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Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Oct 23
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
← Oct 16Oct 23latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
977 head
▲ 657 vs last sale 320▼ 130 vs year ago 1,107 · −11.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
161 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 220▼ 49 vs year ago 210 · −23.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, steer calves weighing under 650 lbs all sold with a firm to higher undertone on a light test of comparable sales, the best test was on 700-800 lb steers selling 10.00-20.00 higher with over 800 ls trading with a firm to higher undertone on light test. Heifer calves weighing 450-550 lbs sold fully steady to firm, with 600-700 lb heifers trading 5.00-15.00 higher and a nice offering of 750-965 lb feeder heifers all trading with a higher undertone. Demand was good on a moderate supply with a very good quality offering of calves and yearlings in Friday's sale. Several stick out sales included 20 steers weighing 705 lbs at 391.00; pot load of 779 lb heifers at 314.00 and 92 hd of 962 lb heifers at 291.50. Cattle on Feed was issued Friday afternoon with On Feed coming in as expected at 99.6 percent, Placements continue to extend smaller placement numbers at 88 percent with the average guess at 91.7 percent, Marketings came in as expected at 93 percent. Placements were the smallest for September since the series began in 1996. Slaughter cows sold fully steady to firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $397.71/cwt on 53 head, up $49.48 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 30 comparable sales and sits −4.64 against this barn's trailing median of $402.35.
Average price
$397.71
▲ 49.48 vs prior sale
53 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,152
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$98
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$45.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+37.92
vs MO average
+20.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539400.282,15750
Medium and Large 1-2580355.002,0593thin
One grade step is worth $45.28/cwt here — about $98 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale53 hd
397.71
—
MO average15 barns · 1,599 hd
359.80
+37.92
National average186 barns · 22,034 hd
377.02
+20.69
This barn, trailing median30 sales
402.35
−4.64
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
454412371329median 402.3502/2704/1706/1908/2810/23
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.62, low $343.18, median $402.35 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,762181.483,19710
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,829139.002,5423thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,472136.752,01323
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,251133.301,66728
CowsLean 85-90%High983115.861,13931
HeifersChoiceAverage1,155220.002,5412thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,491221.503,3039thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned409482.50/cwt482.50–482.501,9734
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481481.28/cwt472.50–497.002,3159
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2494460.37/cwt452.50–465.002,2748
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed502480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,4107
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516451.06/cwt437.50–462.502,32720
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned535425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,2743
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2537425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,2823
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572422.30/cwt407.50–435.002,41622
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2591385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,2754
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned601365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,1944
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621381.58/cwt379.00–392.502,37039
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,2813
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670346.76/cwt339.00–355.002,3238
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675383.00/cwt375.00–389.002,58516
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1706388.92/cwt383.00–391.002,74627
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2738345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,5463
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,6433
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1778359.70/cwt350.00–365.002,79853
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1833340.12/cwt336.50–345.002,83334
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1884323.29/cwt320.00–326.002,8589
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5403
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2409410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,6774
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475418.34/cwt405.00–422.501,98718
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2489393.20/cwt385.00–400.001,92311
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1534403.82/cwt385.00–412.502,15641
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561384.14/cwt382.50–387.502,1559
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0593
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619372.21/cwt358.00–380.002,30458
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620338.54/cwt332.50–345.002,09912
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2662332.26/cwt327.50–335.002,20011
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668340.42/cwt340.00–341.002,27426
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2742316.07/cwt315.00–316.502,34514
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773313.16/cwt306.50–325.002,421112
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1803313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,51311
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2812300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,4366
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1881295.02/cwt294.00–303.002,59926
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1948285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,7027
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1962291.50/cwt291.50–291.502,80493
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,9093
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2428455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,9473
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1464485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,2507
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2466472.50/cwt472.50–472.502,2024
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2562390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,1923
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2619377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,3376
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,491221.50/cwt221.50–221.503,3039
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,155220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,5412
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,673174.93/cwt168.00–179.002,9275
Bulls——1,850188.03/cwt182.50–194.503,4795
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%926100.48/cwt92.00–107.009307
Cows—Lean 85-90%984112.14/cwt109.00–117.501,1037
Cows—Lean 85-90%998122.49/cwt118.00–129.001,22215
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,063133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,4142
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,219122.34/cwt119.00–126.001,4916
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,249142.19/cwt139.00–145.001,7768
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,262134.21/cwt130.00–138.001,69413
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,305116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,5141
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,459143.15/cwt140.00–150.502,08910
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,480133.35/cwt129.00–138.001,97412
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,500113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,7031
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,808143.00/cwt143.00–143.002,5852
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,870131.00/cwt131.00–131.002,4501

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.