Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2021-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, steer calves under 600 lbs sold with a higher undertone, the best test was on 600-700 lb steers selling 7.00-10.00 higher spots 12.00 higher, with 700-750 lbs trading 3.00-4.00 higher over 750 lbs were not well tested with two weeks ago. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs sold with a higher undertone with 550-650 lbs selling mostly 5.00-7.00 higher, 650-750 lbs sold with a higher undertone on few comparisons. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-5.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good on a moderate to heavy supply. Overall a good quality offering of feeders weighing mostly 550-800 lbs best on steers weighing 500-750 lbs and heifers weighing 500-650 lbs.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.33/cwt on 898 head. That ranks 1 of 22 comparable sales and sits −98.35 against this barn's trailing median of $243.68.

Average price

$145.33

898 head · 680 lb average

Value per head Derived

$988

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$153

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

$27.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.11

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	586	148.82	872	152
Medium and Large 1	697	145.67	1,015	699
Medium and Large 2	574	140.66	808	19thin
Large 1-2	846	121.16	1,025	28

One grade step is worth $27.66/cwt here — about −$153 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

22 sales

Steers 0–100 lb: high $259.77, low $224.09, median $243.68 across 22 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 sale898 hd

145.33

—

MO average18 barns · 16,577 hd

149.44

−4.11

This barn, trailing median22 sales

243.68

−98.35

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	1,874	90.32	1,693	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,517	60.48	917	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,295	58.37	756	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,068	52.23	558	27
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,340	114.64	1,536	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,467	115.27	1,691	32
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,310	111.82	1,465	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,617	108.80	1,759	7thin

Every lot, as filed

79 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	120.00/cwt	116.50–122.25	870	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	157.71/cwt	155.00–162.00	823	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	685	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	835	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	829	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	143.71/cwt	140.00–147.00	891	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	131.04/cwt	127.50–132.00	955	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	139.53/cwt	135.00–142.00	929	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	146.41/cwt	140.00–152.00	837	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	155.20/cwt	150.00–160.00	728	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	775	128.35/cwt	127.00–129.50	995	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	180.00/cwt	178.00–181.00	704	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	120.76/cwt	120.50–121.50	983	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	832	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	127.33/cwt	123.50–130.00	854	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	151.42/cwt	145.00–156.25	1,010	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	157.80/cwt	153.00–161.50	667	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	712	124.44/cwt	120.50–125.00	886	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	145.02/cwt	138.50–148.50	831	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	146.72/cwt	142.00–153.00	769	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	535	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	819	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	136.71/cwt	131.75–139.25	1,064	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	175.43/cwt	173.00–180.00	942	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	146.19/cwt	143.50–148.50	1,045	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	175.98/cwt	175.00–178.00	832	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	954	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	128.17/cwt	127.00–128.75	1,061	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	875	122.34/cwt	121.00–123.75	1,070	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	711	133.52/cwt	130.00–135.00	949	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	134.13/cwt	130.00–135.25	907	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	152.10/cwt	147.00–159.75	951	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	184.94/cwt	184.00–186.00	777	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	439	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	733	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	62.14/cwt	60.00–65.00	682	7
Bulls	—	—	2,032	79.21/cwt	71.00–83.00	1,610	3
Bulls	—	—	1,726	98.95/cwt	96.00–105.00	1,708	4
Bulls	—	—	1,882	90.24/cwt	84.50–95.50	1,698	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,296	51.58/cwt	49.00–54.00	668	8
Steers	Select	—	1,617	108.80/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,759	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	58.85/cwt	55.00–62.50	760	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,307	64.68/cwt	62.00–69.50	845	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,467	115.27/cwt	114.00–116.00	1,691	32
Heifers	Choice	—	1,340	114.64/cwt	114.00–115.00	1,536	13
Steers	Large 1-2	—	672	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	874	14
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,310	111.82/cwt	111.00–112.00	1,465	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	47.02/cwt	45.50–49.00	478	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,511	66.13/cwt	63.50–72.00	999	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,511	58.50/cwt	55.00–62.50	884	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,665	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	882	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	614	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	909	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	38.27/cwt	34.00–40.50	390	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	159.58/cwt	154.50–165.50	922	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	713	154.75/cwt	154.75–154.75	1,103	29
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	611	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	767	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,020	112.33/cwt	110.75–114.50	1,146	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	506	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,089	53.38/cwt	50.00–58.00	581	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	656	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	871	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	871	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	639	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	895	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	542	155.25/cwt	155.25–155.25	841	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	136.65/cwt	129.50–140.00	715	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	140.91/cwt	138.00–144.50	864	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	133.67/cwt	129.00–136.50	841	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	145.43/cwt	144.00–149.00	702	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	722	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	841	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	905	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	690	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	127.85/cwt	127.00–129.00	974	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	135.00/cwt	130.00–137.50	786	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	609	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	779	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	166.39/cwt	163.50–171.00	800	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	570	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	811	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,030	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	174.81/cwt	170.00–178.00	781	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	574	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	807	7

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 26, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,238Last week 212Year ago 1,207

Slaughter CattleReceipts 320Last week 190Year ago 220

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	725	116.50–122.25	120.00
4	—	466	147.00	147.00
3	—	687	121.50	121.50
9	—	588	141.00	141.00
4	—	621	134.00	134.00
7	—	539	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	535	153.00	153.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	871	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	522	155.00–162.00	157.71
40	—	620	140.00–147.00	143.71
17	—	666	135.00–142.00	139.53
42	—	572	140.00–152.00	146.41
9	—	391	178.00–181.00	180.00
7	—	762	127.00–129.00	127.85
8	—	481	163.50–171.00	166.39
5	—	811	127.00	127.00
5	—	447	170.00–178.00	174.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	775	127.00–129.50	128.35
20	—	875	121.00–123.75	122.34
46	—	711	130.00–135.00	133.52
6	—	639	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	667	145.00–156.25	151.42
88	—	778	131.75–139.25	136.71
41	—	537	173.00–180.00	175.43
49	—	715	143.50–148.50	146.19
12	—	473	175.00–178.00	175.98
120	—	828	127.00–128.75	128.17
82	—	625	147.00–159.75	152.10
15	—	420	184.00–186.00	184.94
79	—	578	154.50–165.50	159.58
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	672	130.00	130.00
14	—	1,020	110.75–114.50	112.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	713	154.75	154.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	621	135.50	135.50
7	—	577	135.00	135.00
7	—	538	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	729	127.50–132.00	131.04
41	—	469	150.00–160.00	155.20
12	—	814	120.50–121.50	120.76
37	—	423	153.00–161.50	157.80
77	—	573	138.50–148.50	145.02
51	—	524	142.00–153.00	146.72
4	—	760	125.50	125.50
128	—	676	130.00–135.25	134.13
63	—	613	138.00–144.50	140.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	671	123.50–130.00	127.33
13	—	523	129.50–140.00	136.65
50	—	629	129.00–136.50	133.67
20	—	483	144.00–149.00	145.43
4	—	742	122.00	122.00
40	—	582	130.00–137.50	135.00
3	—	338	168.50	168.50
6	—	385	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	712	120.50–125.00	124.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	439	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	614	148.00	148.00
10	—	542	155.25	155.25
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	611	125.50	125.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	375	135.00	135.00
3	—	472	139.00	139.00
3	—	523	132.00	132.00
3	—	435	140.00	140.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,097	60.00–65.00	62.14
5	—	1,017	45.50–49.00	47.02
4	—	1,020	34.00–40.50	38.27
11	—	1,089	50.00–58.00	53.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,296	49.00–54.00	51.58
21	—	1,291	55.00–62.50	58.85
7	—	1,307	62.00–69.50	64.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,511	63.50–72.00	66.13
19	—	1,511	55.00–62.50	58.50
1	—	1,665	53.00	53.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,032	71.00–83.00	79.21
4	—	1,726	96.00–105.00	98.95
15	—	1,882	84.50–95.50	90.24
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,617	108.00–110.00	108.80
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,467	114.00–116.00	115.27
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,310	111.00–112.00	111.82
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,340	114.00–115.00	114.64

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