Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2025-11-07

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Nov 7
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
391 head
▲ 164 vs last sale 227▼ 729 vs year ago 1,120 · −65.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
250 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 175▲ 65 vs year ago 185 · +35.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 0▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a light test of feeders selling in small packages and singles were not well tested but overall sold with a lower undertone, with several in the offering unweaned or short weaned. Slaughter steers and heifers traded 3.00-5.00 lower with slaughter cows selling mostly 5.00-10.00 lower. Selling in Friday's offering were 20 high/top quality 18-20 month old Angus bulls from Meyer Cattle Co that sold from 5500.00-7900.00.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $376.13/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −76.77 against this barn's trailing median of $452.89.
Average price
$376.13
40 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,066
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$122
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$50.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.62
vs MO average
−42.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539403.582,17612thin
Medium and Large 1-2550365.722,01325
Medium and Large 2582353.002,0543thin
One grade step is worth $50.58/cwt here — about $122 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 sale40 hd
376.13
—
MO average18 barns · 2,856 hd
393.74
−17.62
National average195 barns · 36,957 hd
419.10
−42.97
This barn, trailing median26 sales
452.89
−76.77
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—Low1,882180.513,3973thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,730153.362,6534thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,256150.171,88631
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,497150.102,24740
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,080134.301,45033
HeifersChoiceAverage1,247222.622,77619
HeifersSelectAverage1,054210.002,2136thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,592223.453,55710
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,360220.002,9925thin
SteersSelectAverage1,170217.002,5393thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,136$2,0505
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,109$1,9756
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,250$3,8005

Every lot

56 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2318475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,5113
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421418.10/cwt407.50–425.001,7605
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435434.38/cwt432.50–437.501,89013
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470415.36/cwt408.00–428.001,95211
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy492380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8703
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned517403.00/cwt403.00–403.002,0843
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526411.00/cwt411.00–411.002,1624
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531380.76/cwt367.00–385.002,02213
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy558352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,9644
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563398.00/cwt398.00–398.002,2415
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577362.03/cwt360.00–365.002,0895
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned580325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8853
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2582353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,0543
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned622348.61/cwt335.00–360.002,1689
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2653345.50/cwt340.00–351.002,2566
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2706289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,0404
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2767310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3783
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned337375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2643
Heifers350–400Medium 2360367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,3213
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned434394.13/cwt390.50–397.501,71110
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2442385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7023
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481388.35/cwt380.00–395.001,86810
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2512351.74/cwt347.50–364.001,8018
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned518330.70/cwt328.00–335.001,7135
Heifers500–550Medium 1-2533320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7063
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned570318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,8133
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy579296.54/cwt294.00–300.001,7177
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2594320.84/cwt318.00–324.501,90617
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690291.92/cwt287.00–297.002,01414
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7263
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2477396.22/cwt395.00–397.501,8906
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned485374.00/cwt374.00–374.001,8143
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned546319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,7426
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy590312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,8443
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,170217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,5393
Steers—Select and Choice1,360220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,9925
Steers—Choice1,592223.45/cwt222.00–224.503,55710
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,054210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,2136
Heifers—Choice1,247222.62/cwt222.00–223.502,77619
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,882180.51/cwt170.00–186.003,3973
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,013112.75/cwt102.50–117.001,1425
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,055160.70/cwt157.00–163.001,6953
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,062145.77/cwt141.00–151.001,5489
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,115129.64/cwt123.00–138.001,44516
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,249142.49/cwt135.00–148.001,78014
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,255155.27/cwt149.00–162.001,9499
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,263166.64/cwt165.00–170.002,1056
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,285131.52/cwt131.00–132.001,6902
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,410134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,8892
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,488156.87/cwt150.00–164.002,33420
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,517144.37/cwt140.00–150.002,19018
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,715161.76/cwt159.50–164.002,7742
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,745144.95/cwt144.00–146.002,5292
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,2503,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,8005
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1091,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9756
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1362,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0505

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.