Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2025-01-24

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Jan 24
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,279 head
▲ 1,904 vs last sale 375▲ 636 vs year ago 1,643 · +38.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
185 head
▼ 85 vs last sale 270▼ 46 vs year ago 231 · −19.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, light test of steer calves weighing 400-500 lbs sold with a sharply higher undertone, with 500-600 lb steers selling 10.00-15.00 higher, 600-800 lb steers sold firm to 6.00 higher and over 800 lbs sold with a higher undertone. Feeder heifers weighing 400-500 lbs sold 5.00-10.00 higher, 500-550 lbs sold fully steady to firm, 550-700 lbs traded 5.00-15.00 higher and over 700 lbs sold with a higher undertone. Demand was good on a moderate to heavy supply. Over all and attractive offering of calves and yearlings all sold on and active market with several part loads and pot loads of yearlings over 700 lbs. Nice offering of slaughter steers and heifers all sold with a firm undertone with slaughter cows selling firm to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $344.56/cwt on 170 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −108.34 against this barn's trailing median of $452.89.
Average price
$344.56
170 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,923
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$189
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$32.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.84
vs MO average
+3.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558351.671,964133
Medium and Large 1-2556318.981,77537
One grade step is worth $32.70/cwt here — about $189 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 sale170 hd
344.56
—
MO average15 barns · 3,681 hd
335.72
+8.84
National average147 barns · 15,667 hd
340.94
+3.62
This barn, trailing median26 sales
452.89
−108.34
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—High1,898169.503,21810
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,499133.081,99518
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,785130.162,3237thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,264127.661,61326
CowsLean 85-90%Low985116.031,14324
HeifersChoiceAverage1,252209.002,6172thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,230197.002,4232thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,446206.732,98938
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,350199.522,6946thin
SteersSelectAverage1,642186.003,0542thin

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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1389419.00/cwt412.50–427.501,6309
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419366.58/cwt358.00–370.001,53611
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423383.61/cwt374.00–402.501,62320
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482331.87/cwt322.00–342.001,60012
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484379.26/cwt364.00–390.001,83631
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2495316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,5645
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531331.03/cwt326.00–335.001,75814
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1536367.62/cwt355.00–380.001,97045
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570343.52/cwt327.00–360.001,95888
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572311.64/cwt300.00–327.001,78323
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed608342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,07913
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625296.64/cwt277.00–306.001,85425
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627318.33/cwt308.00–332.001,99694
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed666315.50/cwt315.00–316.002,10112
Steers650–700Large 1671291.50/cwt291.50–291.501,95611
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674300.66/cwt293.00–310.002,026151
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675279.73/cwt278.00–283.001,88819
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy702265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8604
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1726289.84/cwt285.00–297.502,104214
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2731273.47/cwt259.00–283.001,99920
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770278.89/cwt270.50–284.002,147112
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2783262.92/cwt260.00–269.002,0599
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy814264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,1495
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825268.12/cwt265.25–274.002,21296
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1856270.92/cwt263.00–271.502,31975
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2872251.40/cwt248.50–258.002,19214
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy897258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,3148
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2368320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1783
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy407371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,5105
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415320.82/cwt317.50–325.001,33111
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428338.31/cwt327.50–355.001,44814
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471339.11/cwt325.00–352.001,59748
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524318.75/cwt302.00–329.001,67085
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy559260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4535
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575298.88/cwt293.00–302.001,71987
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585284.52/cwt281.00–288.001,66417
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2590257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,5199
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616271.62/cwt269.00–274.001,67315
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625288.49/cwt280.00–295.001,803104
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1667279.92/cwt274.25–286.501,86795
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682263.84/cwt258.00–269.001,79920
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy705262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,8474
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1711266.83/cwt260.00–269.001,897117
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement716285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,04116
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735264.68/cwt261.00–268.001,94516
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775253.77/cwt253.00–254.001,96747
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1793256.32/cwt255.75–258.002,03327
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1814252.29/cwt250.00–255.002,05414
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2831246.00/cwt246.00–246.002,0447
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1950229.50/cwt229.50–229.502,1803
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1335380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2733
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,6223
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2583278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,6215
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,350199.52/cwt199.00–200.002,6946
Steers—Choice1,446206.73/cwt205.00–208.502,98938
Steers—Select1,642186.00/cwt186.00–186.003,0542
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,230197.00/cwt197.00–197.002,4232
Heifers—Choice1,252209.00/cwt209.00–209.002,6172
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,884163.49/cwt160.00–165.003,0804
Bulls——1,908173.50/cwt169.00–181.003,3106
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%949116.44/cwt111.50–125.001,1059
Cows—Lean 85-90%954102.58/cwt99.00–107.009799
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,085135.58/cwt130.00–143.501,4716
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,213124.95/cwt120.00–130.001,5168
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,255114.78/cwt112.00–118.001,4404
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,295135.26/cwt130.00–142.001,75213
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,295102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,3211
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,453115.51/cwt114.00–117.001,6782
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,495137.53/cwt131.00–143.002,05612
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,533128.53/cwt125.00–130.501,9704
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,738132.56/cwt130.00–137.502,3044
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,847126.96/cwt123.00–130.002,3453

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.