Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2025-01-10

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Jan 10
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
836 head
▼ 641 vs last sale 1,477▲ 246 vs year ago 590 · +41.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
▼ 162 vs last sale 278▼ 74 vs year ago 190 · −38.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers weighing 550-750 lbs sold 5.00-15.00 higher, with all other weights of steers trading with a firm to higher undertone on a light test. Feeder heifers all sold fully steady on a light test, with the 5 weights selling with a higher undertone and 3 pot loads of 1050-1180 lb heifers trading with good demand on a higher undertone. A snowy day here at EMC didn't affect the market as demand was good with overall quality good on the calves and yearlings all sold on and active market. Several stick out sales included 83 head of Large Frame heifers weighing 1180 lbs selling at 217.75 and a pot load of heifers weighing 1054 lbs at 221.25. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 5.00-7.00 higher with a light offering of slaughter cows trading steady to firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $292.28/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −106.86 against this barn's trailing median of $399.14.
Average price
$292.28
60 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,577
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$28.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.90
vs MO average
−12.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530301.251,59841
Medium and Large 1-2560272.931,52819thin
One grade step is worth $28.31/cwt here — about $70 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 sale60 hd
292.28
—
MO average9 barns · 1,591 hd
295.19
−2.90
National average163 barns · 22,771 hd
305.24
−12.96
This barn, trailing median30 sales
399.14
−106.86
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—Low1,757165.332,9043thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,726129.612,2375thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,427127.921,82513
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,266123.051,55814
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,11494.341,0514thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,358198.412,69411
SteersChoiceAverage1,391203.122,82523
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,499197.782,96516

Every lot

58 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315412.44/cwt410.00–420.001,2999
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1429373.00/cwt373.00–373.001,6004
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475364.33/cwt350.00–375.001,73120
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5843
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1505356.40/cwt345.00–364.001,8005
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,6793
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,7474
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575332.13/cwt316.00–340.501,91057
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617293.68/cwt291.00–298.001,81214
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620316.96/cwt312.50–326.001,96553
Steers600–650Large 1640306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,9583
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672298.87/cwt288.00–311.002,00847
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,9303
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717289.20/cwt283.00–294.002,07462
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2737268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,9753
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760270.96/cwt265.00–278.002,05930
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825264.24/cwt263.00–265.502,18012
Steers850–900Large 1871254.50/cwt254.50–254.502,21713
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,3347
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2405318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,2883
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420339.10/cwt337.50–340.001,4248
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472325.96/cwt312.50–335.001,53920
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed512337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,7256
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513311.66/cwt297.00–328.001,59917
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538268.65/cwt258.00–277.001,44510
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned539271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,4618
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564286.29/cwt280.00–289.001,61510
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584277.69/cwt276.00–278.501,6229
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627264.05/cwt260.00–266.001,65631
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1632275.37/cwt272.50–277.501,74034
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1662273.72/cwt271.00–274.501,81218
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2663261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,7303
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy680258.93/cwt258.50–260.501,76118
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8683
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2712250.70/cwt249.00–252.001,7857
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1774251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,9438
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,054221.25/cwt221.25–221.252,33245
Heifers1150–1200Large 11,180217.75/cwt217.75–217.752,56983
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2510296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,5103
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2579284.29/cwt282.00–290.001,64610
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2602270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,62510
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2655271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,7753
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2882223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,9673
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,391203.12/cwt200.00–207.002,82523
Steers—Select and Choice1,499197.78/cwt197.00–198.002,96516
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,358198.41/cwt195.00–199.002,69411
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,460144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,1021
Bulls——1,870167.00/cwt167.00–167.003,1231
Bulls——1,940185.00/cwt185.00–185.003,5891
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08289.78/cwt85.00–94.009713
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,210108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,3071
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,259128.31/cwt125.00–132.001,6156
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,265113.20/cwt110.00–116.001,4322
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,273121.08/cwt118.00–124.001,5416
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,418122.26/cwt120.00–124.001,7344
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,431130.44/cwt126.50–133.001,8679
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,705133.49/cwt132.00–135.002,2762
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,740127.02/cwt126.00–128.002,2103

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.