Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2024-08-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Friday's sale receipts were very light with feeder cattle not well tested selling mostly as singles and small packages. Slaughter steers and heifers traded steady with last week with slaughter cows also selling steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $269.13/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −137.90 against this barn's trailing median of $407.03.

Average price

$269.13

8 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,487

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$29.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.22

vs MO average

+10.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	552	280.00	1,546	5thin
Medium and Large 2	553	251.00	1,388	3thin

One grade step is worth $29.00/cwt here — about $158 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale8 hd

269.13

—

MO average12 barns · 988 hd

271.35

−2.22

National average139 barns · 7,218 hd

258.46

+10.67

This barn, trailing median30 sales

407.03

−137.90

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	1,851	161.04	2,981	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,468	137.68	2,022	19
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,705	137.00	2,336	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,242	134.03	1,664	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,021	110.67	1,130	34
Steers	Choice	Average	1,180	193.16	2,279	4thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,198	187.18	2,242	11

Every lot, as filed

36 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,485	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	139.46/cwt	136.00–142.00	1,728	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	153.37/cwt	152.00–155.00	2,244	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,481	124.28/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,841	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,464	139.50/cwt	135.50–143.50	2,042	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	128.07/cwt	125.00–132.00	1,573	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,546	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,705	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	798	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,811	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	306.76/cwt	302.00–310.00	1,604	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,361	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,260	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	286.77/cwt	286.00–288.00	1,236	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,050	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,497	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	893	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,388	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	243.51/cwt	235.00–253.00	1,162	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	502	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,386	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,590	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,682	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,208	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	301.98/cwt	286.00–310.00	1,456	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	391	280.50/cwt	280.00–281.00	1,097	4
Bulls	—	—	1,793	159.85/cwt	155.00–165.00	2,866	7
Bulls	—	—	1,840	181.35/cwt	177.00–185.00	3,337	2
Bulls	—	—	1,910	145.73/cwt	140.00–150.00	2,783	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,198	187.18/cwt	186.50–189.00	2,242	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,180	193.16/cwt	191.50–194.50	2,279	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	278	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	995	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	124.70/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,326	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	106.25/cwt	100.00–115.00	1,076	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	974	86.37/cwt	85.00–93.00	841	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	138.03/cwt	134.00–141.00	1,453	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,705	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	2,336	1
Bulls	—	—	2,040	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,876	1

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 2, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 135Last week 855Year ago 255

Slaughter CattleReceipts 140Last week 162Year ago 247

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	110.00	110.00
11	—	1,239	136.00–142.00	139.46
6	—	1,228	125.00–132.00	128.07
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,463	152.00–155.00	153.37
5	—	1,481	120.00–130.00	124.28
11	—	1,464	135.50–143.50	139.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,063	120.00–130.00	124.70
17	—	1,013	100.00–115.00	106.25
6	—	974	85.00–93.00	86.37
5	—	1,053	134.00–141.00	138.03
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,705	137.00	137.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,793	155.00–165.00	159.85
2	—	1,840	177.00–185.00	181.35
4	—	1,910	140.00–150.00	145.73
1	—	2,040	190.00	190.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,198	186.50–189.00	187.18
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,180	191.50–194.50	193.16

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	431	286.00–288.00	286.77
2	450–500	465	271.00	271.00
5	550–600	552	280.00	280.00
5	750–800	798	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	310	288.00	288.00
4	350–400	391	280.00–281.00	280.50
3	400–450	445	236.00	236.00
8	450–500	477	235.00–253.00	243.51
3	550–600	553	251.00	251.00
3	600–650	648	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	324.00	324.00
5	500–550	523	302.00–310.00	306.76
3	550–600	590	289.00	289.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	278	358.00	358.00
6	350–400	380	318.00	318.00
9	450–500	482	286.00–310.00	301.98
3	500–550	502	276.00	276.00
3	550–600	578	275.00	275.00
3	650–700	670	251.00	251.00

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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