Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2022-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a lighter offering this week with 500-600 lb steers selling fully steady to firm, 600-800 lb steers sold mostly steady with spots 5.00 lower on the 600-650 lb steers. Feeder heifers on a light test sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows traded 2.00-4.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good on a light to moderate offering, best on 500-600 lb steers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $193.02/cwt on 317 head. That ranks 1 of 22 comparable sales and sits −50.67 against this barn's trailing median of $243.68.

Average price

$193.02

317 head · 627 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,210

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$320

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

$27.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.65

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	640	195.34	1,251	237
Medium and Large 1-2	588	187.63	1,103	74
Medium and Large 2	556	167.52	931	6thin

One grade step is worth $27.82/cwt here — about $320 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 sale317 hd

193.02

—

MO average15 barns · 10,903 hd

180.36

+12.65

This barn, trailing median22 sales

243.68

−50.67

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	—	Average	1,631	105.20	1,715	20
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,697	84.49	1,434	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,467	81.95	1,202	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,241	75.83	941	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,051	66.34	697	39
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,254	151.50	1,900	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,231	144.06	1,773	5thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,380	152.00	2,098	17
Steers	Choice	Average	1,291	144.99	1,872	20

Every lot, as filed

52 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	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	461	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	950	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	604	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,051	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	179.01/cwt	176.50–185.50	940	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	174.12/cwt	173.75–175.25	968	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	640	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	775	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	214.20/cwt	213.00–216.00	1,110	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	184.75/cwt	180.00–187.00	1,157	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	194.04/cwt	187.50–201.00	926	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,247	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	497	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,083	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,177	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	826	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	556	167.52/cwt	165.00–170.00	931	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,310	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	912	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	191.47/cwt	188.50–196.00	1,005	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	409	177.02/cwt	175.00–179.00	724	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,061	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	209.99/cwt	208.00–212.00	804	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	181.08/cwt	178.50–181.50	1,403	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	189.25/cwt	189.00–190.00	1,249	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	187.54/cwt	186.75–189.50	1,202	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	207.80/cwt	204.50–209.50	1,168	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	166.78/cwt	161.00–169.00	1,029	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,063	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,110	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,721	81.79/cwt	80.00–84.50	1,408	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,657	89.00/cwt	87.50–90.00	1,475	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	78.24/cwt	74.00–82.50	981	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	68.38/cwt	63.00–72.00	836	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	992	49.94/cwt	45.00–54.00	495	7
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,380	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,098	17
Heifers	Choice	—	1,231	144.06/cwt	142.00–147.00	1,773	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,062	72.50/cwt	69.50–76.00	770	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,442	85.54/cwt	83.00–88.00	1,233	5
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,254	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,900	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	80.27/cwt	78.50–83.00	887	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,291	144.99/cwt	142.00–147.50	1,872	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,047	61.50/cwt	56.00–66.00	644	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	80.70/cwt	78.50–82.50	1,193	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	85.66/cwt	83.50–88.00	1,066	8
Bulls	—	—	1,627	105.52/cwt	100.00–111.00	1,717	8
Bulls	—	—	1,465	94.47/cwt	86.00–97.00	1,384	6
Bulls	—	—	1,801	115.49/cwt	112.00–119.00	2,080	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	179.94/cwt	176.00–181.50	1,285	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	970	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	846	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	163.85/cwt	160.00–165.00	942	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	794	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,124	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	895	7

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 22, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 694Last week 1,078Year ago 1,069

Slaughter CattleReceipts 250Last week 340Year ago 237

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	461	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	604	174.00	174.00
19	—	525	176.50–185.50	179.01
46	—	556	173.75–175.25	174.12
5	—	460	184.00	184.00
3	—	427	186.00	186.00
18	—	661	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	173.00	173.00
4	—	464	167.00	167.00
6	—	409	175.00–179.00	177.02
6	—	755	140.50	140.50
24	—	617	161.00–169.00	166.78
3	—	662	160.50	160.50
13	—	575	160.00–165.00	163.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	632	153.50	153.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	518	213.00–216.00	214.20
16	—	497	218.00	218.00
8	—	359	230.00	230.00
3	—	422	216.00	216.00
69	—	775	178.50–181.50	181.08
16	—	660	189.00–190.00	189.25
24	—	641	186.75–189.50	187.54
43	—	562	204.50–209.50	207.80
31	—	714	176.00–181.50	179.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	626	180.00–187.00	184.75
6	—	477	187.50–201.00	194.04
6	—	740	168.50	168.50
5	—	665	177.00	177.00
5	—	789	166.00	166.00
5	—	525	188.50–196.00	191.47
7	—	383	208.00–212.00	209.99
7	—	426	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	556	165.00–170.00	167.52

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	74.00	74.00
5	—	1,442	83.00–88.00	85.54
8	—	1,478	78.50–82.50	80.70
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,721	80.00–84.50	81.79
3	—	1,657	87.50–90.00	89.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,254	74.00–82.50	78.24
17	—	1,223	63.00–72.00	68.38
8	—	1,244	83.50–88.00	85.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	992	45.00–54.00	49.94
16	—	1,062	69.50–76.00	72.50
5	—	1,105	78.50–83.00	80.27
11	—	1,047	56.00–66.00	61.50
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,380	152.00	152.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,291	142.00–147.50	144.99
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,231	142.00–147.00	144.06
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,254	151.50	151.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,627	100.00–111.00	105.52
6	—	1,465	86.00–97.00	94.47
6	—	1,801	112.00–119.00	115.49

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