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Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Oct 31
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
227 head
▼ 880 vs last sale 1,107▼ 108 vs year ago 335 · −32.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
175 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 210▼ 25 vs year ago 200 · −12.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a very light offering of feeders this week selling in small packages and singles traded with a lower undertone, but on comparable sales of quality and kind prices held up well after this weeks sharp decline on a light offering. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 5.00-6.00 lower with slaughter cows trading steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $349.43/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 4 of 31 comparable sales and sits −51.14 against this barn's trailing median of $400.57.
Average price
$349.43
23 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,874
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+7.08
vs MO average
−25.46 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2536349.431,87423
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale23 hd
349.43
—
MO average17 barns · 1,363 hd
342.36
+7.08
National average184 barns · 21,753 hd
374.89
−25.46
This barn, trailing median31 sales
400.57
−51.14
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

31 sales
454412371329median 400.5702/2704/1706/1909/1110/30
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.62, low $343.18, median $400.57 across 31 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—Low1,652181.552,9984thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,466166.402,43928
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,247165.982,06926
CowsPremium White 65-75%Low1,690159.762,7002thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,061142.291,50919
HeifersChoiceAverage1,327230.503,05911
HeifersSelectAverage1,155219.002,5293thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,402229.503,21810
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,358225.003,0562thin

Every lot

43 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2345465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,6043
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2417438.49/cwt430.00–442.501,82910
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7103
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned482382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,8443
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529381.95/cwt380.00–385.002,0215
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2608345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,0983
Steers600–650Large 1-2Unweaned624300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8724
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2684344.05/cwt340.00–348.002,3536
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2312438.00/cwt438.00–438.001,3673
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370381.01/cwt378.00–387.501,4108
Heifers400–450Medium 1-2435351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,5273
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2449417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,8752
Heifers450–500Large 1-2Unweaned472320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5103
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473389.25/cwt375.00–400.001,84112
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2516368.19/cwt365.00–370.001,90011
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned527327.48/cwt325.00–330.001,7266
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583337.00/cwt334.00–340.001,9656
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2612336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,0563
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679328.44/cwt325.00–330.002,23016
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2772301.10/cwt290.00–308.502,3245
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2420417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,7542
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2491375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8414
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2520375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9503
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2620330.65/cwt322.50–335.002,0509
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned628312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,9633
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2773290.41/cwt282.00–298.002,2456
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,358225.00/cwt225.00–225.003,0562
Steers—Choice1,402229.50/cwt229.50–229.503,21810
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,155219.00/cwt219.00–219.002,5293
Heifers—Choice1,327230.50/cwt230.50–230.503,05911
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,583171.73/cwt170.00–174.002,7182
Bulls——1,720191.36/cwt190.00–193.003,2912
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%970116.28/cwt115.00–117.501,1282
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,056163.62/cwt160.00–165.501,7284
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,074135.91/cwt130.00–140.001,4609
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,081148.30/cwt144.00–154.001,6034
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,241165.60/cwt160.00–169.002,05511
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,242154.31/cwt150.00–156.001,9177
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,259176.72/cwt173.00–184.002,2258
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,443167.27/cwt161.00–172.002,41414
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,454176.85/cwt174.00–181.002,5717
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,524154.22/cwt149.00–159.002,3507
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,690159.76/cwt159.00–160.502,7002

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.