Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2022-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, steer calves under 550 lb sold with a higher undertone, with 550-700 lbs selling firm to 5.00 higher and 700-800 lbs trading 3.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 550- lbs sold with a sharply higher undertone with 550-700 lb heifers selling mostly 5.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm. A nice offering of top quality black steers and heifers weighing mostly 450-750 lbs with good weighing conditions sold with good demand on and active market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $191.43/cwt on 704 head. That ranks 1 of 22 comparable sales and sits −52.25 against this barn's trailing median of $243.68.

Average price

$191.43

704 head · 639 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,223

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$17.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.45

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	661	195.00	1,289	432
Medium and Large 2	447	186.29	833	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	607	185.92	1,129	260
Large 1-2	662	177.50	1,175	5thin

One grade step is worth $17.50/cwt here — about $114 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 sale704 hd

191.43

—

MO average15 barns · 6,328 hd

188.99

+2.45

This barn, trailing median22 sales

243.68

−52.25

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	1,702	114.94	1,956	22
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,669	95.05	1,586	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,469	93.94	1,380	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,277	90.57	1,157	53
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,062	86.26	916	39
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,408	153.00	2,154	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,376	146.43	2,015	22

Every lot, as filed

73 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	—	760	160.68/cwt	158.00–162.00	1,221	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	181.18/cwt	179.00–183.00	1,227	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,337	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	213.99/cwt	213.50–215.00	935	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	839	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	442	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	857	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	665	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,157	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	521	226.30/cwt	224.50–227.00	1,179	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	186.77/cwt	178.00–192.00	1,177	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	176.40/cwt	176.00–179.00	1,240	46
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	895	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	196.50/cwt	195.50–200.00	912	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	1,507	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	187.45/cwt	184.00–191.50	1,361	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	927	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,455	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,355	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	196.89/cwt	191.00–201.00	1,014	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	963	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,445	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	849	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	551	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,223	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	193.93/cwt	189.00–195.00	1,299	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	215.81/cwt	208.00–221.50	1,146	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	214.45/cwt	209.00–220.50	1,032	29
Steers	Large 1-2	—	662	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,175	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	739	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	201.47/cwt	194.50–205.00	1,253	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	170.58/cwt	169.50–171.50	1,486	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	211.93/cwt	204.00–214.00	1,231	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	596	181.33/cwt	179.00–192.00	1,081	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	179.19/cwt	178.50–183.50	1,403	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	462	208.18/cwt	206.00–210.00	962	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	455	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	937	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,179	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	201.88/cwt	200.00–205.00	830	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	752	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	902	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,469	96.35/cwt	92.00–99.50	1,415	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	89.11/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,308	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,695	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,526	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,660	96.74/cwt	94.50–101.00	1,606	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	84.52/cwt	79.00–88.00	882	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	90.77/cwt	88.00–96.00	989	20
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,408	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	2,154	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,376	146.43/cwt	144.00–148.00	2,015	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,070	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	92.42/cwt	89.00–100.00	1,193	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	86.79/cwt	83.50–89.00	1,074	15
Bulls	—	—	1,776	119.50/cwt	116.00–123.00	2,122	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	70.25/cwt	65.00–74.00	694	4
Bulls	—	—	1,628	110.37/cwt	104.00–114.00	1,797	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	191.58/cwt	189.00–195.00	1,006	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	177.73/cwt	172.50–183.00	1,187	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	695	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,175	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	582	187.64/cwt	187.00–188.50	1,092	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,261	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	178.40/cwt	175.50–182.50	753	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	974	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,461	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	191.41/cwt	190.00–197.00	737	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	169.94/cwt	169.00–171.00	1,132	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	162.90/cwt	160.00–164.50	1,012	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	932	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	192.01/cwt	185.00–198.00	908	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	854	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,324	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	604	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,054	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	179.53/cwt	179.00–180.00	1,124	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,355	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	570	194.66/cwt	193.00–196.00	1,110	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	184.57/cwt	183.00–186.00	681	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	391	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	817	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,262	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	416	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	795	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,001	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	177.30/cwt	175.00–181.00	1,035	105

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 Aug 12, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,682Last week 201Year ago 1,730

Slaughter CattleReceipts 233Last week 189Year ago 230

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	760	158.00–162.00	160.68
17	—	525	189.00–195.00	191.58
97	—	668	172.50–183.00	177.73
21	—	974	150.00	150.00
15	—	385	190.00–197.00	191.41
45	—	473	185.00–198.00	192.01
12	—	854	155.00	155.00
11	—	626	179.00–180.00	179.53
9	—	834	162.50	162.50
4	—	738	171.00	171.00
105	—	584	175.00–181.00	177.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	462	206.00–210.00	208.18
43	—	582	187.00–188.50	187.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	695	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	873	144.50	144.50
12	—	422	175.50–182.50	178.40
26	—	666	169.00–171.00	169.94
33	—	519	179.50	179.50
12	—	604	174.50	174.50
6	—	369	183.00–186.00	184.57
11	—	569	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	621	160.00–164.50	162.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	391	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	416	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	677	179.00–183.00	181.18
11	—	753	177.50	177.50
35	—	630	178.00–192.00	186.77
46	—	703	176.00–179.00	176.40
28	—	464	195.50–200.00	196.50
3	—	927	157.00	157.00
4	—	821	165.00	165.00
58	—	515	191.00–201.00	196.89
6	—	963	150.00	150.00
8	—	412	206.00	206.00
33	—	596	179.00–192.00	181.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	437	213.50–215.00	213.99
4	—	385	218.00	218.00
4	—	835	180.50	180.50
40	—	726	184.00–191.50	187.45
71	—	670	189.00–195.00	193.93
28	—	531	208.00–221.50	215.81
29	—	481	209.00–220.50	214.45
31	—	622	194.50–205.00	201.47
13	—	871	169.50–171.50	170.58
26	—	581	204.00–214.00	211.93
110	—	783	178.50–183.50	179.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	442	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	665	174.00	174.00
9	—	570	193.00–196.00	194.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	521	224.50–227.00	226.30
15	—	551	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	500	179.00	179.00
3	—	377	196.00	196.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	662	177.50	177.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	455	206.00	206.00
3	—	655	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	411	200.00–205.00	201.88
4	—	360	209.00	209.00
8	—	490	184.00	184.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,469	92.00–99.50	96.35
4	—	1,468	88.00–90.00	89.11
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,695	90.00	90.00
3	—	1,660	94.50–101.00	96.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,044	79.00–88.00	84.52
20	—	1,090	88.00–96.00	90.77
4	—	988	65.00–74.00	70.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	79.00	79.00
37	—	1,291	89.00–100.00	92.42
15	—	1,237	83.50–89.00	86.79
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,408	153.00	153.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,376	144.00–148.00	146.43
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,776	116.00–123.00	119.50
11	—	1,628	104.00–114.00	110.37

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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