Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2025-06-27

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Jun 27
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
576 head
▲ 278 vs last sale 298▼ 127 vs year ago 703 · −18.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
165 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 200▼ 70 vs year ago 235 · −29.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, the best test was on steer calves weighing 550-700 lbs with 550-600 lb steer calves selling steady to firm and 600-700 lb trading steady to spots 5.00 higher. Heifer calves were lightly tested with 500-550 lb selling steady to firm. Demand was moderate to good on a light supply. Slaughter steers and heifers sold steady with slaughter cows trading fully steady to spots 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $384.11/cwt on 101 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −68.79 against this barn's trailing median of $452.89.
Average price
$384.11
101 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,122
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$156
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.17
vs MO average
+14.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555393.122,18163
Medium and Large 1-2549369.172,02538
One grade step is worth $23.95/cwt here — about $156 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 sale101 hd
384.11
—
MO average12 barns · 1,712 hd
374.94
+9.17
National average140 barns · 6,212 hd
369.58
+14.53
This barn, trailing median26 sales
452.89
−68.79
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—Low1,896182.433,4594thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,828167.503,0612thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,246164.212,04629
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,470163.172,39924
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,027137.231,41011
HeifersChoiceAverage1,454235.043,41724
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,591229.503,6519thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,477234.183,45914

Every lot

51 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2300465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,3957
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2384416.24/cwt410.00–427.501,5988
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2409415.90/cwt404.00–428.001,7014
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470393.09/cwt382.00–407.501,84811
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2493358.89/cwt357.00–370.001,76920
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1503396.01/cwt394.00–398.001,99212
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527385.88/cwt383.00–390.002,03417
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566355.64/cwt354.00–359.002,01321
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1567392.44/cwt386.00–395.502,22551
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625357.84/cwt346.00–368.002,23624
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2636338.32/cwt332.00–343.002,15215
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667339.77/cwt330.00–351.002,26651
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,1783
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2692286.50/cwt286.50–286.501,9833
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,33412
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,41512
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,1763
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,4163
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418377.73/cwt372.00–386.001,57913
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,4067
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481374.27/cwt370.00–380.001,80014
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1501370.79/cwt370.00–371.001,85819
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536336.23/cwt327.00–340.001,8027
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584318.56/cwt311.00–325.001,86031
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622312.11/cwt303.00–314.501,94110
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,02610
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678294.46/cwt284.00–299.001,99612
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1688305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,0983
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2722290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0944
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1003
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2532345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8356
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2575338.53/cwt331.00–346.001,9476
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2625303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,8943
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2660270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7824
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,477234.18/cwt232.00–237.503,45914
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,454235.04/cwt231.00–236.003,41724
Heifers—Select and Choice1,591229.50/cwt229.50–229.503,6519
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,690162.00/cwt162.00–162.002,7381
Bulls——1,965189.24/cwt184.00–198.503,7193
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%978129.94/cwt124.00–135.001,2714
Cows—Lean 85-90%990166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,6431
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,040144.75/cwt137.00–152.501,5055
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,200100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,2001
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,243171.33/cwt164.00–182.502,13020
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,243156.36/cwt150.50–160.001,9444
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,262142.00/cwt141.00–143.001,7925
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,445174.70/cwt166.50–179.502,52411
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,455159.22/cwt153.00–164.002,3177
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,534146.64/cwt142.50–150.502,2496
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,780171.50/cwt171.50–171.503,0531
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,875163.50/cwt163.50–163.503,0661

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.