Bowling Green- Eastern Missouri Commission Company
Feeder Cattle Auction Report for 10/21/2016
Receipts: 819 Week ago: 1629 Year ago: 1773
Friday's sale was a Special Bred Cow and Pair sale with a very light
offering of feeder cattle. Steer and heifer calves on a very light test traded
steady to firm on a few comparable sales. Demand was moderate to good on the
bred cows and pairs with a couple nice consignments of young bred cows mostly
Charolias cross and several pairs with running ages selling with nice big calves
by their sides weighing from 250-400 lbs. Slaughter cows sold mostly 2.00-5.00
higher. CME cattle futures posted a strong rally on Thursday and Friday to end
the week ahead of the Cattle on Feed Report Cattle released Friday afternoon
with October 1st reported at 100 percent; Placements at 98 percent and
Marketings at 105 percent with placements being well below estimates, with
Marketings and on feed totals coming in slightly under industry and analyst
estimates. Slaughter and bred cows accounted for near 67 percent of the total
receipts. Feeder cattle supply consisted of 57 percent steers and bulls, 43
percent heifers and 40 percent weighing over 600 lbs.
Feeder Steers: Medium and Large 1 pkg 470 lbs 134.50; few 550-560 lbs 128.50-
130.50. Medium and Large 1-2 few 350-400 lbs 149.00-152.00; 450-500 lbs
126.00-132.00; 600-700 lbs 118.00-125.00, calves/unweaned 116.00-117.00; 700-715
lbs 115.00-117.00.
Feeder Heifers: Medium and Large 1-2 pkg 357 lbs 126.00; 450-500 lbs 115.00-
123.00, fleshy 111.00-113.50; 500-570 lbs 105.50-116.50; 600-670 lbs 107.00-
110.00; lot fleshy 835 lbs 96.00; lot 1060 lbs 99.00.
Feeder Bulls: Medium and Large 1-2 few 450-500 lbs 128.50-132.00; 500-600 lbs
114.00-121.00; 600-650 lbs 101.50-109.00.
REPLACEMENTS: Bred Cows- Medium and Large 1 few Heifers 1020-1050 lbs 2nd
stage 1820.00-1825.00; 3-5 yrs mostly Charolias cross 1100-1300 lbs 2nd stage
1600.00-1775.00; short solid 1300-1400 lbs 2nd stage 1375.00-1460.00. Medium
and Large 1-2 3-7 yrs 1050-1700 lbs 2nd-3rd stage 1230.00-1510.00; short solid
1300-1400 lbs 1200.00-1230.00. Medium and Large 2 3-7 yrs 1000-1250 lbs 2nd-
3rd stage 1100.00-1190.00; short solid to aged cows 950-1400 lbs 810.00-1050.00.
Pairs: Medium and Large 1-2 3-7 yrs 1100-1500 lbs w/baby to 400 lb calves
1600.00-1750.00; short solid to aged cows 1150-1450 lbs bred back 1st-2nd stage
w/150-400 lb calves 1310.00-1510.00. Medium and Large 2 6 yrs to mostly short
solid 1000-1400 lbs w/150-250 lb calves 1210.00-1310.00; aged cows 900-1150 lbs
w/baby to 200 lb calves 1010.00-1170.00.
Slaughter Cows: Percent Lean
Percent Lean Av Dressing Hi Dressing Low Dressing
Prem White 65-70 ---------- ----------- -----------
Breakers 70-80 few 56.50-62.00 62.00-66.50 51.00-55.00
Boners 80-85 57.00-63.50 62.00-67.50 50.00-56.00
Lean 85-90 55.00-60.00 60.00-64.50 46.00-54.00
Stock Cows and Heiferettes: Medium and Large 1-2 775-1200 lbs 80.50-93.50, few
96.00-100.00; few 3-5 yrs 74.00-79.00.
Slaughter Bulls: Yield Grade 1-2
1200-2520 lbs 74.00-80.00 83.00-86.50 70.50-73.00
Ind Lim 91.00
Slaughter Steers and Heifers: (18 head)
Select and Choice 1-3 1100-1430 lbs 95.00-99.00, Holstien/Dairy cross 1430-1632
lbs 83.50-85.75
Source: Mo Dept Ag-USDA Market News Service, Bowling Green, MO
Greg Harrison, Market Reporter 573-751-5618
24 hour recorded report 1-573-522-9244
www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/JC_LS156.txt
Representative Sales of Five or More:
Hfr
Hd Color AvWt Price Total CITY & STATE
5 Blk 546 116.50 $ 636 ROCKPORT,IL
12 Blk 628 110.25 $ 692 ROCKPORT,IL
6 Mix 834 96.00 $ 801 BOWLING GREEN,MO
9 Blk 1061 99.00 $ 1051 SHIPMAN,IL
Male
Hd Color AvWt Price Total CITY & STATE
6 Blk 470 134.50 $ 632 CLARK,MO
6 Blk 549 130.50 $ 717 CLARK,MO
8 Blk 619 122.50 $ 758 ROCKPORT,IL
6 Blk 691 118.00 $ 815 ROCKPORT,IL
5 Blk 715 115.00 $ 822 TROY,MO
Bowling Green - Eastern MO Commission Company
Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 10/21/2016
Receipts: 819 Last Week: 1629 Year Ago: 1773
Friday's sale was a Special Bred Cow and Pair sale with a very light offering
of feeder cattle. Steer and heifer calves on a very light test traded steady to
frim on a few comparable sales. Demand was moderate to good on the bred cows
and pairs with a couple nice consignments of young bred cows mostly Charolias
cross and several pairs with running ages selling with nice big calves by their
sides weighing from 250-400 lbs. CME cattle futures posted a strong rally on
Thursday and Friday to end the week ahead of the Cattle on Feed Report Cattle
released Friday afternoon with October 1st reported at 100 percent; Placements
at 98 percent and Marketings at 105 percent with placements being well below
estimates, with Marketings and on feed totals coming in slightly under industry
and analyst estimates. Slaughter and bred cows accounted for near 67 percent of
the total receipts. Feeder cattle supply consisted of 57 percent steers and
bulls, 43 percent heifers and 40 percent weighing over 600 lbs.
Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
6 470 470 134.50 134.50
9 550-555 552 128.50-130.50 129.83
Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
5 370-380 376 149.00-152.00 150.79
4 405-430 412 139.00-147.00 141.97
3 440 440 131.50 131.50 Fleshy
8 494-498 495 126.00-132.00 128.63
12 619-640 624 120.50-125.00 122.20
6 600-621 614 116.00-117.00 116.67 Calves
6 691 691 118.00 118.00
8 705-715 712 115.00-117.00 115.25
Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
3 357 357 126.00 126.00
8 455-495 480 115.50-123.00 119.70
5 460-465 464 111.00-113.50 113.00 Fleshy
16 510-546 535 105.50-116.50 113.47
2 568 568 110.00 110.00
20 602-633 625 107.50-110.25 109.61
3 662 662 107.00 107.00
2 668 668 102.50 102.50 Fleshy
6 834 834 96.00 96.00 Fleshy
9 1060 1060 99.00 99.00
Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
5 478-482 480 128.50-132.00 130.59
2 530 530 121.00 121.00
10 565-597 586 114.00-119.50 117.12
10 615-649 636 101.50-109.00 105.56
Source: MO Dept of Ag/USDA Market News Service,
Greg harrison, Market Reporter, 573-751-5618
24 Hour Market Report 1-573-522-9244
www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/JC_LS752.txt
