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Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Aug 1
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
175 head
▼ 275 vs last sale 450▲ 40 vs year ago 135 · +29.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
210 head
▲ 58 vs last sale 152▲ 70 vs year ago 140 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Friday's sale had light receipts of feeders that sold in small packages and singles and lightly tested. There was a nice offering of slaughter steers and heifers selling 4.00-6.00 higher and a nice offering of slaughter cows trading firm to 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 $370.60/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −82.29 against this barn's trailing median of $452.89.
Average price
$370.60
5 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,120
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−39.09
vs MO average
−11.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2572370.602,1205thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale5 hd
370.60
—
MO average9 barns · 652 hd
409.69
−39.09
National average143 barns · 4,821 hd
381.68
−11.08
This barn, trailing median26 sales
452.89
−82.29
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—Average1,877213.374,00616
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,825190.003,4681thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,479177.462,62431
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,235175.532,16842
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,066158.061,68422
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,440248.003,5711thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,258240.073,02011
SteersChoiceAverage1,395241.013,36237

Every lot

32 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,0374
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572370.60/cwt356.00–380.002,1205
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622373.75/cwt349.00–381.002,32516
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683352.35/cwt335.00–372.002,40710
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2740335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,4793
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2758340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,5776
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2504365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,8405
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1537374.59/cwt369.00–380.002,01213
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2563332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,8723
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2608316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,9213
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2752282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,1246
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2330487.50/cwt487.50–487.501,6096
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2459395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,8134
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2528372.78/cwt367.50–376.001,9689
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2560384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,1503
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned560352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,9713
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2610355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1663
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,395241.01/cwt237.50–242.503,36237
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,258240.07/cwt237.00–243.503,02011
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,440248.00/cwt248.00–248.003,5711
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,543196.95/cwt190.00–205.003,0392
Bulls——1,925215.72/cwt209.00–221.004,15314
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,014175.89/cwt172.00–179.001,7846
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,070155.68/cwt150.00–163.001,66611
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,118141.89/cwt139.00–146.001,5865
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,173158.22/cwt151.00–162.001,8564
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,241183.07/cwt178.00–188.002,27222
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,242169.48/cwt164.00–175.002,10516
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,450161.00/cwt161.00–161.002,3351
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,473182.71/cwt180.00–187.002,69116
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,487172.64/cwt165.00–183.002,56714
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,825190.00/cwt190.00–190.003,4681

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.