Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2021-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a very light offering of feeder cattle this week had very few comparisons with last week's special, mostly new crop fleshy calves or unweaned calves selling in small groups and singles. Slaughter cows on a very good offering sold firm to 2.00 higher with a nice offering of slaughter cattle trading steady to firm with last week's sale. Fed cattle trade this week was mostly steady to 2.00 lower from 118.00-120.00 with Choice boxed-beef closing Friday at 296.50 up 2.74 and Select 3.26 higher closing at 283.05. Grains had a good week of trading specially May corn closing the week near 85 cents higher at 7.40.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.15/cwt on 135 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −100.81 against this barn's trailing median of $246.96.

Average price

$146.15

135 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$763

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

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

$2.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.53

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	147.29	794	81
Medium and Large 1-2	497	144.43	718	54

One grade step is worth $2.86/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 sale135 hd

146.15

—

MO average16 barns · 6,810 hd

135.62

+10.53

This barn, trailing median15 sales

246.96

−100.81

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	1,842	94.39	1,739	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,521	68.27	1,038	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,258	67.72	852	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,080	59.56	643	53
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,264	122.11	1,543	34
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,270	118.88	1,510	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,408	123.15	1,734	34
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,333	120.00	1,600	22
Steers	Select	Average	1,255	112.00	1,406	3thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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	—	—	1,410	81.30/cwt	78.00–84.50	1,146	2
Bulls	—	—	1,788	92.61/cwt	88.00–96.00	1,656	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,408	123.15/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,734	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,522	70.94/cwt	64.50–76.50	1,080	25
Bulls	—	—	2,043	100.68/cwt	97.00–107.50	2,057	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	728	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	635	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	873	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	522	153.95/cwt	151.00–155.00	804	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	798	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,053	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	168.05/cwt	166.00–171.00	544	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	136.59/cwt	132.50–140.50	781	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	524	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	773	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	442	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	692	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	152.81/cwt	148.00–156.00	724	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	991	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	604	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	150.59/cwt	148.00–152.00	768	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	141.21/cwt	140.00–142.50	877	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	143.19/cwt	142.50–146.50	848	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	134.43/cwt	130.00–137.00	774	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	161.19/cwt	158.00–164.00	588	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	132.75/cwt	130.50–135.00	913	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	129.04/cwt	128.50–130.00	1,054	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	798	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	556	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	751	4
Steers	Select	—	1,255	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,406	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	70.06/cwt	65.00–81.50	887	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	701	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	946	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	61.61/cwt	57.00–63.50	761	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,533	61.98/cwt	58.00–63.50	950	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,264	122.11/cwt	122.00–124.00	1,543	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,117	65.58/cwt	62.00–72.50	733	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	57.42/cwt	52.00–61.50	610	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	886	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	417	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	667	10
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,333	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,600	22
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,270	118.88/cwt	116.00–120.00	1,510	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	924	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	155.60/cwt	154.00–156.00	683	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	142.68/cwt	140.50–145.50	746	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	684	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	750	32.00/cwt	32.00–32.00	240	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	45.24/cwt	40.00–48.00	478	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	145.78/cwt	145.00–146.50	701	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	147.99/cwt	147.00–149.00	697	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	956	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	759	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	888	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,092	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	135.06/cwt	133.50–137.00	914	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	479	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	685	6

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 Apr 30, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 536Last week 1,831Year ago 378

Slaughter CattleReceipts 425Last week 400Year ago 400

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,410	78.00–84.50	81.30
10	—	1,788	88.00–96.00	92.61
7	—	2,043	97.00–107.50	100.68
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,408	121.00–125.00	123.15
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,255	112.00	112.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,333	120.00	120.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,522	64.50–76.50	70.94
1	—	1,400	52.00	52.00
8	—	1,533	58.00–63.50	61.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,266	65.00–81.50	70.06
13	—	1,236	57.00–63.50	61.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,117	62.00–72.50	65.58
25	—	1,063	52.00–61.50	57.42
1	—	750	32.00	32.00
4	—	1,056	40.00–48.00	45.24
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,264	122.00–124.00	122.11
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,270	116.00–120.00	118.88

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	635	137.50	137.50
19	—	522	151.00–155.00	153.95
6	—	701	135.00	135.00
10	—	417	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	798	132.00	132.00
11	—	817	128.50–130.00	129.04
5	—	665	139.00	139.00
3	—	888	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	524	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	442	156.50	156.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	621	140.00–142.50	141.21
17	—	592	142.50–146.50	143.19
6	—	688	130.50–135.00	132.75
3	—	450	152.00	152.00
5	—	724	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	556	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	324	166.00–171.00	168.05
15	—	474	148.00–156.00	152.81
10	—	819	121.00	121.00
21	—	510	148.00–152.00	150.59
15	—	439	154.00–156.00	155.60
13	—	677	133.50–137.00	135.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	576	130.00–137.00	134.43
14	—	365	158.00–164.00	161.19
4	—	665	120.00	120.00
3	—	738	120.00	120.00
8	—	523	140.50–145.50	142.68
11	—	471	147.00–149.00	147.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	479	143.00	143.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	572	132.50–140.50	136.59
3	—	387	156.00	156.00
6	—	481	145.00–146.50	145.78
4	—	538	141.00	141.00

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