Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2025-08-29

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Aug 29
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
309 head
▼ 826 vs last sale 1,135▲ 151 vs year ago 158 · +95.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
235 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 185▲ 142 vs year ago 93 · +152.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Friday's auction had a light offering of feeder cattle, mostly bulls and light calves selling in small packages and singles were lightly tested with last week's special. Slaughter steers and heifers sold with a firm to higher undertone with last week's light offering with slaughter cows trading steady with the bulk average to low dressing cows.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $410.00/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 21 of 30 comparable sales and sits +10.86 against this barn's trailing median of $399.14.
Average price
$410.00
9 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,128
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$129
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$15.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+21.31
vs MO average
+40.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2502415.002,0836thin
Medium and Large 1553400.002,2123thin
One grade step is worth $15.00/cwt here — about −$129 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale9 hd
410.00
—
MO average16 barns · 2,469 hd
388.69
+21.31
National average160 barns · 10,603 hd
369.81
+40.19
This barn, trailing median30 sales
399.14
+10.86
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—Low1,707195.933,3455thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,261168.372,12338
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,497164.822,46719
CowsPremium White 65-75%Low1,895158.002,9941thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,033148.091,52927
HeifersChoiceAverage1,198241.752,89610
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,100236.502,6023thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,449226.673,28515
SteersChoiceAverage1,335247.403,30319
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,259240.503,0284thin
SteersSelectAverage1,228231.002,8376thin

Every lot

52 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1371520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,9297
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,0718
Steers450–500Medium 1-2496395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,9597
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531448.98/cwt447.50–450.002,3845
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531405.95/cwt400.00–410.002,1566
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,39910
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,3653
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,3944
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,5963
Steers1050–1100Large 1-21,060262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,7774
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378429.03/cwt425.00–430.001,62210
Heifers350–400Medium 2389365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,4209
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2411410.15/cwt400.00–420.001,6868
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned413419.02/cwt417.50–420.001,7318
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468398.02/cwt390.00–410.001,86310
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480436.68/cwt435.00–440.002,0966
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2495370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8324
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2502415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,0836
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1553400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2123
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0723
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2795322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,5603
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1343537.50/cwt537.50–537.501,8445
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1374502.36/cwt500.00–505.001,8796
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed405535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,1673
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1437454.60/cwt445.00–472.501,98717
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2461418.58/cwt410.00–427.501,9306
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned475430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,0437
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2507413.00/cwt413.00–413.002,0943
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,3372
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2638375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,3936
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,228231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,8376
Steers—Select and Choice1,259240.50/cwt240.50–240.503,0284
Steers—Choice1,335247.40/cwt242.00–248.753,30319
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,100236.50/cwt236.50–236.502,6023
Heifers—Choice1,198241.75/cwt241.00–246.502,89610
Heifers—Select1,425230.00/cwt230.00–230.003,27810
Heifers—Select1,498220.00/cwt220.00–220.003,2965
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,448187.55/cwt186.00–189.002,7162
Bulls——1,818197.28/cwt192.00–202.003,5872
Bulls——2,005210.00/cwt210.00–210.004,2111
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,011138.95/cwt130.00–144.001,40514
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,056154.95/cwt150.00–163.001,63610
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,057167.88/cwt165.00–171.501,7743
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,252158.25/cwt153.00–163.001,98110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,254170.97/cwt165.00–178.002,14420
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,280149.49/cwt149.00–150.001,9132
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,293182.87/cwt180.00–185.002,3656
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,483171.32/cwt166.50–178.002,5415
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,491159.08/cwt153.00–164.002,3728
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,498184.92/cwt181.50–188.502,7703
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,533149.21/cwt147.50–150.002,2873
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,895158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,9941

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.