Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2025-05-30

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, May 30
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
287 head
▼ 836 vs last sale 1,123▼ 47 vs year ago 334 · −14.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
187 head
▼ 73 vs last sale 260▲ 27 vs year ago 160 · +16.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Friday's auction had a light offering of feeder cattle selling in small groups and singles and traded with a fully steady to firm undertone on quality, kind and weights and sold with good demand. Slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher with slaughter cows trading firm to 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 $351.80/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 5 of 30 comparable sales and sits −47.35 against this barn's trailing median of $399.14.
Average price
$351.80
25 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,963
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.06
vs MO average
+19.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1561353.951,98422
Medium and Large 1-2540336.001,8143thin
One grade step is worth $17.95/cwt here — about $170 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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
351.80
—
MO average8 barns · 990 hd
334.73
+17.06
National average127 barns · 6,029 hd
332.69
+19.11
This barn, trailing median30 sales
399.14
−47.35
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—High1,805196.423,54513
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,481160.522,37818
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,803157.212,8342thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,229156.991,92933
CowsLean 85-90%High1,032136.231,40614
HeifersChoiceAverage1,360227.503,0945thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,326229.983,05026
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,405225.003,1613thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2439412.69/cwt411.00–415.001,8127
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2498380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8923
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524385.63/cwt376.00–397.002,02111
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2558347.08/cwt341.00–353.001,9376
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628349.75/cwt346.00–352.002,1968
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679315.41/cwt314.00–317.502,1425
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710304.70/cwt286.00–310.002,16314
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2758285.47/cwt282.00–289.002,1646
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2802279.00/cwt279.00–279.002,2383
Steers1100–1150Large 1-21,104235.50/cwt235.50–235.502,60011
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5213
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474357.35/cwt340.00–375.001,6946
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479398.76/cwt395.00–402.501,91014
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy508401.00/cwt401.00–401.002,0374
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1538366.27/cwt347.00–385.001,9714
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,8143
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1582336.99/cwt335.00–340.001,96114
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1627313.26/cwt309.00–319.001,96420
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2645289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,8643
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2693276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,9133
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2709284.00/cwt284.00–284.002,0148
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2712261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,8583
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2800243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,9443
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2419414.38/cwt400.00–424.001,73611
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,6783
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2545369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,0117
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2572343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,9623
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2629317.04/cwt308.00–320.001,9944
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2660291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,9213
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2721286.00/cwt286.00–286.002,0624
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2805265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,1333
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,326229.98/cwt228.00–231.003,05026
Steers—Select and Choice1,405225.00/cwt225.00–225.003,1613
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,360227.50/cwt227.50–227.503,0945
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,680181.00/cwt181.00–181.003,0411
Bulls——1,782190.02/cwt185.00–195.003,3866
Bulls——1,848205.40/cwt201.00–209.003,7966
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%993151.38/cwt148.00–158.001,5033
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,041120.05/cwt112.00–125.001,2504
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,044138.99/cwt135.00–143.001,4517
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,208151.55/cwt147.00–155.001,83114
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,244161.00/cwt156.00–167.002,00319
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,470162.58/cwt156.00–170.002,39014
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,521153.32/cwt150.00–156.002,3324
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,803157.21/cwt156.50–158.002,8342

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.