Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2026-04-24

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Apr 24
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,282 head
▲ 862 vs last sale 420▼ 458 vs year ago 1,740 · −26.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
220 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 275▼ 155 vs year ago 375 · −41.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, steer calves weighing 500-800 lbs and heifer calves weighing 400-650 lbs all sold steady with the last special, heifers over 700 lbs were lightly tested with the biggest draft being 118 hd of heifers weighing 862 lbs at 324.00. Demand was good on a moderate supply with the bulk of the calves being mostly new crop fall calves carrying a little more flesh with not as much condition as last special. Slaughter steers and heifers along with slaughter cows all traded steady with last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $439.62/cwt on 118 head, up $27.39 from the prior sale. That ranks 30 of 30 comparable sales and sits +40.47 against this barn's trailing median of $399.14.
Average price
$439.62
▲ 27.39 vs prior sale
118 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,377
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$138
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$30.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.00
vs MO average
+17.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539447.942,41486
Medium and Large 1-2545417.262,27632
One grade step is worth $30.68/cwt here — about $138 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 sale118 hd
439.62
—
MO average17 barns · 2,357 hd
426.62
+13.00
National average167 barns · 11,519 hd
422.17
+17.45
This barn, trailing median30 sales
399.14
+40.47
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—Low1,820220.284,00918
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,747173.043,0226thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,528170.962,61318
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,230170.352,09531
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low999148.111,48037
HeifersChoiceAverage1,300246.003,1984thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,438242.003,4802thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,296246.233,19121

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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,6223
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380577.27/cwt565.00–587.502,19413
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428563.35/cwt560.00–570.002,41117
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2436527.72/cwt497.50–550.002,30119
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned448510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,2854
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1454530.27/cwt527.50–531.002,40720
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470500.24/cwt490.00–515.002,35110
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1507509.79/cwt497.50–516.002,5859
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy512440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,2533
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523481.59/cwt465.00–486.002,51947
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2543438.00/cwt438.00–438.002,3789
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned548444.00/cwt444.00–444.002,43319
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572438.80/cwt425.00–445.002,51025
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578475.45/cwt451.00–485.002,74864
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,6704
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1639431.71/cwt425.00–442.502,75922
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1678412.50/cwt412.50–412.502,7975
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678377.92/cwt375.00–379.002,56211
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1729398.94/cwt395.25–412.502,90892
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760389.50/cwt389.50–389.502,96012
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2788353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,7825
Steers850–900Large 1888351.50/cwt351.50–351.503,1216
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2893340.50/cwt340.50–340.503,0418
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2300530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,5903
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2367507.57/cwt495.00–525.001,86314
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2388465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,8043
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430503.71/cwt500.00–507.502,16610
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2436471.81/cwt470.00–472.502,05711
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned437490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,1413
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481488.19/cwt479.00–510.002,34831
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2487400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9484
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490443.74/cwt442.50–445.002,1746
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1511469.14/cwt453.00–485.002,39746
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned511458.00/cwt458.00–458.002,3408
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned517429.93/cwt425.00–432.502,2239
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523439.31/cwt426.00–446.002,2989
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578394.94/cwt387.00–405.002,28314
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1586414.94/cwt405.00–432.502,43232
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625404.71/cwt399.00–410.002,52917
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625381.42/cwt378.00–387.002,38415
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670343.50/cwt343.50–343.502,3018
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2727351.86/cwt350.00–358.002,55850
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2754340.86/cwt335.00–350.002,57022
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1788355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,7975
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2835312.37/cwt305.00–322.502,6087
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1862324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,793118
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2915297.33/cwt293.00–299.002,72143
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2340630.00/cwt630.00–630.002,1423
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2515440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,2663
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned551440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,4244
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2572420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,4026
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2655385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,5223
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2750345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,5886
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,296246.23/cwt245.50–247.003,19121
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,300246.00/cwt246.00–246.003,1984
Heifers—Select and Choice1,438242.00/cwt242.00–242.003,4802
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,720244.50/cwt244.50–244.504,2051
Bulls——1,723190.60/cwt190.00–191.003,2842
Bulls——1,740209.32/cwt200.00–214.003,6425
Bulls——1,889229.28/cwt217.00–238.504,33110
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%968118.08/cwt112.00–126.001,1436
Cows—Lean 85-90%991143.81/cwt135.00–151.001,42517
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,004159.53/cwt154.00–168.001,6028
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,049175.12/cwt171.00–179.001,8376
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,197172.53/cwt168.00–179.002,06517
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,244157.32/cwt149.00–162.001,9577
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,290183.42/cwt179.50–186.002,3666
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,335146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,9491
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,514174.14/cwt169.50–180.502,63614
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,579159.83/cwt155.00–166.002,5244
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,726176.18/cwt173.50–180.503,0414
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,788166.75/cwt165.00–168.502,9812

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.