Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2026-08-07

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Aug 7
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
213 head
▲ 98 vs last sale 115▼ 808 vs year ago 1,021 · −79.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
135 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 140▼ 15 vs year ago 150 · −10.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Friday's auction had a light offering of feeder cattle selling in small packages and singles were lightly tested. Slaughter cows mostly average dressing cows sold steady. Special feeder cattle auction next week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $392.79/cwt on 15 head, down $26.03 from the prior sale (only 17 head in that comparison). That ranks 14 of 30 comparable sales and sits −6.35 against this barn's trailing median of $399.14.
Average price
$392.79
▼ 26.03 vs prior sale
15 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,192
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−0.60
vs MO average
+18.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2558392.792,19215thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale15 hd
392.79
—
MO average14 barns · 1,025 hd
393.39
−0.60
National average160 barns · 6,700 hd
374.03
+18.76
This barn, trailing median30 sales
399.14
−6.35
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—Average1,640216.323,54711
CowsPremium White 65-75%Low1,825179.003,2672thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,503177.542,66820
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,212174.292,11218
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,006151.121,52032

Every lot

37 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2512460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,3553
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580422.53/cwt420.00–425.002,4516
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,4173
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,5574
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2746358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,6714
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2888320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,8423
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2379427.54/cwt400.00–450.001,6207
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5543
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438448.26/cwt442.50–460.001,96316
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,1033
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,2196
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582371.32/cwt365.00–373.002,1619
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,2653
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2687351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,4116
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2919296.00/cwt296.00–296.002,7206
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2332525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,7433
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2400492.50/cwt492.50–492.501,9707
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2457461.21/cwt445.00–470.002,10817
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2566383.53/cwt365.00–400.002,17110
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned588355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0873
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2643350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2515
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2664330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1915
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2982255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,5044
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,157225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,6033
Bulls——1,821213.06/cwt200.00–223.003,8808
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%948124.88/cwt120.00–135.001,1846
Cows—Lean 85-90%990177.63/cwt175.00–180.001,7592
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,011160.94/cwt157.00–173.001,62714
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,037147.82/cwt139.00–155.001,53310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,205166.90/cwt158.00–173.002,0118
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,214178.78/cwt175.00–185.002,1709
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,245193.00/cwt193.00–193.002,4031
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,451169.95/cwt165.00–175.002,4669
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,536183.13/cwt177.00–186.002,81310
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,635190.00/cwt190.00–190.003,1071
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,770182.00/cwt182.00–182.003,2211
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,880176.00/cwt176.00–176.003,3091

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.