Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2026-05-22

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, May 22
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,016 head
▲ 857 vs last sale 159▼ 107 vs year ago 1,123 · −9.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
250 head
▼ 77 vs last sale 327▼ 10 vs year ago 260 · −3.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, steers weighing 550-700 lbs sold steady to firm, with 7 weight steers trading 5.00-10.00 lower and a pot load of steers weighing 806 lb traded steady. Heifer calves weighing 400-450 lbs sold steady, 5 weight heifers traded mostly 5.00-10.00 lower and over 600 lbs were lightly tested. Demand was good on a moderate offering. Despite CME Cattle futures selling off with sharp losses on Thursday and Friday (Feeder Cattle limit down on Thursday) the market held up very well. Cattle on Feed Report was released Friday afternoon with On Feed at 102 percent; Placements were higher than expected at 106 percent and Marketings came in at 90 percent. COF report seems to be confirming what cattle futures have been telling for the last couple of days- a bearish report was coming. Slaughter cattle and slaughter cows all sold fully steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $484.69/cwt on 102 head, up $30.27 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 23 of 26 comparable sales and sits +31.80 against this barn's trailing median of $452.89.
Average price
$484.69
▲ 30.27 vs prior sale
102 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,688
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$289
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.31
vs MO average
+10.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565493.122,78668
Medium and Large 1-2534467.842,49734
One grade step is worth $25.28/cwt here — about $289 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale102 hd
484.69
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MO average20 barns · 5,790 hd
481.38
+3.31
National average171 barns · 13,387 hd
474.48
+10.21
This barn, trailing median26 sales
452.89
+31.80
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

26 sales
514467420373median 452.8903/0605/0106/2609/1110/30
Steers 500–600 lb: high $499.75, low $386.78, median $452.89 across 26 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—High1,761235.654,1519thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,665194.533,2394thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,503184.872,77822
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,237176.502,18428
CowsLean 85-90%High1,062158.791,68734
HeifersChoiceAverage1,286256.793,3028thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,230252.653,1083thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,428257.563,67838

Every lot

60 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2348592.50/cwt592.50–592.502,0623
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2394545.00/cwt545.00–545.002,1474
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2452502.00/cwt502.00–502.002,2693
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477527.09/cwt525.00–532.502,51414
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526512.50/cwt512.50–512.502,69615
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530472.47/cwt463.00–486.002,50431
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,4023
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576487.63/cwt470.00–498.002,80953
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621464.29/cwt452.50–470.002,88315
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2637402.70/cwt392.00–425.002,56513
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1676408.35/cwt398.00–425.002,76039
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2698355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,4783
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2738379.77/cwt375.00–394.002,80356
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2763352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,6863
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1805363.47/cwt361.00–364.002,92679
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1850352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,9927
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2931330.00/cwt330.00–330.003,0724
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2361532.64/cwt502.50–555.001,92313
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428501.21/cwt495.00–516.002,14511
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435484.00/cwt484.00–484.002,1053
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1450480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,1604
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471456.67/cwt445.00–464.502,15111
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1508455.29/cwt445.00–457.002,31338
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531412.44/cwt400.00–422.002,1907
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2558384.42/cwt384.00–385.002,1457
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569397.32/cwt394.00–402.002,26125
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2602338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,0353
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2608372.02/cwt368.00–376.002,26210
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2651365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,3765
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2661335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2145
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy671302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,0304
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1689367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,52915
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2716361.50/cwt361.50–361.502,58816
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2718320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2989
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1733374.25/cwt370.00–382.502,7439
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2777330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,5643
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1813363.00/cwt363.00–363.002,95129
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2863307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,6493
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2358542.00/cwt542.00–542.001,9403
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2471485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,2844
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2538460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,4756
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2610410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,5016
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,428257.56/cwt257.00–260.003,67838
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,230252.65/cwt252.00–253.003,1083
Heifers—Choice1,286256.79/cwt255.00–258.003,3028
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,744234.11/cwt223.00–244.004,0838
Bulls——1,900248.00/cwt248.00–248.004,7121
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%958135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2932
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,041180.02/cwt176.00–186.001,8744
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,045147.67/cwt140.00–155.001,5439
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,086162.10/cwt157.00–169.001,76019
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,187161.27/cwt157.00–170.001,9146
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,8901
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,250175.69/cwt171.00–182.002,19612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,254190.33/cwt185.00–196.002,3879
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,451184.09/cwt181.00–185.002,6718
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,513191.84/cwt187.00–200.002,90311
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,603161.41/cwt156.00–167.002,5873
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,635199.71/cwt195.00–208.003,2653
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,755179.00/cwt179.00–179.003,1411

This sale against other markets

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.