Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2023-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a very light offering of feeders this week were very lightly tested selling in small packages and singles. Slaughter cows on a nice offering sold firm to 5.00 higher with slaughter steers and heifers steady on a light test. Feeder special next week with the trade area getting some nice rains over the last several days bringing much needed relief to the area.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $244.13/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 8 of 15 comparable sales and sits −2.83 against this barn's trailing median of $246.96.

Average price

$244.13

72 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,293

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$34

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

$38.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.22

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	516	248.96	1,285	63
Medium and Large 2	627	210.33	1,318	9thin

One grade step is worth $38.63/cwt here — about −$34 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 sale72 hd

244.13

—

MO average14 barns · 5,649 hd

244.35

−0.22

This barn, trailing median15 sales

246.96

−2.83

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	1,754	133.67	2,344	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,652	134.26	2,218	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,447	121.06	1,751	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,233	112.77	1,390	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,014	104.57	1,060	22
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,246	182.83	2,278	6thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,227	179.00	2,196	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,248	183.24	2,287	24

Every lot, as filed

37 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 1-2	—	712	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,417	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	283.97/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,082	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	259.06/cwt	257.00–261.00	1,225	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	464	278.51/cwt	278.00–279.00	1,292	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	247.62/cwt	246.00–251.00	1,330	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	242.66/cwt	241.00–246.00	1,289	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	263.43/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,396	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	225.07/cwt	222.50–227.00	1,715	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,225	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,461	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	239.12/cwt	235.00–244.00	1,463	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,458	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	264.37/cwt	260.00–271.00	1,039	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	267.44/cwt	258.00–276.00	1,129	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,318	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	240.53/cwt	238.00–244.00	1,590	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,616	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,338	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	233.73/cwt	229.00–241.00	1,356	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	256.29/cwt	249.00–263.00	1,197	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,180	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,813	3
Bulls	—	—	1,699	142.17/cwt	137.00–149.00	2,415	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	113.68/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,620	13
Bulls	—	—	1,793	127.59/cwt	121.00–134.00	2,288	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	110.30/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,349	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	122.57/cwt	115.00–129.00	1,528	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	100.86/cwt	97.00–104.00	1,247	9
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,227	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	2,196	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,246	182.83/cwt	181.00–184.50	2,278	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,248	183.24/cwt	181.50–186.00	2,287	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	128.44/cwt	120.00–138.00	1,885	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	89.51/cwt	86.00–93.00	864	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	99.50/cwt	96.00–103.00	1,018	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	112.37/cwt	107.50–117.00	1,146	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,658	138.01/cwt	125.00–146.00	2,288	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,620	115.51/cwt	115.00–116.00	1,871	2

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 4, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 255Last week 719Year ago 201

Slaughter CattleReceipts 247Last week 160Year ago 189

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	712	199.00	199.00
6	—	381	280.00–288.00	283.97
6	—	473	257.00–261.00	259.06
9	—	537	246.00–251.00	247.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	464	278.00–279.00	278.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	531	241.00–246.00	242.66
10	—	612	235.00–244.00	239.12
8	—	393	260.00–271.00	264.37
9	—	422	258.00–276.00	267.44
4	—	718	225.00	225.00
11	—	580	229.00–241.00	233.73
15	—	467	249.00–263.00	256.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	678	215.00	215.00
3	—	640	206.00	206.00
3	—	562	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	530	260.00–267.00	263.43
7	—	762	222.50–227.00	225.07
3	—	447	274.00	274.00
3	—	635	230.00	230.00
7	—	661	238.00–244.00	240.53
3	—	492	272.00	272.00
3	—	828	219.00	219.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,699	137.00–149.00	142.17
7	—	1,793	121.00–134.00	127.59
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,425	110.00–120.00	113.68
13	—	1,468	120.00–138.00	128.44
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,223	105.00–115.00	110.30
18	—	1,247	115.00–129.00	122.57
9	—	1,236	97.00–104.00	100.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	965	86.00–93.00	89.51
8	—	1,023	96.00–103.00	99.50
11	—	1,020	107.50–117.00	112.37
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,658	125.00–146.00	138.01
2	—	1,620	115.00–116.00	115.51
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,227	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,246	181.00–184.50	182.83
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,248	181.50–186.00	183.24

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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