Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2020-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, comparable sales of the better quality steers weighing 550-800 lbs and heifers weighing 500-700 lb sold steady to 3.00 lower, with 700-750 lb heifers trading steady. Demand was moderate to good with supply moderate, overall quality was not as attractive as the last special. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower. CME cattle futures traded with sharp declines this week and fed cattle also traded lower, but overall feeder prices held up very well on the yearlings weighing 650-800 lbs.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.70/cwt on 429 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −92.65 against this barn's trailing median of $241.35.

Average price

$148.70

429 head · 672 lb average

Value per head Derived

$999

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$61

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

$34.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.67

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	663	157.71	1,046	181
Medium and Large 1-2	680	143.85	978	194
Medium 2	555	138.74	770	14thin
Medium and Large 2	681	136.97	933	34
Large 1-2	896	123.50	1,107	6thin

One grade step is worth $34.21/cwt here — about −$61 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

24 sales

Steers 0–100 lb: high $259.77, low $218.54, median $241.35 across 24 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 sale429 hd

148.70

—

MO average17 barns · 9,624 hd

148.03

+0.67

This barn, trailing median24 sales

241.35

−92.65

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	—	Average	1,637	91.25	1,494	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,524	65.22	994	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,252	64.58	809	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,071	59.18	634	13
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,285	110.00	1,414	1thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,155	100.84	1,165	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,359	112.17	1,524	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,399	102.87	1,439	8thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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 2	—	524	131.94/cwt	130.50–134.00	691	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	129.25/cwt	129.00–129.50	818	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	630	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	884	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	169.61/cwt	167.50–170.25	946	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,037	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,089	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	158.34/cwt	155.50–160.50	1,053	19
Steers	Medium 2	—	583	138.64/cwt	135.00–139.50	808	10
Steers	Medium 2	—	484	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	673	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	896	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,107	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	669	123.43/cwt	120.00–128.00	826	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	787	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	940	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	756	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	488	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	700	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	135.98/cwt	133.00–140.00	844	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	139.50/cwt	135.00–144.00	805	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	131.31/cwt	125.00–133.50	949	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	136.40/cwt	136.00–137.00	933	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	970	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	154.29/cwt	148.00–157.00	646	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	162.58/cwt	162.00–163.00	629	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	897	112.75/cwt	112.75–112.75	1,011	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	732	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	663	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	865	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	744	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	897	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	140.29/cwt	137.00–141.50	992	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	594	149.75/cwt	149.75–149.75	890	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	139.43/cwt	138.50–140.50	931	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	150.93/cwt	148.50–152.75	786	11
Heifers	Medium 2	—	523	121.91/cwt	120.00–123.00	638	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	508	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	665	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	748	12
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,359	112.17/cwt	111.50–112.50	1,524	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,399	102.87/cwt	102.00–104.00	1,439	8
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,155	100.84/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,165	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,285	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,414	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	63.08/cwt	60.00–67.00	694	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	987	56.57/cwt	54.50–60.00	558	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	47.47/cwt	46.00–49.00	514	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,536	63.42/cwt	60.50–66.50	974	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,506	67.91/cwt	67.00–70.00	1,023	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	63.66/cwt	58.50–66.00	793	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	68.04/cwt	66.00–70.00	861	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	56.46/cwt	56.00–57.00	707	2
Bulls	—	—	1,582	90.61/cwt	85.50–94.50	1,433	9
Bulls	—	—	1,813	96.91/cwt	96.00–99.00	1,757	3
Bulls	—	—	1,605	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,284	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	706	136.71/cwt	132.00–138.50	965	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	134.34/cwt	130.50–138.00	904	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	752	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	430	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	733	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	506	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	787	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	152.60/cwt	143.00–155.50	945	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	142.70/cwt	139.50–147.50	955	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	131.06/cwt	128.50–132.50	1,067	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	135.50/cwt	134.00–136.50	1,057	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	139.38/cwt	137.00–142.50	1,016	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	149.42/cwt	145.50–152.50	850	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	852	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,150	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	941	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,157	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	801	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	704	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	889	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,022	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	677	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	917	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	150.80/cwt	145.50–153.00	1,098	54

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 Aug 28, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,125Last week 278Year ago 384

Slaughter CattleReceipts 155Last week 242Year ago 200

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	524	130.50–134.00	131.94
6	—	633	129.00–129.50	129.25
5	—	450	140.00	140.00
4	—	710	124.50	124.50
15	—	669	120.00–128.00	123.43
3	—	787	119.50	119.50
3	—	577	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	488	143.50	143.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	621	133.00–140.00	135.98
33	—	577	135.00–144.00	139.50
16	—	723	125.00–133.50	131.31
15	—	684	136.00–137.00	136.40
14	—	762	127.25	127.25
14	—	419	148.00–157.00	154.29
7	—	387	162.00–163.00	162.58
6	—	897	112.75	112.75
4	—	510	143.50	143.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	663	130.50	130.50
4	—	744	120.50	120.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	707	137.00–141.50	140.29
34	—	594	149.75	149.75
32	—	668	138.50–140.50	139.43
11	—	521	148.50–152.75	150.93
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	523	120.00–123.00	121.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	558	167.50–170.25	169.61
42	—	646	160.50	160.50
20	—	764	142.50	142.50
19	—	665	155.50–160.50	158.34
54	—	728	145.50–153.00	150.80
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	583	135.00–139.50	138.64
4	—	484	139.00	139.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	896	123.50	123.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	706	132.00–138.50	136.71
8	—	673	130.50–138.00	134.34
3	—	515	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	430	170.50	170.50
5	—	506	155.50	155.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	619	143.00–155.50	152.60
35	—	669	139.50–147.50	142.70
25	—	814	128.50–132.50	131.06
15	—	780	134.00–136.50	135.50
13	—	729	137.00–142.50	139.38
13	—	569	145.50–152.50	149.42
8	—	852	135.00	135.00
6	—	941	123.00	123.00
6	—	517	155.00	155.00
3	—	440	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	889	115.00	115.00
3	—	677	135.50	135.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	508	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	484	154.50	154.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,359	111.50–112.50	112.17
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,399	102.00–104.00	102.87
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,155	100.00–102.00	100.84
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	110.00	110.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,100	60.00–67.00	63.08
3	—	987	54.50–60.00	56.57
2	—	1,083	46.00–49.00	47.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,536	60.50–66.50	63.42
6	—	1,506	67.00–70.00	67.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,245	58.50–66.00	63.66
10	—	1,266	66.00–70.00	68.04
2	—	1,253	56.00–57.00	56.46
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,582	85.50–94.50	90.61
3	—	1,813	96.00–99.00	96.91
1	—	1,605	80.00	80.00

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