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Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Oct 18
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
330 head
▼ 557 vs last sale 887▼ 109 vs year ago 439 · −24.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
186 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 182▼ 189 vs year ago 375 · −50.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
65 head
▲ 65 vs last sale 0▼ 100 vs year ago 165 · −60.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Friday's auction had a light offering of feeder steers, bulls and heifer calves selling in small packages and singles and were lightly tested. Also selling were several small packages of bred cows in the 2nd and 3rd stage along with several young pairs all selling with good demand. Slaughter cows sold steady with most of the offering average to low dressing cows a light offering of slaughter steers and heifers traded steady. Feeder Special 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 $250.58/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −148.57 against this barn's trailing median of $399.14.
Average price
$250.58
28 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,324
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$91
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$21.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.49
vs MO average
−7.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2527252.921,33425
Medium and Large 2538231.001,2433thin
One grade step is worth $21.92/cwt here — about $91 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale28 hd
250.58
—
MO average16 barns · 1,888 hd
256.07
−5.49
National average191 barns · 21,361 hd
257.81
−7.23
This barn, trailing median30 sales
399.14
−148.57
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—Average1,734150.912,61613
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,758136.002,3902thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,481122.821,81923
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,254119.861,50330
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,057108.251,14424
SteersChoiceAverage1,405186.202,61610
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,406182.482,56618
SteersSelectAverage1,252156.721,96211

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,348$2,6337
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,256$2,1676
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,399$1,9894thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,088$1,7474thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,229$3,02712

Every lot

64 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,1233
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2408257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,0494
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484289.48/cwt288.00–293.001,4016
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2486254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,2344
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned548276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,5123
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2569266.29/cwt263.00–269.501,5156
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2624244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,5238
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626258.87/cwt250.00–262.001,6219
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2650237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,5413
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned673239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,6083
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2692250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7303
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2792228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,8068
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330305.25/cwt300.00–311.001,0076
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2352265.00/cwt265.00–265.009333
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned410304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,2466
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419290.50/cwt283.00–299.001,21713
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,1313
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2467254.17/cwt251.00–256.501,1877
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481262.29/cwt262.00–262.501,26212
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned506252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,2759
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534253.26/cwt250.00–255.001,35212
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2538231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,2433
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2556254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,4124
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2618235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4523
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633248.43/cwt243.00–254.001,5736
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,5153
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned301342.80/cwt341.00–350.001,0325
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned362341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,2344
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned415291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,2083
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2428313.27/cwt312.00–315.001,3417
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2470288.17/cwt281.00–291.001,35411
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned484264.49/cwt263.00–267.001,2808
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned520260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,35214
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2552265.50/cwt265.50–265.501,4668
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned573241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,3815
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned615232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,4273
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2642236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,5153
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned682195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3303
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2805204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,6423
Slaughter Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,241150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,8628
Steers—Select1,280174.64/cwt174.00–175.002,2353
Steers—Choice1,405186.20/cwt185.00–188.502,61610
Steers—Select and Choice1,406182.48/cwt182.00–183.002,56618
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,598149.08/cwt125.00–159.002,3828
Bulls——1,693140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,3702
Bulls——2,123163.05/cwt160.00–166.003,4623
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,034101.25/cwt94.00–106.001,0477
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,061114.88/cwt110.00–118.001,21912
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,068122.50/cwt122.00–123.001,3082
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08788.57/cwt85.00–90.009633
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,184130.99/cwt129.00–134.001,5514
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,261109.79/cwt105.00–114.001,3849
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,267122.58/cwt119.00–127.001,55317
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,454114.13/cwt109.00–118.001,6596
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,459130.87/cwt129.00–132.001,9096
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,508123.16/cwt120.00–127.001,85711
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,680148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,4861
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,835124.00/cwt124.00–124.002,2751
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0881,746.63/head1,725.00–1,800.001,7474
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2562,167.14/head2,000.00–2,400.002,1676
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3482,632.87/head2,525.00–2,675.002,6337
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3991,989.25/head1,925.00–2,025.001,9894
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1713,342.86/head3,200.00–3,450.003,3437
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3102,585.00/head2,400.00–2,700.002,5855

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.