Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2025-04-04

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Apr 4
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
415 head
▼ 625 vs last sale 1,040▼ 70 vs year ago 485 · −14.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
260 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 238▼ 40 vs year ago 300 · −13.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a light offering of feeders were lightly tested but overall calves and a few yearlings all sold within the same price ranges as last week on comparable weights and quality. Slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to 1.00 higher with slaughter cows trading fully steady to firm, spots 3.00 higher on the high dressing cows.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $308.89/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −90.25 against this barn's trailing median of $399.14.
Average price
$308.89
25 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,698
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$155
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$29.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.80
vs MO average
−12.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549318.171,74717thin
Medium and Large 1-2551289.181,5928thin
One grade step is worth $29.00/cwt here — about $155 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 sale25 hd
308.89
—
MO average17 barns · 2,439 hd
320.69
−11.80
National average178 barns · 12,751 hd
321.38
−12.49
This barn, trailing median30 sales
399.14
−90.25
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—Average1,749174.793,05717
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,745150.702,63013
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,461144.102,10548
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,228139.581,71445
CowsLean 85-90%Low986123.741,22026
HeifersChoiceAverage1,416211.252,99121
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,500219.003,2852thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,465216.943,1788thin

Every lot

54 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1324448.57/cwt442.50–460.001,4538
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416418.39/cwt415.00–420.001,74112
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,6643
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1461397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,8324
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2464367.20/cwt352.50–385.001,70415
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2514358.65/cwt357.50–361.001,8439
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1537377.41/cwt375.00–379.002,0275
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570355.23/cwt340.00–367.502,02515
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2591312.97/cwt308.00–318.001,8508
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2642307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,9714
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,1853
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2318390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,2403
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,4785
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430349.08/cwt331.00–364.001,50123
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned472310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4633
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned475344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,6343
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477328.02/cwt327.50–330.001,5659
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5303
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529324.58/cwt320.00–332.001,71711
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575282.68/cwt271.00–291.001,6255
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1586306.43/cwt302.00–311.001,7966
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2603282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,7003
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned625251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,5693
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671271.36/cwt267.00–276.001,8216
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1676281.45/cwt281.00–282.501,90310
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy702269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,88811
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724264.50/cwt264.50–264.501,91514
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2797257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,0483
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2907219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,9866
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1417384.72/cwt375.00–395.001,6046
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1458365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6724
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2526320.64/cwt315.00–325.001,6879
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2561317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,7818
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2653274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,7893
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2708261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,8483
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2928199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,8475
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,465216.94/cwt215.00–217.503,1788
Steers—Choice and Prime1,500219.00/cwt219.00–219.003,2852
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,314216.18/cwt214.00–217.002,84113
Heifers—Choice1,581203.25/cwt203.25–203.253,2138
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,677171.36/cwt164.00–176.002,87410
Bulls——1,805182.63/cwt177.00–187.503,2966
Bulls——2,130162.00/cwt162.00–162.003,4511
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%964111.23/cwt103.50–116.001,0726
Cows—Lean 85-90%977123.39/cwt119.00–129.001,20613
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,020135.13/cwt130.00–141.001,3787
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,212125.27/cwt122.00–129.001,5183
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,224135.30/cwt130.00–139.001,65622
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235146.43/cwt140.50–153.001,80820
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,456137.36/cwt135.00–139.002,0008
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,457126.05/cwt124.00–128.001,8373
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,462147.02/cwt142.00–158.002,14937
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,717144.32/cwt139.00–147.502,4786
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,769156.16/cwt150.50–163.502,7627

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.