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Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Oct 17
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
266 head
▼ 454 vs last sale 720▼ 64 vs year ago 330 · −19.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
200 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 185▲ 14 vs year ago 186 · +7.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 0▼ 20 vs year ago 65 · −30.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Friday's auction consisted of a light offering of feeders selling mostly in small packages and singles mostly unweaned with a few groups of 600-700 lb heifers that sold within last week's price ranges at steady money. Also in the offering were a few small consignments of bred cows and pairs. Slaughter cows sold firm to 5.00 higher with the most advance on the high 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 $341.99/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −57.15 against this barn's trailing median of $399.14.
Average price
$341.99
15 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,871
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$56
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 2
$16.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−47.80
vs MO average
−55.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2539345.241,85912thin
Medium 2582329.001,9153thin
One grade step is worth $16.24/cwt here — about −$56 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 sale15 hd
341.99
—
MO average18 barns · 1,865 hd
389.79
−47.80
National average180 barns · 19,448 hd
397.86
−55.87
This barn, trailing median30 sales
399.14
−57.15
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—Average1,502181.992,73412
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,772178.173,1564thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,454168.752,45424
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,251161.632,02239
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,022142.131,45325
HeifersChoiceAverage1,106233.502,5837thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,280229.002,9312thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,364233.503,1854thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,313231.003,0333thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)886$2,6817
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,358$2,5004thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,226$2,0006
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,017$4,1923thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$3,8502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,238$3,5564thin

Every lot

49 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 1-2Unweaned395460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,8173
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2410487.50/cwt487.50–487.501,9993
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2456445.07/cwt430.00–450.002,0304
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned473392.41/cwt390.00–394.001,8565
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned528359.04/cwt339.00–376.001,89618
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned576347.32/cwt340.00–355.002,0016
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,2973
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned647338.00/cwt337.00–339.002,1876
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned671325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1814
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2729372.56/cwt369.00–375.002,7165
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned397375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4893
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned450431.00/cwt431.00–431.001,9404
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464453.84/cwt450.00–457.502,1066
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned490371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,8187
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned514363.02/cwt360.00–365.001,8665
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned556332.54/cwt328.00–336.001,8497
Heifers550–600Medium 2582329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,9153
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616367.11/cwt361.00–369.002,26125
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2651344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,2394
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1690353.50/cwt353.50–353.502,43910
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705349.50/cwt349.50–349.502,4647
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium 2423310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3113
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned572340.71/cwt332.00–350.001,9496
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,313231.00/cwt231.00–231.003,0333
Steers—Choice1,364233.50/cwt233.50–233.503,1854
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,106233.50/cwt233.50–233.502,5837
Heifers—Select1,280229.00/cwt229.00–229.002,9312
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,225175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,1445
Bulls——1,500205.50/cwt205.50–205.503,0831
Bulls——1,646180.68/cwt168.00–185.002,9745
Bulls——2,170200.00/cwt200.00–200.004,3401
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%975102.50/cwt102.50–102.509991
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010151.06/cwt142.50–156.001,5269
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,022130.35/cwt124.00–137.001,33211
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,063164.36/cwt160.00–168.501,7474
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,234150.24/cwt147.00–154.001,85412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,258172.47/cwt169.00–176.002,17011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,259162.73/cwt157.00–168.002,04916
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,442163.89/cwt160.00–168.002,36312
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,455153.92/cwt152.00–156.002,2402
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,469177.55/cwt172.00–185.002,60810
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,737182.22/cwt178.50–187.503,1653
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,875166.00/cwt166.00–166.003,1131
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0174,191.67/head4,100.00–4,375.004,1923
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1003,850.00/head3,850.00–3,850.003,8502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2383,556.25/head3,250.00–3,675.003,5564
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 28862,680.65/head2,650.00–2,700.002,6817
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2262,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0006
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3582,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5004

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.