Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2020-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a very light offering of feeder cattle this week were not well tested, selling in small groups and singles. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm on a good offering. Special feeder cattle sale nest week Sept. 11.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.02/cwt on 84 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −105.53 against this barn's trailing median of $242.55.

Average price

$137.02

84 head · 508 lb average

Value per head Derived

$696

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$11.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.05

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	512	138.78	710	71
Medium and Large 2	487	127.38	620	13thin

One grade step is worth $11.40/cwt here — about $90 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

16 sales

Heifers 0–100 lb: high $262.69, low $223.56, median $242.55 across 16 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 sale84 hd

137.02

—

MO average15 barns · 6,474 hd

136.97

+0.05

This barn, trailing median16 sales

242.55

−105.53

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	1,632	89.73	1,464	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,524	65.76	1,002	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,258	63.00	793	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,055	55.65	587	40
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,202	99.69	1,198	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,297	103.00	1,336	5thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,295	98.95	1,281	21
Steers	Select	Average	1,176	90.94	1,069	13

Every lot, as filed

45 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	—	343	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	460	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	652	138.25/cwt	138.25–138.25	901	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	616	132.70/cwt	129.00–136.50	817	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	975	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,295	98.95/cwt	97.50–101.25	1,281	21
Steers	Select	—	1,192	94.02/cwt	92.00–96.50	1,121	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	152.99/cwt	144.50–156.00	653	16
Steers	Choice	—	1,297	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,336	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	512	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	694	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	779	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	505	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	161.94/cwt	161.50–163.00	777	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	181.20/cwt	180.00–182.00	739	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	741	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	593	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	532	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	410	5
Bulls	—	—	1,836	91.75/cwt	88.50–95.50	1,685	8
Bulls	—	—	1,406	81.93/cwt	79.00–84.00	1,152	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	728	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	823	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	131.74/cwt	130.50–133.50	834	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	773	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	187.42/cwt	185.00–191.00	716	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	720	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	900	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	912	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	384	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	507	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	980	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	830	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	137.82/cwt	136.00–141.50	724	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	57.12/cwt	56.50–57.50	720	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,299	68.08/cwt	66.00–70.00	884	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	62.46/cwt	58.00–65.50	776	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	574	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	759	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,202	99.69/cwt	99.50–100.00	1,198	5
Bulls	—	—	1,620	99.33/cwt	97.50–101.50	1,609	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	47.67/cwt	44.00–50.50	491	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	56.00/cwt	52.50–59.50	585	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,476	62.30/cwt	58.50–65.50	920	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,564	68.59/cwt	66.00–72.00	1,073	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	63.75/cwt	60.00–67.50	703	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	495	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	604	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	508	130.93/cwt	130.50–132.00	665	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	432	138.44/cwt	135.00–141.00	598	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	540	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	761	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	594	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	852	5
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,140	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	958	4

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 Sep 4, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 354Last week 1,125Year ago 291

Slaughter CattleReceipts 255Last week 155Year ago 200

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	343	134.00	134.00
3	—	760	120.00	120.00
4	—	384	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	427	144.50–156.00	152.99
5	—	784	125.00	125.00
7	—	661	125.50	125.50
12	—	525	136.00–141.50	137.82
3	—	373	154.00	154.00
5	—	554	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	495	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	508	130.50–132.00	130.93
12	—	432	135.00–141.00	138.44
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	652	138.25	138.25
6	—	616	129.00–136.50	132.70
5	—	750	130.00	130.00
4	—	514	151.50	151.50
3	—	358	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	512	135.50	135.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	480	161.50–163.00	161.94
5	—	408	180.00–182.00	181.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	720	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	540	141.00	141.00
5	—	594	143.50	143.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	741	80.00	80.00
5	—	532	77.00	77.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	728	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	633	130.50–133.50	131.74
6	—	494	156.50	156.50
5	—	382	185.00–191.00	187.42

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,295	97.50–101.25	98.95
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,192	92.00–96.50	94.02
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,297	103.00	103.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,140	84.00	84.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,836	88.50–95.50	91.75
7	—	1,406	79.00–84.00	81.93
4	—	1,620	97.50–101.50	99.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,260	56.50–57.50	57.12
8	—	1,299	66.00–70.00	68.08
21	—	1,242	58.00–65.50	62.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,030	44.00–50.50	47.67
19	—	1,045	52.50–59.50	56.00
10	—	1,103	60.00–67.50	63.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,476	58.50–65.50	62.30
11	—	1,564	66.00–72.00	68.59
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,202	99.50–100.00	99.69

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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