Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2025-01-31

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Jan 31
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
507 head
▼ 1,772 vs last sale 2,279▼ 120 vs year ago 627 · −19.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
201 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 185▼ 92 vs year ago 293 · −31.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeders were very lightly tested with last week's special, selling mostly in small packages and singles, but overall the better quality feeders sold right in line with last week's price ranges. Demand was good on a light offering. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00-5.00 higher with slaughter cows selling fully steady to firm, spots 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $299.30/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −99.84 against this barn's trailing median of $399.14.
Average price
$299.30
52 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,610
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$215
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$56.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.48
vs MO average
−5.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1526313.871,64934
Medium and Large 1-2562274.761,54415thin
Medium and Large 2558257.001,4343thin
One grade step is worth $56.87/cwt here — about $215 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale52 hd
299.30
—
MO average17 barns · 4,884 hd
304.78
−5.48
National average182 barns · 24,858 hd
304.64
−5.34
This barn, trailing median30 sales
399.14
−99.84
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—Low1,890168.593,18614
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,759133.782,3536thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,514132.072,00026
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,254126.921,59232
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,042110.021,14635
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,518214.003,2499thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,437209.413,00925

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
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1417384.62/cwt373.00–397.001,60418
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470376.82/cwt362.00–384.001,7716
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531353.49/cwt346.00–370.001,87711
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574334.47/cwt324.00–345.001,92014
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,8234
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627292.87/cwt288.00–300.001,83615
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683292.85/cwt289.00–300.002,00028
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710292.23/cwt285.00–299.502,07513
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2722274.03/cwt271.00–276.001,9785
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1768276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,1203
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2793267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,1173
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2932236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,2003
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,2163
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2352328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,1553
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1392350.48/cwt340.00–366.001,3745
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2412320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3185
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431342.55/cwt333.00–348.001,4768
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466335.93/cwt329.00–347.001,56511
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487308.82/cwt300.00–314.001,5048
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518316.27/cwt309.00–335.001,63829
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,5333
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2558257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,4343
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569299.92/cwt294.00–304.001,7075
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571270.45/cwt260.00–277.001,54412
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623286.60/cwt282.00–293.001,7868
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2645267.03/cwt260.00–274.001,7226
Heifers650–700Medium 2Fleshy663200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3263
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665257.05/cwt254.00–260.001,7096
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670271.54/cwt266.00–274.001,81916
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1732260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9034
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,9553
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2756248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,8759
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy768220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6903
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2362373.00/cwt373.00–373.001,3503
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1366389.65/cwt381.00–403.001,42611
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2425320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3603
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1452362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,6363
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2492314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,5458
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2525276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,4493
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1542313.86/cwt313.00–315.001,7017
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2579288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,6689
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1618288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,7803
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2738251.07/cwt246.00–256.001,8536
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1820243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,9933
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2823230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8933
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2868226.71/cwt222.00–229.501,9688
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,437209.41/cwt204.00–212.503,00925
Steers—Choice and Prime1,518214.00/cwt214.00–214.003,2499
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,798148.10/cwt146.00–150.002,6632
Bulls——1,834177.17/cwt173.00–181.003,2494
Bulls——1,847163.73/cwt156.00–170.003,0246
Bulls——2,223186.47/cwt184.00–189.004,1452
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99791.00/cwt85.00–93.009076
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,024126.66/cwt123.00–134.001,2976
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,033103.96/cwt98.00–108.001,07410
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,078115.79/cwt110.00–120.001,24813
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,241140.76/cwt136.50–148.001,7477
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,257113.14/cwt108.00–120.001,4229
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,258128.62/cwt122.50–133.001,61816
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,380115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,5871
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,507138.07/cwt135.00–144.502,08113
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,533127.00/cwt122.00–133.001,94712
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,698139.00/cwt137.50–140.002,3603
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,820128.56/cwt126.50–131.002,3403

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.