Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2026-07-24

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Jul 24
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
595 head
▲ 494 vs last sale 101▲ 145 vs year ago 450 · +32.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
126 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 130▼ 26 vs year ago 152 · −17.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last auction two weeks ago, bulk of the receipts were pot loads and part loads of yearling steers and heifers weighing over 700 lbs and did not have a good comparison from two weeks ago but traded with a lower undertone. Steer and heifer calves sold in small packages and singles and were not well tested and also sold with a lower undertone. Demand was moderate to good on the yearlings as 109 hd of 982 lb heifers sold for 285.50; 58 hd of 872 lb steers sold at 340.00 and 55 hd of 789 lb steers sold for 358.00. The fed cattle market has been rocked on its heels for the month of July as fat cattle have lost 30.00 and are pressuring the feeder cattle market. Slaughter cows traded steady to firm with a light offering of slaughter steers and heifers trading 2.00-4.00 lower after last week's sharply lower market.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $378.40/cwt on 24 head, down $22.18 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 30 comparable sales and sits −20.75 against this barn's trailing median of $399.14.
Average price
$378.40
▼ 22.18 vs prior sale
24 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,094
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$137
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$42.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.46
vs MO average
+2.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540391.002,11214thin
Medium and Large 1-2576368.582,1236thin
Medium and Large 2566349.001,9754thin
One grade step is worth $42.00/cwt here — about $137 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 sale24 hd
378.40
—
MO average11 barns · 691 hd
383.86
−5.46
National average148 barns · 5,785 hd
375.81
+2.58
This barn, trailing median30 sales
399.14
−20.75
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—Average1,790222.423,98112
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,855191.003,5432thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,462183.182,67815
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,239181.092,24424
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,017163.531,66320
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,788171.003,0572thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,150234.002,6912thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,511233.473,5287thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430491.80/cwt480.00–502.502,11510
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1511473.36/cwt472.50–474.002,4197
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523460.83/cwt460.00–462.502,4109
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy530433.00/cwt433.00–433.002,2954
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,3494
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572448.00/cwt448.00–448.002,5636
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,4443
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673372.96/cwt364.00–379.002,5105
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1690381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,62910
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2700358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,5063
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1719381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,73913
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2753320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4103
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1788357.67/cwt354.00–358.002,81860
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2831330.05/cwt321.00–336.002,74310
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1872340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,96558
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378502.00/cwt502.00–502.001,8986
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415487.50/cwt487.50–487.502,0233
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471436.25/cwt435.00–437.502,0556
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,2085
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned515401.00/cwt401.00–401.002,0656
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1559383.50/cwt383.00–384.002,1448
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2566349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,9754
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576368.58/cwt360.00–377.502,1236
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629350.34/cwt341.00–354.002,20412
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671329.26/cwt322.50–336.002,20917
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2709320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2696
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1767323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,47725
Heifers950–1000Large 1982285.50/cwt285.50–285.502,804109
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2375492.50/cwt492.50–492.501,8473
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2422495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,0895
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2469459.60/cwt446.00–465.002,15620
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2567414.22/cwt412.00–420.002,3497
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2617377.03/cwt372.50–380.002,32610
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1603
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,511233.47/cwt232.50–234.003,5287
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,150234.00/cwt234.00–234.002,6912
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,737228.36/cwt225.00–235.503,9677
Bulls——1,864214.11/cwt204.00–220.003,9915
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%915130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1901
Cows—Lean 85-90%970145.41/cwt141.00–149.001,4104
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,033179.75/cwt175.00–185.001,8577
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,039162.60/cwt157.00–171.001,6898
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,195169.47/cwt168.00–171.002,0252
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,230177.06/cwt165.00–184.002,17813
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,263189.48/cwt186.00–194.002,3939
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,375168.49/cwt167.00–170.002,3172
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,451190.73/cwt189.00–194.002,7674
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,486183.09/cwt177.00–186.002,7219
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,795197.00/cwt197.00–197.003,5361
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,915185.00/cwt185.00–185.003,5431
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,580175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,7651
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,995167.00/cwt167.00–167.003,3321

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.