Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2026-03-06

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Mar 6
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
185 head
▼ 1,476 vs last sale 1,661▼ 203 vs year ago 388 · −52.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
150 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 190▼ 40 vs year ago 190 · −21.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Friday's auction had very light receipts of feeders ahead of next Friday's Feeder Special which will include the Border Wars Auctioneering Contest, expecting a good run of feeder cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $385.72/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 11 of 30 comparable sales and sits −13.43 against this barn's trailing median of $399.14.
Average price
$385.72
25 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,142
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−28.86
vs MO average
−35.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2555385.722,14225
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 sale25 hd
385.72
—
MO average15 barns · 1,603 hd
414.58
−28.86
National average181 barns · 13,944 hd
420.96
−35.24
This barn, trailing median30 sales
399.14
−13.43
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—Average1,719196.933,3865thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Very Low1,487166.992,48329
CowsPremium White 65-75%Low1,834165.813,04110
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,243164.282,04225
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,057134.031,4179thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,333230.003,0663thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,415239.003,3823thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2491490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,4065
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2503475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,3897
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573415.07/cwt410.00–420.002,3786
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678379.72/cwt365.00–395.002,5756
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned733346.50/cwt346.50–346.502,5405
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2992284.50/cwt284.50–284.502,8224
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2381485.57/cwt455.00–505.001,8505
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,9252
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,2304
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0883
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2557400.51/cwt381.00–406.002,2319
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned562372.18/cwt365.00–381.002,09213
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621350.38/cwt338.00–357.002,1769
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned656348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,2834
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2662357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,3673
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2375525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,9693
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2420478.19/cwt470.00–490.002,0089
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2496422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,0967
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2618390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,4103
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2720345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,4843
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,415239.00/cwt239.00–239.003,3823
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,333230.00/cwt230.00–230.003,0663
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,663212.00/cwt212.00–212.003,5262
Bulls——1,713183.33/cwt176.00–189.003,1402
Bulls——1,845194.00/cwt194.00–194.003,5791
Slaughter Cattle · Cows14 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%943147.61/cwt144.00–152.001,3922
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,055166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,7511
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,088138.06/cwt137.00–139.001,5022
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,100117.23/cwt112.00–122.001,2904
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,228154.03/cwt149.00–160.001,8917
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,230146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,7961
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,240166.71/cwt163.00–170.002,06712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,274176.43/cwt175.00–181.002,2485
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,468154.70/cwt149.00–159.002,2716
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,477177.09/cwt175.00–183.502,6166
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,494169.62/cwt164.00–173.002,53416
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,550138.00/cwt138.00–138.002,1391
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,785169.51/cwt164.00–175.503,0266
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,908160.27/cwt156.00–163.503,0584

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.