Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2021-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a very light offering this week of feeders consisting mostly of two pot loads of 960 lb heifers selling steady to firm. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm on a light test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.82/cwt on 125 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −117.13 against this barn's trailing median of $246.96.

Average price

$129.82

125 head · 914 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,187

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$351

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

$8.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.55

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	649	136.65	886	19thin
Medium and Large 1	962	128.60	1,237	106

One grade step is worth $8.05/cwt here — about −$351 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 sale125 hd

129.82

—

MO average11 barns · 4,445 hd

146.38

−16.55

This barn, trailing median15 sales

246.96

−117.13

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	1,575	96.51	1,520	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,701	82.95	1,411	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,457	76.25	1,111	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,260	73.53	926	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,014	65.79	667	15
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,128	123.50	1,393	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,070	115.24	1,233	20
Steers	Choice	Average	1,318	122.00	1,608	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,258	115.28	1,450	5thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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	—	—	1,490	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,252	1
Bulls	—	—	1,250	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,150	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	494	1
Steers	Select	—	1,258	115.28/cwt	113.50–116.00	1,450	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	746	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	696	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	829	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,028	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	962	128.60/cwt	128.60–128.60	1,237	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	969	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	893	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	598	4
Bulls	—	—	1,780	105.02/cwt	101.00–108.00	1,869	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	77.55/cwt	75.00–81.50	969	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,318	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,608	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	134.70/cwt	134.50–135.00	907	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,441	78.15/cwt	76.50–81.00	1,126	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	987	62.97/cwt	59.00–66.50	622	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	74.43/cwt	69.00–77.50	787	5
Heifers	Select	—	1,070	115.24/cwt	114.50–118.00	1,233	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,496	71.50/cwt	69.00–73.50	1,070	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	138.65/cwt	135.00–140.50	783	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,128	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,393	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	70.15/cwt	66.00–72.50	892	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,701	82.95/cwt	79.50–86.00	1,411	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	735	1

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 Jul 30, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 175Last week 1,069Year ago 278

Slaughter CattleReceipts 125Last week 237Year ago 187

Compared to last week, a very light offering this week of feeders consisting mostly of two pot loads of 960 lb heifers selling steady to firm. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm on a light test.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	84.00	84.00
1	—	1,250	92.00	92.00
2	—	1,780	101.00–108.00	105.02
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	48.00	48.00
9	—	987	59.00–66.50	62.97
5	—	1,058	69.00–77.50	74.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,249	75.00–81.50	77.55
7	—	1,271	66.00–72.50	70.15
1	—	1,290	57.00	57.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,441	76.50–81.00	78.15
4	—	1,496	69.00–73.50	71.50
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,701	79.50–86.00	82.95
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,258	113.50–116.00	115.28
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,318	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,070	114.50–118.00	115.24
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,128	123.50	123.50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	157.00	157.00
5	—	829	124.00	124.00
5	—	673	134.50–135.00	134.70
6	—	565	135.00–140.50	138.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	962	128.60	128.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	435	160.00	160.00
3	—	640	139.50	139.50
4	—	338	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	668	145.00	145.00

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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