Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2025-09-12

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Sep 12
● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,575 head
▲ 1,172 vs last sale 403▲ 298 vs year ago 1,277 · +23.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
205 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 240▲ 25 vs year ago 180 · +13.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special three weeks ago, a very limited comparison with this week's much larger offering, especially of yearlings and a much larger consignments of unweaned calves. Overall the undertone is lower especially on yearling steers and calves, but a consignment of 100 hd of 1071 lb heifers sold with very good demand. The market held up very well despite the Feeder Cattle contracts ending the week on Friday in a free fall with the front 4 months down 4.82 to 7.32, after Tuesday's limit down move of 9.25. Front end quality calves are still sought after as are yearlings. Several consignments of unweaned calves overall were good quality but the variance of quality, planier kinds, flesh, vaccination programs all play in the demand for them. Stick out sale included the 100 hd of 1071 lb heifers at 273.00 and 45 hd of lighter sisters weighing 941 lbs at 291.50. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-8.00 lower with slaughter steers and heifers trading with a lower undertone on a light offering.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $412.14/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 5 of 26 comparable sales and sits −40.75 against this barn's trailing median of $452.89.
Average price
$412.14
88 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,342
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$213
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$30.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.01
vs MO average
−1.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1571420.702,40363
Medium and Large 1-2561390.592,19025
One grade step is worth $30.11/cwt here — about $213 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale88 hd
412.14
—
MO average16 barns · 2,915 hd
423.15
−11.01
National average170 barns · 13,807 hd
413.52
−1.38
This barn, trailing median26 sales
452.89
−40.75
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—Low1,852205.723,81012
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,483167.472,48330
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,246166.762,07736
CowsPremium White 65-75%Low1,750160.982,8173thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,059149.461,58214
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,224235.152,8788thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,161231.472,6879thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,412237.133,3488thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,354234.753,1794thin

Every lot

87 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1326545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,7774
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376452.50/cwt452.50–452.501,7014
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned394470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,85210
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,8736
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469420.10/cwt410.00–430.001,9709
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2483397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,9185
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned492437.50/cwt437.50–437.502,1537
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534394.50/cwt394.50–394.502,1077
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned536426.00/cwt426.00–426.002,28311
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571389.07/cwt386.00–393.002,22218
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576426.82/cwt417.00–434.002,45845
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned596373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,2237
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned620403.06/cwt393.00–405.502,49941
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622384.43/cwt362.50–392.002,39120
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1664387.17/cwt380.00–391.752,57167
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674370.46/cwt363.00–375.002,4978
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1702382.68/cwt379.50–387.002,68644
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2719359.90/cwt355.00–373.002,58811
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned721367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,64619
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2757362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,7403
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1777374.02/cwt366.00–390.002,90633
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2800320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,5604
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1832341.51/cwt339.00–352.002,84128
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1885337.25/cwt337.25–337.252,98559
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2885327.10/cwt320.00–329.002,89519
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1918331.25/cwt331.25–331.253,04140
Steers1000–1050Large 1-21,016288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,9264
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377417.39/cwt410.00–425.001,57416
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned389404.00/cwt404.00–404.001,5727
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2444382.73/cwt371.00–387.001,69911
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474416.56/cwt407.50–427.501,97416
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476382.95/cwt357.50–400.001,82322
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7524
Heifers450–500Medium 2486325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5805
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned489394.88/cwt376.00–401.001,93124
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2506375.59/cwt373.00–380.001,90011
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530401.00/cwt401.00–401.002,12514
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2532359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,9104
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned534402.50/cwt402.50–402.502,14921
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565372.35/cwt369.00–377.502,10424
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned585358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,09418
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2589358.35/cwt351.00–367.002,11117
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned600328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,9684
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1606359.25/cwt352.50–363.002,17738
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630351.30/cwt351.00–352.002,21313
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9375
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2656317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,0804
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681343.04/cwt336.00–347.002,33613
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2730306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,2343
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1731342.81/cwt339.00–345.002,50631
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1757334.25/cwt334.25–334.252,53017
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2767317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,4359
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1846326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,7586
Heifers900–950Large 1941291.50/cwt291.50–291.502,74345
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2957265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,5365
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,012282.48/cwt280.00–284.002,85916
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,071273.00/cwt273.00–273.002,924100
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2378425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6073
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned421425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7896
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2438415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,8185
Bulls450–500Medium 2462357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,6493
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned525388.00/cwt388.00–388.002,03722
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2527369.46/cwt368.00–372.001,94719
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2578360.28/cwt347.00–374.002,08212
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2622313.57/cwt311.00–316.001,9506
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2710310.01/cwt306.00–312.002,20112
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2834295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,4604
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2942265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,4963
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2989264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,6118
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,354234.75/cwt234.00–235.003,1794
Steers—Choice1,412237.13/cwt237.00–238.003,3488
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,161231.47/cwt230.00–232.002,6879
Heifers—Select and Choice1,224235.15/cwt234.00–237.002,8788
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,490170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,5331
Bulls——1,868213.57/cwt209.00–221.003,9897
Bulls——1,914200.92/cwt195.00–205.003,8464
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,018132.31/cwt127.50–137.001,3472
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,045120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2541
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,060167.00/cwt162.00–173.001,7705
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,073145.46/cwt139.00–150.001,5616
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,205158.21/cwt152.00–162.501,9067
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,242166.15/cwt163.00–171.002,06420
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,285174.75/cwt172.50–178.002,2469
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,472170.11/cwt164.00–172.502,50415
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,476174.55/cwt173.00–177.002,5767
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,509156.32/cwt149.00–161.002,3598
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,750160.98/cwt159.00–162.502,8173

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.