Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2025-05-23

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, May 23
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,123 head
▲ 733 vs last sale 390▲ 173 vs year ago 950 · +18.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
260 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 286▲ 120 vs year ago 140 · +85.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, steer calves weighing 450-500 lbs and steers weighing 650-750 lbs sold 10.00-15.00 higher, all other weights of feeder steers sold with a steady to firm undertone. Heifer calves weighing 400-550 lbs sold fully steady to firm, with 550-600 lbs trading 10.00-20.00 higher, spots 25.00 higher and over 600 lbs trading with a sharply higher undertone especially a pot load of 636 lb heifers with good weighing conditions at 334.50. Slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher and slaughter cows traded firm to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $351.73/cwt on 110 head. That ranks 5 of 30 comparable sales and sits −47.41 against this barn's trailing median of $399.14.
Average price
$351.73
110 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,938
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$93
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$34.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.60
vs MO average
+17.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549354.241,944102
Medium and Large 1-2579319.741,8518thin
One grade step is worth $34.50/cwt here — about $93 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 sale110 hd
351.73
—
MO average16 barns · 4,371 hd
338.13
+13.60
National average158 barns · 12,726 hd
334.26
+17.47
This barn, trailing median30 sales
399.14
−47.41
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—High1,758196.223,45016
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,476155.322,29237
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,235154.291,90547
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,770154.212,7309thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,033144.381,49218
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,518185.002,8087thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,343227.863,06015
SteersChoiceAverage1,293225.772,9195thin

Every lot

62 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 1345495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,7086
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,6923
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2379426.62/cwt410.00–445.001,6176
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2389375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4595
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420420.01/cwt400.00–430.001,76417
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1454422.99/cwt417.00–435.001,92020
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482405.87/cwt402.50–407.501,95613
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2488373.41/cwt372.50–374.001,82210
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519392.34/cwt385.00–410.002,03638
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538371.70/cwt345.00–380.002,00037
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577376.43/cwt365.00–391.002,17229
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584354.92/cwt342.50–362.502,07322
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2626318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,9918
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633352.11/cwt350.00–356.002,22914
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1704317.75/cwt316.00–320.502,23713
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1759304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,30719
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2772287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,2165
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2819280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2937
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2317405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,2843
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380405.01/cwt402.50–407.501,5396
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4443
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2408366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,4935
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed419442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,8546
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427371.40/cwt360.00–380.001,58619
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432395.23/cwt387.50–404.001,70724
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478342.77/cwt336.00–352.001,63813
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481372.78/cwt365.00–385.001,79334
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed506380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9237
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523354.53/cwt340.00–366.001,85449
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579319.74/cwt311.00–329.001,8518
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583350.01/cwt331.00–362.002,04146
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624316.22/cwt308.00–327.001,9739
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed633334.69/cwt334.50–337.002,11976
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1676307.77/cwt306.00–312.002,08118
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,9604
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,20569
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735282.77/cwt275.00–286.002,07810
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2759276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,0954
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1786295.50/cwt295.50–295.502,3235
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2875254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,2233
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1439415.06/cwt407.50–422.501,8226
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2446397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,7734
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1512386.51/cwt385.00–387.501,97910
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2642302.60/cwt299.00–308.001,94310
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2860239.50/cwt239.50–239.502,0603
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,293225.77/cwt225.00–227.002,9195
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,343227.86/cwt224.50–228.503,06015
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,578175.68/cwt172.00–180.002,7722
Bulls——1,776191.79/cwt185.00–197.003,4066
Bulls——1,790204.67/cwt167.50–218.503,6648
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,023123.52/cwt120.00–128.001,2642
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,027137.35/cwt134.00–142.001,4116
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,039152.77/cwt148.00–157.001,58710
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,215133.97/cwt131.00–137.001,6283
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,236158.80/cwt154.00–167.501,96331
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,237148.21/cwt142.00–153.001,83313
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,456160.15/cwt155.50–166.502,33218
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,486151.34/cwt146.50–154.002,24918
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,645140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,3031
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,748157.00/cwt155.50–158.002,7445
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,798150.73/cwt147.50–153.502,7104
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,518185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,8087

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.