Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2021-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last feeder special from two weeks ago, feeder steers under 700 lbs traded 2.00-5.00 higher with not enough over 700 lbs for a good market test. Feeder heifers under 700 lbs mostly steady with 700-800 lb heifers firm to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows were 1.00-3.00 higher compared to last week and slaughter steers and heifers steady to 1.00 higher. Several part load lots of yearling heifers were offered along with some nice strings of 500-650 lb steer calves. Rain continues to slow field work with farmers not able to finish corn and soybean planting or start with the hay harvest.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.08/cwt on 407 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −106.88 against this barn's trailing median of $246.96.

Average price

$140.08

407 head · 620 lb average

Value per head Derived

$869

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

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

$18.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.74

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	579	149.20	863	145
Medium 1-2	480	137.71	661	44
Medium and Large 1-2	682	134.94	921	196
Medium and Large 2	625	130.50	816	22

One grade step is worth $18.70/cwt here — about $48 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 sale407 hd

140.08

—

MO average16 barns · 9,361 hd

139.34

+0.74

This barn, trailing median15 sales

246.96

−106.88

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	1,792	92.30	1,654	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,524	71.41	1,088	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,308	68.09	890	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,060	59.54	631	25
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,385	122.28	1,694	11
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,228	119.80	1,471	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,374	122.39	1,682	24
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,418	120.00	1,702	2thin

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	152.17/cwt	149.50–155.50	924	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	732	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	137.28/cwt	130.00–138.75	993	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	128.10/cwt	128.10–128.10	980	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	135.37/cwt	132.50–140.50	858	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	917	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	639	129.44/cwt	128.00–130.50	827	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	491	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	732	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	519	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	812	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	612	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	848	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	577	143.37/cwt	140.50–154.00	827	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	670	141.01/cwt	139.50–142.00	945	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	558	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	178.42/cwt	172.50–190.00	753	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	149.50/cwt	144.25–153.00	1,011	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	141.49/cwt	141.25–142.25	1,022	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	161.83/cwt	159.00–167.00	701	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	149.48/cwt	148.00–151.50	703	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,085	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	193.07/cwt	190.00–200.00	635	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	818	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	173.50/cwt	165.25–177.50	897	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	162.24/cwt	158.50–167.00	930	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	780	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	156.45/cwt	150.00–157.50	951	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	188.38/cwt	186.50–189.00	676	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	804	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,037	10
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,228	119.80/cwt	119.50–120.00	1,471	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,374	122.39/cwt	121.75–123.25	1,682	24
Heifers	Choice	—	1,385	122.28/cwt	122.00–123.00	1,694	11
Bulls	—	—	1,670	83.55/cwt	83.00–84.50	1,395	3
Bulls	—	—	1,705	101.69/cwt	101.00–102.50	1,734	2
Bulls	—	—	2,063	96.03/cwt	93.50–99.00	1,981	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,444	69.98/cwt	68.00–70.50	1,011	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	74.43/cwt	71.00–78.50	936	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,475	51.12/cwt	47.50–55.00	754	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,383	59.08/cwt	55.00–63.00	817	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	67.30/cwt	64.00–68.50	877	9
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,418	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,702	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	62.59/cwt	55.00–66.50	660	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	45.96/cwt	39.00–51.50	402	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,127	51.26/cwt	48.00–55.00	578	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	68.82/cwt	67.00–71.50	736	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	61.53/cwt	61.00–62.00	1,003	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,548	73.99/cwt	70.00–77.50	1,145	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	566	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	863	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	490	133.05/cwt	130.00–136.00	652	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	328	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	476	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	361	150.10/cwt	145.00–151.00	542	14
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	565	125.64/cwt	120.00–133.50	710	12
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	630	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	844	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	682	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	955	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	858	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	180.13/cwt	178.00–182.00	486	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	512	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	727	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	579	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	808	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	485	166.25/cwt	165.50–169.00	806	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	816	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	756	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	837	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	531	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	746	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	573	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	802	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	686	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	888	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	856	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,023	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	147.87/cwt	140.00–151.50	751	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	792	5

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 28, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,032Last week 350Year ago 493

Slaughter CattleReceipts 200Last week 500Year ago 285

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	607	149.50–155.50	152.17
5	—	590	155.50	155.50
5	—	480	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	519	156.50	156.50
2	—	612	138.50	138.50
9	—	577	140.50–154.00	143.37
5	—	670	139.50–142.00	141.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	422	172.50–190.00	178.42
23	—	676	144.25–153.00	149.50
10	—	716	151.50	151.50
9	—	329	190.00–200.00	193.07
8	—	462	177.00	177.00
47	—	517	165.25–177.50	173.50
39	—	573	158.50–167.00	162.24
29	—	608	150.00–157.50	156.45
14	—	359	186.50–189.00	188.38
10	—	804	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	566	152.50	152.50
9	—	485	165.50–169.00	166.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	682	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	488	150.00	150.00
57	—	723	130.00–138.75	137.28
47	—	765	128.10	128.10
27	—	634	132.50–140.50	135.37
10	—	856	119.50	119.50
13	—	508	140.00–151.50	147.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	639	128.00–130.50	129.44
4	—	491	149.00	149.00
7	—	531	140.50	140.50
5	—	573	140.00	140.00
10	—	686	129.50	129.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	319	175.00	175.00
65	—	722	141.25–142.25	141.49
24	—	433	159.00–167.00	161.83
20	—	470	148.00–151.50	149.48
5	—	534	146.00	146.00
8	—	561	153.00	153.00
6	—	270	178.00–182.00	180.13
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	490	130.00–136.00	133.05
4	—	328	145.00	145.00
14	—	361	145.00–151.00	150.10
12	—	565	120.00–133.50	125.64
8	—	630	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	512	142.00	142.00
7	—	579	139.50	139.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	625	130.50	130.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	630	120.00	120.00
4	—	805	104.00	104.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,228	119.50–120.00	119.80
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,385	122.00–123.00	122.28
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,374	121.75–123.25	122.39
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,418	120.00	120.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,670	83.00–84.50	83.55
2	—	1,705	101.00–102.50	101.69
2	—	2,063	93.50–99.00	96.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,444	68.00–70.50	69.98
2	—	1,630	61.00–62.00	61.53
11	—	1,548	70.00–77.50	73.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,258	71.00–78.50	74.43
2	—	1,475	47.50–55.00	51.12
6	—	1,383	55.00–63.00	59.08
9	—	1,303	64.00–68.50	67.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,055	55.00–66.50	62.59
2	—	875	39.00–51.50	45.96
6	—	1,127	48.00–55.00	51.26
4	—	1,070	67.00–71.50	68.82

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