Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2025-09-26

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Sep 26
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,285 head
▲ 891 vs last sale 394▲ 381 vs year ago 904 · +42.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
225 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 250▲ 20 vs year ago 205 · +9.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, steer calves weighing under 550 lbs sold with a firm to higher undertone on a light offering from two weeks ago, 550-600 lbs sold firm to 6.00 higher, over 600 lbs traded steady to firm on comparable sales. Heifer calves weighing 450-600 lbs sold mostly 5.00-15.00 higher with 600-750 lbs trading steady on a light test, over 800- lbs pot loads and small groups all sold with a firm to higher undertone. Demand was good on a moderate offering. Stick out sales included a good quality offering of 66 hd of heifers weighing 887 lbs at 316.00 and 58 hd of heifers weighing 979 lbs at 302.25. Slaughter steers and heifers sold near steady on last weeks light offering with slaughter cows trading steady to firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $436.80/cwt on 156 head. That ranks 11 of 26 comparable sales and sits −16.09 against this barn's trailing median of $452.89.
Average price
$436.80
156 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,405
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$62
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.10
vs MO average
+19.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548440.232,413135
Medium and Large 1-2567414.782,35121
One grade step is worth $25.45/cwt here — about $62 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 sale156 hd
436.80
—
MO average13 barns · 1,916 hd
427.70
+9.10
National average168 barns · 11,658 hd
417.09
+19.71
This barn, trailing median26 sales
452.89
−16.09
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—Low1,871199.473,73212
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,649172.912,8513thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,498164.032,45732
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,256159.522,00334
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,065135.571,44319
HeifersChoiceAverage1,250232.002,9004thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,171228.502,6764thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,459234.923,42723
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,332228.943,04914

Every lot

82 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1358517.50/cwt517.50–517.501,8533
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2388455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7654
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2410461.00/cwt461.00–461.001,89011
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424490.19/cwt485.00–497.502,07810
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned457427.00/cwt427.00–427.001,9517
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473450.88/cwt438.00–462.502,13315
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479471.40/cwt469.00–478.002,25822
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517446.16/cwt435.00–459.002,30765
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533426.00/cwt426.00–426.002,2713
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned541421.87/cwt421.00–424.002,28210
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2569420.03/cwt417.50–422.002,39014
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583436.86/cwt431.00–440.002,54760
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned585388.00/cwt388.00–388.002,2704
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned603395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,38216
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622411.42/cwt400.00–415.002,55941
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630385.76/cwt379.00–396.002,43010
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668373.27/cwt371.00–375.002,4937
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1694388.00/cwt388.00–388.002,6938
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725372.82/cwt372.00–373.002,70333
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1762374.28/cwt369.00–375.002,85275
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2765349.94/cwt338.00–356.002,6779
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1835349.83/cwt349.50–352.002,92152
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2841337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,83812
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1868338.42/cwt335.00–340.502,93729
Steers1000–1050Large 1-21,016283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,8757
Steers1050–1100Large 1-21,060292.00/cwt292.00–292.003,0958
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2339423.00/cwt412.50–437.501,4347
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2392389.00/cwt389.00–389.001,5253
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1403430.95/cwt430.00–432.501,7378
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430412.12/cwt407.50–415.001,7728
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned468410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,9194
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469429.49/cwt422.50–435.002,01420
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2488355.83/cwt347.00–362.501,7367
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned509375.50/cwt374.00–377.501,91114
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned520386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,00712
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525412.96/cwt405.00–422.502,16816
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528378.74/cwt353.00–395.002,00030
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2547351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,9203
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned555355.66/cwt355.00–356.001,9749
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568361.08/cwt350.00–370.002,05113
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,2906
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2588317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,8644
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0004
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1661356.88/cwt350.00–360.002,35910
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682341.13/cwt320.00–347.502,32729
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1734343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,51812
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2747332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,48411
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2764326.50/cwt326.50–326.502,4944
Heifers800–850Large 1804320.50/cwt320.50–320.502,5775
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1838322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,7036
Heifers850–900Large 1887316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,80366
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2946295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,7914
Heifers950–1000Large 1979302.25/cwt302.25–302.252,95958
Heifers1000–1050Large 1-21,000291.40/cwt289.00–295.002,91410
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,7964
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1402465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,8694
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned468432.50/cwt432.50–432.502,0243
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2518362.34/cwt352.00–372.501,8776
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1542407.50/cwt407.50–407.502,2093
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2550395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,1733
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned559395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,2085
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2605340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0573
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2682350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3873
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,332228.94/cwt227.50–230.503,04914
Steers—Choice1,459234.92/cwt234.00–236.503,42723
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,171228.50/cwt228.50–228.502,6764
Heifers—Choice1,250232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,9004
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,779211.10/cwt206.00–215.003,7554
Bulls——1,800186.00/cwt186.00–186.003,3481
Bulls——1,934194.74/cwt190.00–201.003,7667
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050145.99/cwt140.50–153.001,5336
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,058160.48/cwt160.00–161.001,6982
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,068107.15/cwt100.00–112.501,1443
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,076132.18/cwt127.00–137.001,4228
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,248170.37/cwt168.00–175.002,1266
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,254149.61/cwt140.00–155.001,87610
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,259161.40/cwt158.00–166.002,03218
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,458148.04/cwt142.50–151.502,1586
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,473163.58/cwt161.00–166.502,41011
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,532170.76/cwt168.00–177.502,61615
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,633176.87/cwt173.50–180.502,8882
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,680165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,7721

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.