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Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2025-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Oct 3

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810

← Sep 26Oct 3Oct 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

222 head

▼ 1,063 vs last sale 1,285▼ 11 vs year ago 233 · −4.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

200 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 225▲ 80 vs year ago 120 · +66.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Friday's sale had a very light offering of feeder cattle selling mostly in small packages and singles with the majority being bulls. Slaughter cows sold steady with last week's market. Feeder Cattle Special next week October 10.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $367.66/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −54.41 against this barn's trailing median of $422.06.

Average price

$367.66

16 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,024

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$251

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$27.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.22

vs MO average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	372.88	2,072	13thin
Medium and Large 2	528	345.00	1,822	3thin

One grade step is worth $27.88/cwt here — about $251 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale16 hd

367.66

—

MO average14 barns · 274 hd

367.44

+0.22

This barn, trailing median13 sales

422.06

−54.41

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

13 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $466.70, low $359.39, median $422.06 across 13 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,791	200.96	3,600	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,467	162.84	2,388	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,228	162.33	1,994	39
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,677	159.51	2,675	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,018	137.66	1,401	28
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,346	220.00	2,961	6thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,271	210.00	2,669	4thin

Every lot

44 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	303	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,591	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	1,908	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	392	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,431	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,730	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	424.44/cwt	410.00–445.00	1,969	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,969	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,266	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	678	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,102	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,204	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,661	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	406.20/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,905	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	406.17/cwt	397.50–415.00	2,104	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	367.20/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,968	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,926	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,028	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	720	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,944	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	723	291.48/cwt	289.00–295.00	2,107	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	293	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,333	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	355	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	1,766	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	382	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,719	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	434	409.75/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,778	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,818	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,989	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,822	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	544	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,111	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,073	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	322.37/cwt	310.00–335.00	2,128	6
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	765	292.47/cwt	290.00–295.00	2,237	6
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,271	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,669	4
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,346	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,961	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,725	198.03/cwt	194.00–203.00	3,416	6
Bulls	—	—	1,990	209.73/cwt	209.50–210.00	4,174	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,011	159.24/cwt	157.00–164.50	1,610	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,016	146.89/cwt	143.00–154.00	1,492	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,019	131.03/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,335	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,024	112.48/cwt	105.00–120.00	1,152	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,199	152.29/cwt	147.00–156.00	1,826	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,234	162.14/cwt	157.50–167.00	2,001	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,244	170.96/cwt	168.00–179.00	2,127	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,444	171.68/cwt	169.50–174.00	2,479	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,468	160.96/cwt	158.00–165.50	2,363	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,507	152.66/cwt	152.50–153.00	2,301	3
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,668	161.76/cwt	160.00–163.50	2,698	2
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,695	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,627	1

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Eastern MO Commission Company - Bowling Green, MO

Fri Oct 3, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 222Last week 1,285Year ago 233

Slaughter CattleReceipts 200Last week 225Year ago 120

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	293	455.00	455.00
3	350–400	355	497.50	497.50
4	450–500	476	382.00	382.00
3	500–550	520	382.50	382.50
5	550–600	589	352.00	352.00
6	650–700	660	310.00–335.00	322.37
6	750–800	765	290.00–295.00	292.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	382	450.00	450.00
9	400–450	434	390.00–420.00	409.75
5	500–550	544	388.00	388.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	528	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	392	365.00	365.00
3	400–450	410	422.00	422.00
3	650–700	678	310.00	310.00
3	700–750	725	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	303	525.00	525.00
9	350–400	376	507.50	507.50
12	450–500	464	410.00–445.00	424.44
3	500–550	535	368.00	368.00
3	600–650	625	362.50	362.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	723	289.00–295.00	291.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	410	405.00	405.00
7	450–500	469	400.00–415.00	406.20
12	500–550	536	350.00–385.00	367.20
3	550–600	575	335.00	335.00
4	600–650	624	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	518	397.50–415.00	406.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	720	270.00	270.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,244	168.00–179.00	170.96
17	—	1,234	157.50–167.00	162.14
10	—	1,199	147.00–156.00	152.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,011	157.00–164.50	159.24
5	—	1,019	128.00–135.00	131.03
7	—	1,024	105.00–120.00	112.48
11	—	1,016	143.00–154.00	146.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,444	169.50–174.00	171.68
12	—	1,468	158.00–165.50	160.96
3	—	1,507	152.50–153.00	152.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,695	155.00	155.00
2	—	1,668	160.00–163.50	161.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,346	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,271	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,990	209.50–210.00	209.73
6	—	1,725	194.00–203.00	198.03

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.