Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2023-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Friday's trading at EMC was the first big special in several weeks with no recent good comparisons on large groups and pot loads of steers and heifers all sold with a lower undertone. There was overall a nice quality offering of calves and yearlings in the offering with several pot loads of yearlings and several large groups of feeders all sold with moderate to good demand. One highlight of the auction was Jacob Massey the 2023 World Champion Auctioneer stopping by to sell most of the afternoon. The market has been dominated over the last two weeks with sharply lower cattle futures as liquidation selling in the cattle futures has made a very nervous market pressuring the feeder cattle prices. Slaughter cows sold steady with last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $234.05/cwt on 741 head. That ranks 5 of 22 comparable sales and sits −9.63 against this barn's trailing median of $243.68.

Average price

$234.05

741 head · 640 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,499

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$520

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$27.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.49

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	647	238.41	1,543	486
Medium and Large 1-2	625	226.38	1,415	239
Medium and Large 2	547	221.00	1,209	3thin
Large 1-2	748	216.50	1,619	10thin
Medium 2	485	211.00	1,023	3thin

One grade step is worth $27.41/cwt here — about $520 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 sale741 hd

234.05

—

MO average19 barns · 18,560 hd

238.54

−4.49

This barn, trailing median22 sales

243.68

−9.63

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	1,738	110.58	1,922	20
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,699	108.59	1,846	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,487	94.70	1,408	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,253	86.60	1,085	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,033	81.53	842	44
Heifers	Select	Average	1,111	155.00	1,722	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,296	171.91	2,228	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,267	155.25	1,967	25

Every lot, as filed

74 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	—	669	214.98/cwt	208.50–220.00	1,438	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	248.34/cwt	244.00–254.00	1,413	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	772	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,675	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	229.03/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,111	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	226.53/cwt	222.00–230.00	1,194	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	892	196.75/cwt	196.75–196.75	1,755	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	519	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,048	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	229.24/cwt	222.00–232.25	1,657	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	220.79/cwt	219.50–222.00	1,669	54
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	711	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,386	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	949	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	504	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	776	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,209	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,132	3
Steers	Large 1-2	—	748	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,619	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	787	206.61/cwt	205.00–209.00	1,626	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	609	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,315	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	834	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,660	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	224.38/cwt	220.00–229.00	1,418	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	222.75/cwt	213.00–228.00	1,276	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	546	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,267	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	254.81/cwt	249.00–259.00	1,226	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	259.22/cwt	255.00–265.00	988	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	240.50/cwt	235.00–242.50	1,474	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	237.94/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,268	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	220.28/cwt	208.00–223.50	1,573	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	914	179.24/cwt	175.00–182.25	1,638	19
Steers	Medium 2	—	485	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,023	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	241.77/cwt	232.00–244.25	1,598	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	251.24/cwt	246.00–257.00	1,306	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	221.77/cwt	210.00–229.00	1,466	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	227.64/cwt	221.50–229.75	1,439	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,051	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,130	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,073	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,150	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,175	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	82.49/cwt	78.00–86.00	1,021	24
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,763	102.27/cwt	97.00–105.00	1,803	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,673	111.23/cwt	106.00–118.00	1,861	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	84.36/cwt	82.00–87.50	881	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	78.75/cwt	76.00–81.00	813	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	98.39/cwt	95.50–101.50	1,212	3
Steers	Select	—	1,267	155.25/cwt	151.00–162.00	1,967	25
Heifers	Select	—	1,111	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,722	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	71.50/cwt	71.50–71.50	919	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	91.32/cwt	89.50–93.00	954	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	984	71.02/cwt	67.00–74.00	699	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	87.86/cwt	83.50–92.00	1,300	20
Steers	Choice	—	1,296	171.91/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,228	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	89.87/cwt	87.00–94.50	1,141	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	106.53/cwt	103.00–115.00	1,638	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,459	96.02/cwt	92.00–101.50	1,401	14
Bulls	—	—	1,836	114.83/cwt	111.00–119.50	2,108	9
Bulls	—	—	1,641	104.12/cwt	94.00–109.00	1,709	9
Bulls	—	—	1,738	120.55/cwt	120.00–121.00	2,095	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	219.92/cwt	214.00–226.25	1,260	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	209.86/cwt	202.50–216.00	879	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	207.17/cwt	203.50–209.00	1,450	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,179	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	634	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,344	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	235.25/cwt	233.00–240.00	1,240	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	969	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,584	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	215.02/cwt	211.00–218.00	1,365	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	208.55/cwt	196.00–217.00	1,078	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	245.67/cwt	243.00–251.00	1,179	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	947	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,752	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	196.62/cwt	195.00–199.50	1,429	27
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	662	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	1,347	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	423	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	854	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	552	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,104	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,118	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	202.62/cwt	200.00–208.50	1,356	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	235.38/cwt	229.00–239.00	1,335	71

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 Dec 8, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,032Last week 875Year ago 1,536

Slaughter CattleReceipts 355Last week 425Year ago 370

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	669	208.50–220.00	214.98
53	—	892	196.75	196.75
116	—	632	221.50–229.75	227.64
18	—	700	203.50–209.00	207.17
32	—	527	233.00–240.00	235.25
32	—	480	243.00–251.00	245.67
43	—	947	185.00	185.00
6	—	447	250.00	250.00
71	—	567	229.00–239.00	235.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	485	225.00–235.00	229.03
24	—	527	222.00–230.00	226.53
44	—	573	214.00–226.25	219.92
6	—	969	163.50	163.50
37	—	635	211.00–218.00	215.02
27	—	727	195.00–199.50	196.62
12	—	669	200.00–208.50	202.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	519	202.00	202.00
6	—	423	202.00	202.00
6	—	552	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	711	195.00	195.00
5	—	662	203.50	203.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	452	210.00	210.00
4	—	550	191.00	191.00
3	—	685	165.00	165.00
9	—	419	202.50–216.00	209.86
5	—	710	166.00	166.00
11	—	517	196.00–217.00	208.55
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	504	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	634	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	569	244.00–254.00	248.34
110	—	723	222.00–232.25	229.24
54	—	756	219.50–222.00	220.79
36	—	613	235.00–242.50	240.50
122	—	661	232.00–244.25	241.77
62	—	520	246.00–257.00	251.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	772	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	547	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	442	256.00	256.00
27	—	632	220.00–229.00	224.38
15	—	573	213.00–228.00	222.75
33	—	481	249.00–259.00	254.81
12	—	381	255.00–265.00	259.22
33	—	533	235.00–240.00	237.94
23	—	714	208.00–223.50	220.28
19	—	914	175.00–182.25	179.24
50	—	661	210.00–229.00	221.77
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	748	216.50	216.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	787	205.00–209.00	206.61
9	—	609	216.00	216.00
5	—	834	199.00	199.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	546	232.00	232.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	485	211.00	211.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	416	258.00	258.00
3	—	615	187.00	187.00
3	—	500	235.00	235.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,238	78.00–86.00	82.49
3	—	1,232	95.50–101.50	98.39
1	—	1,285	71.50	71.50
24	—	1,270	87.00–94.50	89.87
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,763	97.00–105.00	102.27
12	—	1,673	106.00–118.00	111.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,044	82.00–87.50	84.36
8	—	1,033	76.00–81.00	78.75
2	—	1,045	89.50–93.00	91.32
7	—	984	67.00–74.00	71.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,480	83.50–92.00	87.86
10	—	1,538	103.00–115.00	106.53
14	—	1,459	92.00–101.50	96.02
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,267	151.00–162.00	155.25
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,296	170.00–175.00	171.91
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,111	155.00	155.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,836	111.00–119.50	114.83
9	—	1,641	94.00–109.00	104.12
2	—	1,738	120.00–121.00	120.55

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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