Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2026-01-09

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Jan 9
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,132 head
▲ 1,806 vs last sale 326▲ 1,296 vs year ago 836 · +155.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
248 head
▼ 47 vs last sale 295▲ 132 vs year ago 116 · +113.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special three weeks ago, steer and heifer calves under 650 lbs sold mostly 20.00-40.00 higher, spots 50.00 higher on the steer calves with 650-850 lb yearling steers trading firm to 12.00 higher and heifers over 650 sold with a higher undertone on limited comparisons. Demand was very good on a moderate to heavy offering as buyers are very active and aggressive to purchase cattle. Slaughter steers and heifers sold with a higher undertone 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 $448.45/cwt on 219 head. That ranks 12 of 26 comparable sales and sits −4.44 against this barn's trailing median of $452.89.
Average price
$448.45
219 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,502
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$366
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$75.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.77
vs MO average
−17.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553474.032,620113
Medium and Large 1-2563426.512,40286
Medium and Large 2566398.322,25420
One grade step is worth $75.71/cwt here — about $366 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 sale219 hd
448.45
—
MO average22 barns · 7,346 hd
464.22
−15.77
National average195 barns · 28,890 hd
466.33
−17.88
This barn, trailing median26 sales
452.89
−4.44
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—High1,999184.903,6954thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,497157.072,35131
CowsPremium White 65-75%Low1,868156.522,9235thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,246152.681,90235
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,036138.861,43823
SteersChoiceAverage1,477227.173,35527
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,402221.313,10312

Every lot

72 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1342565.00/cwt565.00–565.001,9324
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2393527.50/cwt527.50–527.502,0733
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1434517.90/cwt515.00–525.002,24837
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2441497.50/cwt497.50–497.502,1944
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467498.70/cwt475.00–512.502,32954
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477462.94/cwt460.00–465.002,2087
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1512497.64/cwt477.50–530.002,54831
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2521419.00/cwt419.00–419.002,1837
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2537440.10/cwt425.00–459.002,36331
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568465.10/cwt443.00–482.502,64282
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578418.85/cwt400.00–438.002,42155
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590387.18/cwt382.50–390.002,28413
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628431.96/cwt413.00–459.002,71393
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628390.77/cwt370.00–405.002,45443
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed656435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,85421
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673372.38/cwt357.50–384.002,50627
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1676394.35/cwt379.00–413.002,666123
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720387.87/cwt373.00–407.002,79381
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725364.37/cwt345.00–372.002,64236
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1762354.31/cwt352.00–361.002,70030
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2778347.48/cwt343.50–349.502,70329
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1805345.16/cwt344.00–345.502,77922
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2829333.88/cwt333.00–335.002,76821
Steers850–900Large 1-2871329.50/cwt329.50–329.502,8706
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2874323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,8235
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1886337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,98659
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6975
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2409420.49/cwt410.00–425.001,72010
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427468.69/cwt460.00–473.002,00136
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470439.19/cwt422.50–455.002,06436
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8133
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,9973
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520424.46/cwt395.00–438.002,20781
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529378.08/cwt355.00–387.502,00013
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0554
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1584396.59/cwt388.00–417.002,31673
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622370.14/cwt350.00–377.502,30229
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623387.98/cwt379.00–405.002,417122
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668342.81/cwt336.00–345.502,29014
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672373.83/cwt360.00–381.002,51234
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2681322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,1968
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1717352.78/cwt340.00–361.002,52941
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement726361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,62114
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2726332.36/cwt324.00–337.002,41330
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2788323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,5456
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Replacement808329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,65810
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,64960
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Replacement882323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,84920
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1416515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,1424
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2468420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,9663
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1519442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,2974
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2543404.86/cwt380.00–420.002,1988
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2590384.23/cwt380.00–390.002,2677
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2686341.49/cwt340.00–343.002,3438
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2731320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3394
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,402221.31/cwt220.00–222.003,10312
Steers—Choice1,477227.17/cwt224.00–228.503,35527
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,868174.37/cwt163.00–182.003,2573
Bulls——2,390216.50/cwt216.50–216.505,1741
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,016143.99/cwt138.00–151.001,4636
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,023131.60/cwt125.00–136.001,3468
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,052112.59/cwt110.00–118.001,1843
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,065156.55/cwt153.00–160.001,6676
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225140.59/cwt135.00–147.001,72211
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,232155.50/cwt151.00–159.001,91612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,278163.65/cwt160.00–172.002,09111
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,295131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,6961
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,450147.10/cwt143.00–149.002,1337
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,475154.35/cwt150.00–159.002,27711
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,541164.75/cwt160.00–171.502,53913
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,855152.00/cwt152.00–152.002,8201
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,871157.65/cwt155.00–160.002,9504

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.