Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2026-06-12

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Jun 12
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,110 head
▲ 852 vs last sale 258▼ 26 vs year ago 1,136 · −2.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
210 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 160▲ 25 vs year ago 185 · +13.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, steer calves weighing 500-600 lbs sold steady, with 600-800 lbs on a light test trading with a firm to higher undertone. Heifer calves weighing 400-450 lbs sold with a sharply higher undertone, with 450-700 lbs all selling steady to firm on comparable weights, there were 6 pot loads of yearling heifers weighing 780-988 lbs were not tested with the largest consignment being 115 hd of heifers weighing 935 lbs at 311.00 and 104 hd heifers weighing 988 lbs at 303.50. Slaughter cows traded steady with last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $420.99/cwt on 72 head, up $15.09 from the prior sale. That ranks 26 of 30 comparable sales and sits +21.85 against this barn's trailing median of $399.14.
Average price
$420.99
▲ 15.09 vs prior sale
72 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,332
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$86
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.05
vs MO average
+20.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550428.842,36048
Medium and Large 1-2561405.292,27424
One grade step is worth $23.55/cwt here — about $86 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 sale72 hd
420.99
—
MO average16 barns · 2,234 hd
415.94
+5.05
National average163 barns · 8,321 hd
400.52
+20.47
This barn, trailing median30 sales
399.14
+21.85
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 399.1403/0604/2406/2609/1110/30
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.62, low $343.18, median $399.14 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—Average1,799220.893,97412
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,784183.233,2697thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,232179.382,21019
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,489177.542,64324
CowsLean 85-90%High1,044153.111,59924
HeifersChoiceAverage1,574254.174,00112
SteersChoiceAverage1,300258.263,35726

Every lot

56 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1285700.00/cwt700.00–700.001,9954
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1379626.83/cwt622.00–642.502,37617
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430554.59/cwt530.00–567.502,38526
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450545.00/cwt545.00–545.002,45311
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2494488.39/cwt475.00–502.002,4136
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2511491.01/cwt490.00–492.002,5096
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525506.17/cwt500.00–512.002,65754
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579441.58/cwt437.50–450.002,5579
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1595472.03/cwt467.50–475.002,80927
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2600424.00/cwt424.00–424.002,5443
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632447.39/cwt436.00–457.502,82838
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed661448.61/cwt448.00–450.002,96513
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2689391.12/cwt382.50–394.002,6958
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1695412.06/cwt409.00–417.002,86424
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,87014
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2700387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,7095
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1782372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,9097
Steers750–800Large 1797359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,8617
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2836349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,91813
Steers1000–1050Large 1-21,011308.00/cwt308.00–308.003,11410
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377537.24/cwt525.00–545.002,02516
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416539.17/cwt512.50–550.002,24320
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477472.25/cwt470.00–480.002,25334
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2501415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,0795
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531435.99/cwt430.00–440.002,31517
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561424.92/cwt410.00–437.502,38431
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577402.74/cwt396.00–407.502,32419
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621404.99/cwt401.00–417.502,51514
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2636375.33/cwt367.50–387.002,38711
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668367.61/cwt358.00–378.002,45633
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2676350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3664
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2722343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,4763
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2782327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,55755
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1840319.42/cwt319.00–328.002,68364
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1935311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,908115
Heifers950–1000Large 1988303.50/cwt303.50–303.502,999104
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,0703
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460522.50/cwt522.50–522.502,4049
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1624420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,6217
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,300258.26/cwt258.00–259.003,35726
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,408259.00/cwt259.00–259.003,6474
Heifers—Choice1,657251.75/cwt251.75–251.754,1718
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,725210.67/cwt203.00–215.003,6345
Bulls——1,852228.19/cwt225.00–236.004,2267
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,003165.12/cwt162.00–169.001,6566
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050180.28/cwt175.00–185.001,8935
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,058144.03/cwt139.00–153.001,52410
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,070114.07/cwt107.00–122.501,2213
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,213166.57/cwt160.00–170.002,0205
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,231178.62/cwt174.00–184.002,1997
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,247189.28/cwt186.00–194.002,3607
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,458165.18/cwt161.00–171.002,4086
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,473188.35/cwt186.00–192.502,7747
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,515177.40/cwt173.00–184.002,68811
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,748186.90/cwt185.00–189.003,2673
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,811180.47/cwt175.00–183.003,2684

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.