Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2025-08-15

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Aug 15
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
228 head
▼ 793 vs last sale 1,021▲ 58 vs year ago 170 · +34.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
150 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 150▼ 87 vs year ago 237 · −36.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 0▼ 90 vs year ago 150 · −60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a very light offering of feeder cattle were lightly tested selling in small packages and singles, but what was on offer sold within last week's price ranges of similar quality and weights. There were several small packages of bred cows and pairs mostly running ages with a package of bred heifers and several small packages of pairs mostly 5 yrs to aged cows with 300-350 lb calves several bred back in 1st stage all selling with good demand. Slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to firm as did the the slaughter cows.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $377.92/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 10 of 30 comparable sales and sits −21.23 against this barn's trailing median of $399.14.
Average price
$377.92
22 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,060
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$136
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.03
vs MO average
+27.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549381.132,09217thin
Medium and Large 1-2533366.991,9565thin
One grade step is worth $14.14/cwt here — about $136 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 sale22 hd
377.92
—
MO average13 barns · 1,448 hd
371.88
+6.03
National average152 barns · 8,349 hd
350.81
+27.11
This barn, trailing median30 sales
399.14
−21.23
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—Average1,839212.053,90019
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,810186.503,3761thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,475173.162,55413
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,234167.642,06823
CowsLean 85-90%Low999154.241,54115
HeifersChoiceAverage1,342239.203,2103thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,335246.003,2844thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,365239.753,2737thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,408234.503,3022thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,327$3,9676
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,330$3,4024thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,219$2,8807
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,318$2,7217
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,150$4,0797
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,400$4,9251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,310$4,2755
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,400$4,2564thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,217$3,8673thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,250$3,0753thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)800$3,9504thin

Every lot

59 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2360465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,6743
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1536422.01/cwt420.00–424.002,2624
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1585410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,3993
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1690374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,5815
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1718346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,4843
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2761332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,5274
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2802331.50/cwt331.50–331.502,6597
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2840310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,6043
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2342417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,4283
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7402
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,8482
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1488406.08/cwt402.50–417.501,9824
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned527389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,0505
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533366.99/cwt365.00–370.001,9565
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1548379.40/cwt379.00–380.002,0795
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565376.74/cwt375.00–378.002,1297
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621334.09/cwt330.00–340.002,0757
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1632369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,3323
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned642325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0873
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1662339.61/cwt337.00–343.002,2487
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724326.99/cwt326.00–328.002,3676
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1748336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,5133
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1988294.00/cwt294.00–294.002,9055
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2462410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,8943
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1514400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0564
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2515375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9313
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2536316.91/cwt309.00–325.001,6996
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned584384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,2438
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2618355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1944
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2719310.95/cwt307.00–314.002,2367
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2752305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,2946
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice and Prime1,335246.00/cwt246.00–246.003,2844
Steers—Choice1,365239.75/cwt239.00–240.003,2737
Steers—Select and Choice1,408234.50/cwt234.50–234.503,3022
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,342239.20/cwt238.00–242.003,2103
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,714200.72/cwt195.00–205.003,4405
Bulls——1,884216.10/cwt210.00–225.004,07114
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%984169.49/cwt167.00–171.001,6684
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,002156.65/cwt149.00–161.001,5708
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010127.47/cwt125.00–130.001,2873
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,231154.92/cwt145.00–161.001,9076
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,233170.60/cwt165.00–177.002,10315
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,248183.55/cwt181.00–186.002,2912
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,459180.84/cwt178.50–184.502,6385
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,471169.55/cwt165.00–175.502,4947
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,580160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,5281
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,810186.50/cwt186.50–186.503,3761
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2192,880.44/head2,800.00–2,985.002,8807
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3182,721.08/head2,600.00–2,950.002,7217
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3273,967.34/head3,900.00–4,000.003,9676
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3303,401.50/head3,300.00–3,500.003,4024
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,1504,078.84/head4,050.00–4,100.004,0797
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2173,866.67/head3,800.00–3,900.003,8673
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2504,237.50/head4,100.00–4,375.004,2382
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,2503,075.00/head3,075.00–3,075.003,0753
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3504,300.00/head4,050.00–4,525.004,3003
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4004,925.00/head4,925.00–4,925.004,9251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,4004,256.25/head4,250.00–4,275.004,2564
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 28003,950.00/head3,950.00–3,950.003,9504

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.