Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2026-08-28

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Aug 28
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
552 head
▲ 306 vs last sale 246▲ 243 vs year ago 309 · +78.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
150 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 180▼ 85 vs year ago 235 · −36.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, there has not been a good recent test on comparable weights (last week was a bred cow special) on overall kind and quality with feeder cattle trading with a lower undertone as feeder market has seen sharp declines over the last several weeks. Fed cattle market continues to see lower trade with this week's trade ranging from 218.00-222.00 mostly 5.00-7.00 lower this week. There were several good groups of good quality calves in Friday's offering with 19 hd of steers weighing 506 lbs at 442.50, 27 hd of 648 lbs steers at 380.00 and a group of heifer calves weighing 452 lbs at 420.00. Slaughter cows sold mostly 5.00-8.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $404.04/cwt on 51 head, up $16.90 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 26 comparable sales and sits −48.85 against this barn's trailing median of $452.89.
Average price
$404.04
▲ 16.90 vs prior sale
51 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,193
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$87
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$61.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+22.95
vs MO average
+33.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1506442.502,23919thin
Medium and Large 1-2565381.212,15232
One grade step is worth $61.29/cwt here — about $87 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 sale51 hd
404.04
—
MO average14 barns · 947 hd
381.10
+22.95
National average153 barns · 5,891 hd
371.00
+33.04
This barn, trailing median26 sales
452.89
−48.85
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—Average1,653203.283,36014
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,458161.372,3529thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,723157.832,7194thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,254157.511,97519
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low990134.351,33019
HeifersSelectAverage1,061242.502,5734thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,215225.002,7346thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,363224.003,0535thin
SteersSelectAverage1,308218.682,86111
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,253216.002,7063thin

Every lot

65 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2308522.00/cwt522.00–522.001,6083
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned389490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,9067
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2432430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8583
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,0463
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned473440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,0815
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2494410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,0256
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1506442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,23919
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533395.88/cwt380.00–405.002,11011
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578378.93/cwt370.00–390.002,19015
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy589360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1206
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626359.88/cwt357.50–362.002,25310
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635378.95/cwt375.00–380.002,40641
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1713
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1692356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,46410
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1708347.30/cwt340.00–352.502,45913
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2714322.53/cwt320.00–325.002,3036
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1752337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,5383
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1803329.25/cwt329.00–331.002,64424
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1965282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,7213
Steers1000–1050Large 11,000277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,7753
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325459.28/cwt445.00–472.501,4936
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378426.49/cwt405.00–435.001,61212
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430423.55/cwt423.00–425.001,82111
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1452420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,89812
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2463398.95/cwt395.00–405.001,8475
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned474364.60/cwt362.00–370.001,7286
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,8853
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,9785
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1559371.64/cwt360.00–377.002,07737
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572336.65/cwt322.50–357.501,92627
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614348.46/cwt346.00–352.502,1408
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2658307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,0203
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675324.31/cwt320.00–327.502,18911
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1722340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4553
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2732322.23/cwt320.00–325.002,35914
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1774317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,4544
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1813305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,4806
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned441532.00/cwt532.00–532.002,3464
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned452385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7403
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned520382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,9893
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned592345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,0426
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned605322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,9513
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2648325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1063
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2742287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,1333
Slaughter Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,208242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,9233
Steers—Select and Choice1,253216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,7063
Steers—Select1,346209.93/cwt208.00–211.002,8268
Steers—Choice1,363224.00/cwt224.00–224.003,0535
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,061242.50/cwt242.50–242.502,5734
Heifers—Choice1,215225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,7346
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,168220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,5703
Bulls——1,772204.74/cwt200.00–208.503,6286
Bulls——1,795213.50/cwt213.50–213.503,8321
Bulls——1,803185.98/cwt179.00–195.003,3534
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%958161.48/cwt158.00–165.001,5474
Cows—Lean 85-90%958148.60/cwt145.00–154.001,4243
Cows—Lean 85-90%992131.36/cwt125.00–135.001,3036
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025112.12/cwt100.00–120.001,1496
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,243159.99/cwt157.00–166.001,98911
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,250171.60/cwt170.00–173.002,1453
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,281143.60/cwt140.00–147.001,8405
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,445170.05/cwt168.00–172.002,4573
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,456160.54/cwt155.00–166.002,3374
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,480150.01/cwt149.00–151.002,2202
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,723157.83/cwt156.00–160.002,7194

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.