Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2025-02-14

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Feb 14
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,552 head
▲ 1,248 vs last sale 304▲ 1,252 vs year ago 300 · +417.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
155 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 175▼ 124 vs year ago 279 · −44.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, feeder steers weighing 500-850 lbs and heifers weighing 500-700 lbs sold mostly 5.00-10.00 lower, with feeder heifers over 700 lbs selling with a lower undertone. Demand was moderate to good on a moderate offering. Overall quality did not run as deep as the last special with lower fed cattle trade over the last couple of weeks and lower cattle futures have feeder cattle prices coming down from their highs. Stick out sales included two pot loads of big yearling heifers one pot load at 1098 lbs trading at 218.25 and a pot load weighing 1206 lbs at 210.60. Slaughter steers and heifers sold on and active market steady to 3.00 higher with slaughter cows selling 3.00-6.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $333.39/cwt on 132 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −119.51 against this barn's trailing median of $452.89.
Average price
$333.39
132 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,861
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$214
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.09
vs MO average
−5.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568342.231,94382
Medium and Large 1-2542318.891,72950
One grade step is worth $23.33/cwt here — about $214 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale132 hd
333.39
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MO average8 barns · 1,835 hd
340.48
−7.09
National average155 barns · 9,244 hd
338.67
−5.28
This barn, trailing median26 sales
452.89
−119.51
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

26 sales
514467420373median 452.8903/0605/0106/2609/1110/30
Steers 500–600 lb: high $499.75, low $386.78, median $452.89 across 26 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—High1,822176.963,2249thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,793136.402,44510
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,488134.812,00618
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,237134.371,66215
CowsLean 85-90%High1,020117.831,2019thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,384209.502,8994thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,239206.022,55316
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,501210.393,15814
SteersChoiceAverage1,404205.652,88711

Every lot

70 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4723
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385334.97/cwt332.50–337.501,2908
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2393379.00/cwt379.00–379.001,4893
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430332.88/cwt325.00–343.001,43113
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467385.79/cwt371.00–392.001,80214
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471358.37/cwt350.00–365.001,68814
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517318.07/cwt310.00–331.001,64430
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1537350.95/cwt339.00–363.001,88522
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579339.03/cwt329.00–344.001,96360
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580320.13/cwt312.00–329.001,85720
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1616312.44/cwt307.00–316.501,92520
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed618338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,0896
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627296.09/cwt292.00–302.001,85624
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1663296.24/cwt290.00–304.501,96443
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667285.25/cwt275.00–298.501,90333
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1719284.29/cwt277.00–287.502,04492
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2719252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,8125
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720277.19/cwt270.00–281.501,99623
Steers700–750Large 1738277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,0489
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy744272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,02418
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,0103
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1772275.17/cwt263.50–278.502,12445
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1816263.50/cwt263.50–263.502,15025
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy832256.13/cwt256.00–257.002,13168
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2833258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,1498
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy851260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,2136
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy858258.75/cwt258.75–258.752,22047
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2327350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1453
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2379331.59/cwt320.00–343.001,2578
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned404317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,2816
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2763
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned451274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,2367
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4573
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2492286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,4073
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519278.28/cwt271.00–284.001,44447
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,5943
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,3134
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2563266.01/cwt256.00–272.001,49828
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566284.97/cwt278.00–295.001,61340
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614280.89/cwt278.00–284.001,72530
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2614246.87/cwt241.00–250.001,51612
Heifers600–650Large 1627262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,6435
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630267.00/cwt257.00–279.001,68250
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670270.68/cwt266.00–277.001,81476
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2694257.49/cwt255.00–260.001,7876
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy695260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,80728
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1736258.44/cwt257.00–262.251,90293
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1771257.19/cwt256.50–259.001,98311
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2774248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,9207
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy800256.00/cwt256.00–256.002,04812
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1810246.11/cwt238.00–250.251,99324
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,098218.25/cwt218.25–218.252,39650
Heifers1200–1250Large 11,206210.60/cwt210.60–210.602,54045
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2432315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3614
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1629284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,7869
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,404205.65/cwt200.50–208.002,88711
Steers—Choice and Prime1,501210.39/cwt210.00–210.503,15814
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,239206.02/cwt204.50–207.002,55316
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,384209.50/cwt209.50–209.502,8994
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,822176.96/cwt173.00–185.003,2249
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%980100.00/cwt100.00–100.009803
Cows—Lean 85-90%998122.03/cwt120.00–124.001,2182
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,060129.11/cwt125.00–137.001,3694
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,234130.35/cwt125.00–134.001,6099
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,241140.39/cwt136.50–146.001,7426
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,455120.49/cwt120.00–121.001,7532
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,478139.60/cwt135.00–148.002,0639
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,511132.75/cwt130.00–135.002,0067
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,745141.16/cwt140.00–142.002,4633
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,813134.36/cwt131.00–137.502,4367

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.