Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2024-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a very light offering of feeders this week were sold in small packages and singles with a few sales of 400-600 lb steers and heifers on comparable sales traded steady with last week. Feeder offering was made up of several groups of unweaned/short weaned calves along with several groups of bulls. A good offering of slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher with slaughter cows selling firm to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $263.52/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −143.50 against this barn's trailing median of $407.03.

Average price

$263.52

42 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,429

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$101

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

$13.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.47

vs MO average

−4.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	269.14	1,472	24
Medium and Large 1-2	536	256.04	1,372	18thin

One grade step is worth $13.10/cwt here — about $101 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.62, low $346.27, median $407.03 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale42 hd

263.52

—

MO average19 barns · 2,856 hd

275.99

−12.47

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

−4.86

This barn, trailing median30 sales

407.03

−143.50

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	1,969	150.78	2,969	14
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,641	129.95	2,133	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,479	125.37	1,854	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,247	124.19	1,548	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,018	105.81	1,077	30
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,261	187.50	2,364	6thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,228	181.74	2,232	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,423	189.00	2,689	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,426	185.33	2,643	43
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,368	181.53	2,483	16

Every lot, as filed

62 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	500–550	525	289.13/cwt	284.00–294.00	1,518	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	281.01/cwt	275.00–284.00	1,554	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,697	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	284.24/cwt	278.00–291.00	1,225	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	572	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,296	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	313.79/cwt	304.00–324.00	1,346	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	254.90/cwt	251.00–260.00	1,721	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,744	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	234.15/cwt	229.00–243.00	1,557	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,603	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	458	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,351	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	309.18/cwt	309.00–310.00	1,734	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,798	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	332.48/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,609	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	338.67/cwt	328.00–345.00	1,443	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	505	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,212	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	295.03/cwt	291.00–301.00	1,369	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	254.97/cwt	249.00–261.00	1,420	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	602	241.12/cwt	236.00–247.00	1,452	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,922	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	577	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,558	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	264.75/cwt	262.00–266.00	1,506	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	658	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,431	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	233.21/cwt	233.00–233.50	1,726	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	288.23/cwt	276.00–293.00	1,499	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	127.85/cwt	124.00–133.50	1,590	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	119.82/cwt	117.00–122.00	1,515	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	94.27/cwt	88.00–102.00	970	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	119.24/cwt	114.00–125.00	1,278	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,474	129.81/cwt	125.00–136.00	1,913	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,487	121.35/cwt	117.00–124.00	1,804	9
Bulls	—	—	1,816	163.90/cwt	161.00–167.00	2,976	4
Bulls	—	—	2,052	154.41/cwt	147.00–158.00	3,168	6
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,423	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,689	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,261	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	2,364	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	108.95/cwt	105.00–112.00	1,304	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	111.44/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,656	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,368	181.53/cwt	180.00–182.50	2,483	16
Bulls	—	—	1,998	132.22/cwt	127.00–141.00	2,642	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	835	81.47/cwt	80.00–84.00	680	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	108.82/cwt	106.00–112.00	1,096	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,625	133.02/cwt	126.00–140.50	2,162	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,712	116.65/cwt	115.00–118.00	1,997	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,478	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	254.86/cwt	254.50–256.00	1,606	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	326.81/cwt	325.00–328.50	1,696	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,658	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,426	185.33/cwt	183.00–186.50	2,643	43
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,228	181.74/cwt	181.50–182.00	2,232	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,347	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	283.19/cwt	279.00–292.00	1,784	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,413	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,917	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,369	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	412	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,236	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,583	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,355	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	288.58/cwt	281.00–294.00	1,330	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	610	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,327	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	678	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,526	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,649	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,760	3

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 May 3, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 446Last week 1,101Year ago 389

Slaughter CattleReceipts 338Last week 250Year ago 325

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	464	291.00–301.00	295.03
13	500–550	525	284.00–294.00	289.13
9	550–600	553	275.00–284.00	281.01
3	600–650	612	262.00	262.00
8	650–700	665	229.00–243.00	234.15
8	700–750	736	237.00	237.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	322.00	322.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	431	278.00–291.00	284.24
16	450–500	461	281.00–294.00	288.58
4	500–550	500	271.00	271.00
11	550–600	557	249.00–261.00	254.97
8	600–650	602	236.00–247.00	241.12
3	650–700	665	238.00	238.00
4	700–750	746	227.50	227.50
3	800–850	800	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	458	295.00	295.00
4	550–600	572	226.50	226.50
6	650–700	658	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	429	304.00–324.00	313.79
4	450–500	491	301.00	301.00
11	500–550	520	276.00–293.00	288.23
9	550–600	569	262.00–266.00	264.75
12	600–650	630	254.50–256.00	254.86
14	700–750	740	233.00–233.50	233.21
7	750–800	785	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	505	240.00	240.00
4	600–650	610	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	645	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	412	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	395	341.00	341.00
3	550–600	593	278.00	278.00
9	600–650	630	279.00–292.00	283.19
7	650–700	675	251.00–260.00	254.90
3	700–750	742	259.00	259.00
3	800–850	828	231.50	231.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	426	328.00–345.00	338.67
6	450–500	484	325.00–340.00	332.48
8	500–550	519	325.00–328.50	326.81
11	550–600	561	309.00–310.00	309.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	577	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	523	317.00	317.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	678	225.00	225.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,244	124.00–133.50	127.85
13	—	1,264	117.00–122.00	119.82
3	—	1,197	105.00–112.00	108.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,029	88.00–102.00	94.27
13	—	1,072	114.00–125.00	119.24
4	—	835	80.00–84.00	81.47
5	—	1,007	106.00–112.00	108.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,474	125.00–136.00	129.81
9	—	1,487	117.00–124.00	121.35
6	—	1,486	105.00–115.00	111.44
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,625	126.00–140.50	133.02
3	—	1,712	115.00–118.00	116.65
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,816	161.00–167.00	163.90
6	—	2,052	147.00–158.00	154.41
4	—	1,998	127.00–141.00	132.22
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,423	189.00	189.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,368	180.00–182.50	181.53
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,426	183.00–186.50	185.33
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,261	187.50	187.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,228	181.50–182.00	181.74

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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