Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2022-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, steer calves weighing 400-600 lbs sold with a higher undertone on a light test with two weeks ago, 600-800 lbs sold with a firm undertone and two pot loads of 1000 lb steers were not tested but sold with a firm to higher undertone. Feeder heifer weighing 400-600 lbs had the best test trading 3.00-7.00 higher and over 600 lbs sold with a firm undertone. Slaughter cows on a light offering traded steady. Demand was moderate to good on a moderate supply wit the best demand on the 400-600 lb steers and heifer calves . Two pot loads of heavy weight yearling steers weighing 1020-1040 lbs sold with good demand as did a pot load of 690 lb heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $166.37/cwt on 470 head. That ranks 1 of 22 comparable sales and sits −77.31 against this barn's trailing median of $243.68.

Average price

$166.37

470 head · 680 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,131

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$50

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$57.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.78

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	182.97	1,045	192
Medium and Large 1-2	610	167.92	1,025	144
Medium and Large 2	525	161.82	850	28
Large 1	1,028	136.24	1,401	98
Medium and Large 2-3	796	125.00	995	8thin

One grade step is worth $57.97/cwt here — about $50 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 sale470 hd

166.37

—

MO average14 barns · 9,266 hd

179.15

−12.78

This barn, trailing median22 sales

243.68

−77.31

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	—	High	1,739	110.50	1,922	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,677	81.14	1,360	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,450	75.42	1,093	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,260	74.92	944	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,051	62.83	660	33
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,363	141.64	1,931	16

Every lot, as filed

62 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 1	—	380	181.15/cwt	180.00–183.00	688	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	143.92/cwt	140.00–150.00	897	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	205.98/cwt	202.00–210.00	855	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	828	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	160.03/cwt	154.00–164.00	923	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	626	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,002	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	574	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	979	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	542	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	986	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	204.96/cwt	202.00–208.00	674	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,072	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	181.79/cwt	176.00–187.50	1,023	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	177.49/cwt	174.00–179.00	925	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	202.63/cwt	200.00–206.00	744	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	202.16/cwt	198.00–203.50	950	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,207	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	160.09/cwt	158.00–164.50	1,164	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	172.45/cwt	167.50–175.00	1,083	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	191.89/cwt	190.00–194.00	1,023	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	166.08/cwt	163.50–168.50	1,113	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	909	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	867	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	143.89/cwt	140.00–146.50	1,203	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	796	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	995	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	154.16/cwt	150.00–157.50	1,119	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	402	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	683	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	151.03/cwt	148.00–154.00	793	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	542	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	881	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	145.97/cwt	144.00–152.00	857	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	492	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	699	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	171.89/cwt	165.50–178.00	889	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	176.93/cwt	174.00–180.00	826	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,437	77.62/cwt	75.00–80.00	1,115	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,452	70.02/cwt	67.00–72.00	1,017	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	84.38/cwt	80.00–90.50	1,075	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	75.65/cwt	73.00–79.00	952	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	43.87/cwt	40.00–48.00	442	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	56.46/cwt	50.50–60.00	614	10
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,363	141.64/cwt	141.00–142.50	1,931	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,705	84.46/cwt	83.50–85.50	1,440	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,620	74.50/cwt	74.50–74.50	1,207	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	68.57/cwt	63.50–73.00	715	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	66.11/cwt	61.00–71.00	826	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,042	77.74/cwt	74.50–79.50	810	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,258	1
Bulls	—	—	1,736	121.54/cwt	115.00–130.00	2,110	6
Bulls	—	—	1,868	103.86/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,940	3
Bulls	—	—	1,555	87.32/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,358	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	154.25/cwt	154.25–154.25	1,061	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	135.18/cwt	133.00–143.00	985	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	164.19/cwt	161.00–167.00	772	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	552	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	765	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	778	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	812	131.28/cwt	130.25–138.00	1,066	23
Steers	Large 1	—	1,028	136.24/cwt	135.25–137.25	1,401	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	139.93/cwt	139.00–142.50	928	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	179.65/cwt	175.00–182.50	778	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	159.62/cwt	157.00–161.00	911	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	559	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	170.01/cwt	167.00–173.00	714	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	837	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,079	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	358	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	691	9

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 13, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,258Last week 269Year ago 1,442

Slaughter CattleReceipts 138Last week 342Year ago 275

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	380	180.00–183.00	181.15
28	—	517	165.50–178.00	171.89
23	—	467	174.00–180.00	176.93
67	—	688	154.25	154.25
58	—	433	175.00–182.50	179.65
18	—	571	157.00–161.00	159.62
11	—	719	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	623	140.00–150.00	143.92
9	—	525	148.00–154.00	151.03
27	—	587	144.00–152.00	145.97
22	—	729	133.00–143.00	135.18
19	—	470	161.00–167.00	164.19
23	—	812	130.25–138.00	131.28
25	—	663	139.00–142.50	139.93
4	—	322	173.50	173.50
14	—	420	167.00–173.00	170.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	542	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	492	142.00	142.00
5	—	552	138.50	138.50
4	—	546	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	358	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	415	202.00–210.00	205.98
20	—	563	176.00–187.50	181.79
35	—	470	198.00–203.50	202.16
7	—	781	154.50	154.50
36	—	727	158.00–164.50	160.09
20	—	628	167.50–175.00	172.45
18	—	533	190.00–194.00	191.89
13	—	670	163.50–168.50	166.08
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	476	174.00	174.00
9	—	631	144.00	144.00
5	—	532	163.00	163.00
4	—	402	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	577	154.00–164.00	160.03
11	—	329	202.00–208.00	204.96
3	—	638	168.00	168.00
18	—	521	174.00–179.00	177.49
23	—	367	200.00–206.00	202.63
43	—	836	140.00–146.50	143.89
16	—	726	150.00–157.50	154.16
4	—	445	188.00	188.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	626	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	574	170.50	170.50
4	—	542	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	796	125.00	125.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	1,028	135.25–137.25	136.24

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,437	75.00–80.00	77.62
3	—	1,452	67.00–72.00	70.02
1	—	1,480	85.00	85.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,274	80.00–90.50	84.38
5	—	1,258	73.00–79.00	75.65
9	—	1,249	61.00–71.00	66.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,007	40.00–48.00	43.87
10	—	1,088	50.50–60.00	56.46
12	—	1,043	63.50–73.00	68.57
6	—	1,042	74.50–79.50	77.74
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,705	83.50–85.50	84.46
1	—	1,620	74.50	74.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,363	141.00–142.50	141.64
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,736	115.00–130.00	121.54
3	—	1,868	100.00–107.00	103.86
2	—	1,555	85.00–90.00	87.32

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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