Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2025-08-08

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Aug 8
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,021 head
▲ 846 vs last sale 175▲ 191 vs year ago 830 · +23.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
150 head
▼ 60 vs last sale 210▼ 57 vs year ago 207 · −27.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Friday's auction had no recent comparison with calves and yearlings as going back 4 weeks ago weight ranges didn't match up well with this week's auction, with a much larger offering of yearlings, but the undertone was sharply higher on all weights that was offered. Demand was good on the calves and yearlings on a moderate supply. Several stick out sales included 90 Large Frame heifers weighing 1035 lbs at 267.75, 49 heifers weighing 638 lbs at 374.50, 41 hd of steers weighing 776 lbs at 360.25 and pot load steers weighing 863 lbs at 336.00. Slaughter cows on a lighter offering sold mostly steady with the bulk average dressing cows.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $425.36/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 8 of 26 comparable sales and sits −27.53 against this barn's trailing median of $452.89.
Average price
$425.36
32 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,329
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$19
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$31.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.93
vs MO average
+35.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544428.302,32929
Medium and Large 1-2582397.002,3113thin
One grade step is worth $31.30/cwt here — about $19 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale32 hd
425.36
—
MO average13 barns · 2,160 hd
416.44
+8.93
National average145 barns · 8,057 hd
390.02
+35.34
This barn, trailing median26 sales
452.89
−27.53
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—High1,745198.583,46517
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,682170.962,8763thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Very Low1,465167.672,45714
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,239161.782,00523
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,041148.891,55028
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,292248.003,2042thin

Every lot

66 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2353482.50/cwt482.50–482.501,7033
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424476.89/cwt475.00–483.002,0228
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1495458.00/cwt458.00–458.002,2673
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524436.88/cwt431.00–460.002,28917
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572416.14/cwt410.00–426.002,38012
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582397.00/cwt397.00–397.002,3113
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615416.10/cwt407.50–422.002,5595
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2642366.76/cwt360.00–376.002,35514
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1677376.77/cwt365.00–381.502,55140
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680345.50/cwt344.00–348.002,3498
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2706327.98/cwt324.00–329.002,3165
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1737348.50/cwt348.50–348.502,5683
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2757325.01/cwt323.50–327.002,4607
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy769347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,67269
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1776360.25/cwt360.25–360.252,79641
Steers750–800Large 1784340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,66612
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2829327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,71510
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1863336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,90063
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2882320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,82212
Steers850–900Large 1886318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,8177
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2970290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,8133
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1312500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5605
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1362502.65/cwt482.00–513.001,82015
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385442.88/cwt437.00–452.501,70510
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421451.39/cwt442.00–461.001,90016
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469429.29/cwt424.00–437.002,01313
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477371.43/cwt370.00–374.001,7728
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530414.49/cwt400.00–425.002,19744
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1593361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,1415
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,0633
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1634371.28/cwt365.00–374.502,35481
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1659348.50/cwt348.50–348.502,2977
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1779327.86/cwt321.00–333.002,55419
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1834323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,6946
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1937271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,5397
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,035267.75/cwt267.75–267.752,77190
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1334548.00/cwt548.00–548.001,8304
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2352445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,5663
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,8253
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2390472.50/cwt472.50–472.501,8432
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7435
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed429478.00/cwt478.00–478.002,05112
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1439437.32/cwt434.00–438.001,92017
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463426.51/cwt425.00–430.001,97513
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2476398.77/cwt397.50–400.001,8986
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2495372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,8414
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2531352.99/cwt346.00–360.001,8746
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2553345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9083
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1572384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,19612
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2625341.04/cwt327.00–356.002,1328
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed634369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,3396
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2672341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,2923
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,292248.00/cwt248.00–248.003,2042
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,614202.38/cwt195.00–207.003,2667
Bulls——1,788182.09/cwt172.50–189.003,2566
Bulls——1,909216.65/cwt212.50–220.004,1364
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,017156.23/cwt149.00–162.001,58911
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,045136.93/cwt130.00–142.001,43112
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,070170.83/cwt168.00–176.001,8284
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,150124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,4261
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,217153.91/cwt148.00–162.001,87313
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,268172.00/cwt165.00–175.002,18110
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,453159.96/cwt152.00–164.002,3244
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,465173.50/cwt167.50–177.002,5429
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,515146.00/cwt146.00–146.002,2121
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,682170.96/cwt170.00–171.502,8763

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.