Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2026-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Friday's auction had a light offering of feeder cattle selling in small packages and singles were lightly tested. Slaughter cows mostly average dressing cows sold steady. Special feeder cattle auction next week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $392.79/cwt on 15 head, down $26.03 from the prior sale (only 17 head in that comparison). That ranks 9 of 30 comparable sales and sits −14.23 against this barn's trailing median of $407.03.

Average price

$392.79

▼ 26.03 vs prior sale

15 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,192

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.60

vs MO average

+18.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	392.79	2,192	15thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.62, low $346.27, median $407.03 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale15 hd

392.79

—

MO average14 barns · 1,025 hd

393.39

−0.60

National average160 barns · 6,700 hd

374.03

+18.76

This barn, trailing median30 sales

407.03

−14.23

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,640	216.32	3,547	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,825	179.00	3,267	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,503	177.54	2,668	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,212	174.29	2,112	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,006	151.12	1,520	32

Every lot, as filed

37 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	124.88/cwt	120.00–135.00	1,184	6
Bulls	—	—	1,821	213.06/cwt	200.00–223.00	3,880	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	166.90/cwt	158.00–173.00	2,011	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,635	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,107	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	178.78/cwt	175.00–185.00	2,170	9
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,770	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	3,221	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	982	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,504	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,743	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	147.82/cwt	139.00–155.00	1,533	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	2,403	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	177.63/cwt	175.00–180.00	1,759	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,536	183.13/cwt	177.00–186.00	2,813	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,880	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	3,309	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,451	169.95/cwt	165.00–175.00	2,466	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,557	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,554	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	1,970	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	383.53/cwt	365.00–400.00	2,171	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,411	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,265	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	919	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,720	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	888	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,842	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,219	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	427.54/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,620	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	371.32/cwt	365.00–373.00	2,161	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	448.26/cwt	442.50–460.00	1,963	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,355	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,251	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	588	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,087	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,671	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,103	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	461.21/cwt	445.00–470.00	2,108	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,417	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,011	160.94/cwt	157.00–173.00	1,627	14
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,157	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,603	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,191	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	422.53/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,451	6

How this sale compares

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Eastern MO Commission Company - Bowling Green, MO

Fri Aug 7, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 213Last week 115Year ago 1,021

Slaughter CattleReceipts 135Last week 140Year ago 150

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	948	120.00–135.00	124.88
10	—	1,037	139.00–155.00	147.82
2	—	990	175.00–180.00	177.63
14	—	1,011	157.00–173.00	160.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,205	158.00–173.00	166.90
9	—	1,214	175.00–185.00	178.78
1	—	1,245	193.00	193.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,635	190.00	190.00
10	—	1,536	177.00–186.00	183.13
9	—	1,451	165.00–175.00	169.95
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,770	182.00	182.00
1	—	1,880	176.00	176.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,821	200.00–223.00	213.06
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,157	225.00	225.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	525.00	525.00
7	400–450	400	492.50	492.50
17	450–500	457	445.00–470.00	461.21
10	550–600	566	365.00–400.00	383.53
5	600–650	643	350.00	350.00
5	650–700	664	330.00	330.00
4	950–1000	982	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	588	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	512	460.00	460.00
6	550–600	580	420.00–425.00	422.53
3	600–650	632	382.50	382.50
4	650–700	671	381.00	381.00
4	700–750	746	358.00	358.00
3	850–900	888	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	420	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	379	400.00–450.00	427.54
16	400–450	438	442.50–460.00	448.26
3	450–500	478	440.00	440.00
6	500–550	522	425.00	425.00
9	550–600	582	365.00–373.00	371.32
3	600–650	638	355.00	355.00
6	650–700	687	351.00	351.00
6	900–950	919	296.00	296.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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