Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2024-03-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a very light offering this week with most of the offerings selling in small groups and singles but several groups of 400-600 steer calves selling steady to firm, and several groups of 450-550 lb heifers selling with a firm to higher undertone. Demand was moderate to good on light receipts of feeders. Slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to firm with slaughter cows trading steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $255.38/cwt on 133 head. That ranks 12 of 15 comparable sales and sits +8.42 against this barn's trailing median of $246.96.

Average price

$255.38

133 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,424

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$629

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$151.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.48

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	274.43	1,434	70
Medium and Large 2	350	265.00	928	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	604	244.92	1,479	54
Medium and Large 3	657	122.50	805	6thin

One grade step is worth $151.93/cwt here — about $629 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 sale133 hd

255.38

—

MO average15 barns · 10,489 hd

258.86

−3.48

This barn, trailing median15 sales

246.96

+8.42

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	—	Low	1,864	132.29	2,466	30
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,798	114.99	2,068	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,499	112.79	1,691	47
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,245	108.64	1,352	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,022	103.51	1,057	10
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,376	182.68	2,514	29
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,555	189.00	2,939	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,448	184.28	2,668	13
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,364	177.83	2,426	7thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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 2	—	350	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	928	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	252.03/cwt	251.50–253.00	1,600	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,759	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	252.01/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,356	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	281.64/cwt	279.00–285.00	1,327	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	259.85/cwt	252.00–269.00	1,731	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	439	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,045	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	356	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	918	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,296	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,503	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	264.37/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,449	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,267	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	231.80/cwt	228.00–234.00	1,794	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	458	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,319	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,728	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	502	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,481	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,844	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,477	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	331.46/cwt	320.00–342.50	1,389	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	311.29/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,762	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	231.62/cwt	229.00–235.00	1,672	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,183	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,254	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,586	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	934	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	331.67/cwt	326.00–340.00	1,197	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	280.98/cwt	277.00–286.00	1,450	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	278.29/cwt	274.00–285.00	1,614	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	263.38/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,214	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	113.71/cwt	108.00–121.00	1,420	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	104.56/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,309	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	108.45/cwt	104.00–113.00	1,616	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,618	102.53/cwt	102.00–103.00	1,659	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,497	117.44/cwt	114.00–120.50	1,758	24
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,798	114.99/cwt	114.00–116.00	2,068	3
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,555	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,939	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,364	177.83/cwt	177.50–178.50	2,426	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,448	184.28/cwt	182.50–186.00	2,668	13
Heifers	Choice	—	1,376	182.68/cwt	182.50–183.50	2,514	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	910	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	783	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	105.46/cwt	101.00–112.00	1,090	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	96.97/cwt	93.50–99.00	1,169	5
Bulls	—	—	1,443	106.26/cwt	105.50–107.00	1,533	2
Bulls	—	—	1,823	139.27/cwt	135.00–153.00	2,539	13
Bulls	—	—	1,956	129.72/cwt	120.00–134.00	2,537	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	306.84/cwt	302.50–310.00	1,148	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	247.44/cwt	241.50–251.00	1,433	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,484	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	657	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	805	6

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 Mar 1, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 445Last week 1,831Year ago 312

Slaughter CattleReceipts 265Last week 231Year ago 318

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	350	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	635	251.50–253.00	252.03
3	—	727	242.00	242.00
11	—	471	279.00–285.00	281.64
4	—	448	280.00	280.00
11	—	516	277.00–286.00	280.98
14	—	374	302.50–310.00	306.84
10	—	572	259.50	259.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	538	250.00–254.00	252.01
3	—	637	236.00	236.00
14	—	722	229.00–235.00	231.62
3	—	658	241.00	241.00
7	—	461	260.00–268.00	263.38
21	—	579	241.50–251.00	247.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	657	122.50	122.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	666	252.00–269.00	259.85
14	—	774	228.00–234.00	231.80
3	—	502	295.00	295.00
4	—	270	346.00	346.00
5	—	361	326.00–340.00	331.67
5	—	580	274.00–285.00	278.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	458	288.00	288.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	640	270.00	270.00
3	—	683	270.00	270.00
4	—	466	317.00	317.00
11	—	419	320.00–342.50	331.46
23	—	566	300.00–317.00	311.29
3	—	322	367.50	367.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	439	238.00	238.00
7	—	356	258.00	258.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	453	286.00	286.00
8	—	548	260.00–267.00	264.37
5	—	391	324.00	324.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,249	108.00–121.00	113.71
13	—	1,252	100.00–108.00	104.56
5	—	1,206	93.50–99.00	96.97
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,490	104.00–113.00	108.45
2	—	1,618	102.00–103.00	102.53
24	—	1,497	114.00–120.50	117.44
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,798	114.00–116.00	114.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	86.00	86.00
9	—	1,034	101.00–112.00	105.46
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,555	189.00	189.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,364	177.50–178.50	177.83
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,448	182.50–186.00	184.28
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,376	182.50–183.50	182.68
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,443	105.50–107.00	106.26
13	—	1,823	135.00–153.00	139.27
15	—	1,956	120.00–134.00	129.72

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