–48.50	461	33
Heifers	Choice	—	1,280	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,293	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	685	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	117.20/cwt	115.00–121.00	721	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	597	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	597	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	37.04/cwt	32.00–40.00	350	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	60.50/cwt	58.00–63.00	679	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	52.85/cwt	49.00–57.50	554	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	57.24/cwt	54.50–60.50	737	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,517	49.91/cwt	48.00–52.00	757	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	50.61/cwt	42.00–53.50	647	14
Bulls	—	—	1,563	77.83/cwt	72.50–82.50	1,216	4
Bulls	—	—	1,768	92.47/cwt	88.00–98.00	1,635	6
Bulls	—	—	2,091	108.64/cwt	102.00–114.50	2,272	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	552	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	646	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,542	63.56/cwt	61.50–66.50	980	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,537	56.32/cwt	53.00–59.00	866	24

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 1, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 378Last week 1,474Year ago 200

Slaughter CattleReceipts 400Last week 240Year ago 225

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	664	120.50	120.50
13	—	714	107.00	107.00
13	—	364	143.00–149.00	147.55
16	—	424	140.50–147.00	142.99
9	—	534	133.50–134.00	133.84
10	—	853	98.00	98.00
12	—	472	135.00–146.00	140.75
3	—	593	115.50	115.50
8	—	615	115.00–121.00	117.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	485	125.00–129.00	126.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	127.50	127.50
3	—	597	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	682	125.50	125.50
11	—	877	107.00–109.50	107.45
10	—	769	110.00–112.00	111.60
8	—	721	120.50–123.50	122.36
6	—	508	150.00	150.00
5	—	420	156.00–160.00	158.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	588	128.00–130.00	129.13
4	—	546	135.00	135.00
3	—	722	116.00	116.00
3	—	668	112.50	112.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	415	154.00–164.50	159.26
10	—	502	135.00–141.00	138.16
6	—	570	123.50–133.50	129.10
5	—	656	113.00–114.00	113.60
5	—	311	163.00	163.00
3	—	368	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	552	117.00	117.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,304	106.50–113.00	111.08
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,410	95.00–100.00	99.02
Steers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,359	116.00–119.00	118.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,245	61.50–67.50	63.50
33	—	1,288	54.50–60.50	57.24
14	—	1,279	42.00–53.50	50.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,012	41.00–48.50	45.60
12	—	945	32.00–40.00	37.04
12	—	1,123	58.00–63.00	60.50
43	—	1,049	49.00–57.50	52.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,517	48.00–52.00	49.91
9	—	1,542	61.50–66.50	63.56
24	—	1,537	53.00–59.00	56.32
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,280	101.00	101.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,563	72.50–82.50	77.83
6	—	1,768	88.00–98.00	92.47
8	—	2,091	102.00–114.50	108.64

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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