Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2026-06-26

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Jun 26
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
707 head
▲ 557 vs last sale 150▲ 131 vs year ago 576 · +22.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
160 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 190▼ 5 vs year ago 165 · −3.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, light test of 4 weight steers sold with a higher undertone, 500-550 lb steers sold 20.00-30.00 higher, with 550-700 lbs trading 5.00-15.00 higher, spots 20.00 higher on the 550-600 lb steers, over 700 lbs were lightly tested. Heifers weighing 450-650 lbs all sold steady to firm on comparable sales. Demand was good on a light to moderate offering with best demand on the 5 weight steers as overall quality was very good. Slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher and slaughter cows sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $499.75/cwt on 73 head, up $3.78 from the prior sale (only 17 head in that comparison). That ranks 26 of 26 comparable sales and sits +46.86 against this barn's trailing median of $452.89.
Average price
$499.75
▲ 3.78 vs prior sale
73 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,736
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$227
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$48.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+21.66
vs MO average
+31.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546508.412,77660
Medium and Large 1-2554459.802,54913thin
One grade step is worth $48.61/cwt here — about $227 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 sale73 hd
499.75
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MO average19 barns · 3,531 hd
478.09
+21.66
National average150 barns · 8,917 hd
468.46
+31.29
This barn, trailing median26 sales
452.89
+46.86
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—Low1,799217.423,9119thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,715181.993,1212thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,240181.722,25215
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,469180.452,65024
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,016153.071,55614
HeifersChoiceAverage1,366257.873,52314
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,456255.003,7135thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,482259.423,84523

Every lot

57 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2300645.00/cwt645.00–645.001,9354
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,2503
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422599.72/cwt585.00–630.002,5315
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473554.38/cwt540.00–565.002,6229
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2488515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,5133
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513537.62/cwt520.00–547.502,75829
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518481.05/cwt480.00–482.502,4927
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577481.08/cwt468.00–495.002,77631
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2597435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,5976
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1612459.42/cwt440.00–477.502,81213
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631424.44/cwt422.50–425.002,67813
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674435.91/cwt410.00–440.002,93847
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690401.65/cwt395.00–405.002,77130
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,8746
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1726404.03/cwt400.00–407.002,93314
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2761365.99/cwt364.00–370.002,7857
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1769383.25/cwt380.00–385.502,94722
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1812364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,95622
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1850356.00/cwt356.00–356.003,02611
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2922320.92/cwt320.00–322.502,9598
Steers950–1000Large 1-2995310.00/cwt310.00–310.003,0853
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2321537.59/cwt535.00–540.001,7266
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2386446.17/cwt440.00–450.001,7225
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1400520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,0803
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421477.18/cwt465.00–500.002,00910
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479476.38/cwt462.50–502.502,28223
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525433.71/cwt417.50–458.002,27724
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540388.92/cwt385.00–395.002,1005
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570418.95/cwt410.00–425.002,38830
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2594393.18/cwt391.00–397.502,3359
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1601411.36/cwt407.00–413.002,47211
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627381.46/cwt362.00–395.002,39241
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1662370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4496
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673351.40/cwt340.00–360.002,3657
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,5558
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2729351.59/cwt341.00–354.502,56338
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2772341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,6333
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2843320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,6983
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2432515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,2253
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1533498.00/cwt498.00–498.002,6545
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580462.50/cwt462.50–462.502,6833
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,482259.42/cwt257.50–261.003,84523
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,366257.87/cwt257.00–258.003,52314
Heifers—Select and Choice1,456255.00/cwt255.00–255.003,7135
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,525190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,8981
Bulls——1,612208.97/cwt201.00–217.003,3693
Bulls——1,966227.97/cwt221.00–237.004,4825
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,001150.01/cwt144.00–155.001,5026
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,019164.04/cwt158.00–170.001,6726
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,055129.31/cwt125.00–135.001,3642
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,215167.00/cwt167.00–167.002,0291
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,223189.19/cwt185.00–195.002,3146
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,255177.95/cwt175.00–181.002,2338
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,436167.86/cwt163.00–171.002,4104
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,459177.95/cwt173.00–183.002,59611
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,495189.10/cwt186.00–193.002,8279
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,715181.99/cwt180.00–184.003,1212

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.