Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2022-06-17

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Jun 17
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
118 head
733 vs last sale 851 78 vs year ago 196 · 39.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
150 head
125 vs last sale 275 50 vs year ago 200 · 25.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
70 head
70 vs last sale 0 105 vs year ago 175 · 60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A very light offering of cattle this Friday with the bulk of the sales slaughter cows and bred cows with a few small packages of feeders. Slaughter cows traded steady to firm with bred cows mostly 3-6 yrs in the 2nd stage sold with moderate to good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.55/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits 105.41 against this barn's trailing median of $246.96.
Average price
$141.55
39 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$730
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$28
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$30.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
16.26
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2490149.3273129
Medium 3591119.0070310thin
One grade step is worth $30.32/cwt here — about $28 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
277254232210median 246.9601/1602/1305/0106/0507/31
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 sale39 hd
141.55
MO average16 barns · 6,142 hd
157.80
−16.26
This barn, trailing median15 sales
246.96
−105.41
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,670115.631,93112
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,70096.741,6454thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47191.451,34620
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,27290.871,15635
CowsLean 85-90%High1,08085.1592020
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,318150.001,9776thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,254143.061,79416

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,303$1,31432
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,286$1,19812
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,259$1,1705
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,042$1,4926

Every lot, as filed

32 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2408189.00/cwt189.00–189.007715
HeifersMedium 3568110.00/cwt110.00–110.006254
HeifersMedium 3480130.00/cwt130.00–130.006243
SteersMedium and Large 1-2501183.40/cwt181.00–185.009195
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2315180.00/cwt180.00–180.005675
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2647140.00/cwt140.00–140.009064
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2586140.29/cwt140.00–140.508227
HeifersMedium 3733120.00/cwt120.00–120.008803
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2512142.72/cwt140.50–145.007316
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2365156.00/cwt156.00–156.005693
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2442141.00/cwt141.00–141.006234
SteersMedium and Large 2627152.40/cwt152.00–153.009565
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2591,170.00/head1,170.00–1,170.001,1705
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2861,197.59/head1,100.00–1,240.001,19812
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3581,356.20/head1,270.00–1,475.001,35626
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0671,133.20/head1,125.00–1,150.001,1336
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0421,491.67/head1,450.00–1,525.001,4926
Bulls1,832125.86/cwt116.00–135.002,3066
Bulls1,523108.07/cwt103.50–112.001,6465
Bulls1,43592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,3201
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22876.08/cwt71.00–81.009343
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45694.55/cwt93.00–98.501,3779
CowsLean 85-90%1,09691.91/cwt88.00–96.001,0079
CowsLean 85-90%1,06581.14/cwt76.00–84.0086410
SteersChoice1,254143.06/cwt142.00–144.001,79416
SteersChoice and Prime1,318150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,9776
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,68590.48/cwt90.00–91.001,5252
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48488.92/cwt86.00–91.501,32011
CowsLean 85-90%1,08564.50/cwt64.50–64.507001
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29096.14/cwt93.00–106.001,24015
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26388.84/cwt84.50–92.001,12217
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,715103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,7662

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.