Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2025-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeders were very lightly tested with a light offering, selling mostly in small packages and singles, but overall the better quality feeders sold right in line with last week's price ranges just not reaching some the highs as overall undertone was steady to weak. Demand was good on a light offering. Slaughter steers and heifers sold with a lower undertone on a light test with slaughter cows selling mostly 2.00-4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $287.70/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −119.33 against this barn's trailing median of $407.03.

Average price

$287.70

30 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,599

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$296

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$60.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.89

vs MO average

−11.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	300.00	1,674	20
Medium and Large 1-2	537	278.50	1,494	6thin
Medium and Large 2	574	240.00	1,378	4thin

One grade step is worth $60.00/cwt here — about $296 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.

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 sale30 hd

287.70

—

MO average17 barns · 3,752 hd

299.59

−11.89

National average192 barns · 21,303 hd

298.86

−11.16

This barn, trailing median30 sales

407.03

−119.33

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	1,715	166.46	2,855	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,505	127.29	1,916	27
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,707	126.94	2,167	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,248	124.86	1,558	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,048	108.09	1,132	22
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,225	201.15	2,464	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,340	204.28	2,737	6thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,588	200.00	3,176	2thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	259.07/cwt	251.00–268.00	2,008	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,449	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,285	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,378	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,850	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	309.55/cwt	309.00–310.00	1,904	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	289.39/cwt	287.00–292.00	1,956	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,810	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,022	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,674	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	266.14/cwt	264.00–267.00	1,685	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,204	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	326.13/cwt	323.00–329.00	1,879	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,991	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	577	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,812	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,400	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,296	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	888	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,954	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,634	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,699	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,779	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	329.18/cwt	328.00–331.00	1,445	5
Bulls	Medium 1-2Fleshy	600–650	637	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,338	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,054	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,533	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	334.41/cwt	332.50–337.00	1,311	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,534	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	317.52/cwt	316.00–319.00	1,473	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	269.80/cwt	269.00–272.00	1,711	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,961	3
Bulls	—	—	1,630	163.51/cwt	156.00–167.00	2,665	10
Bulls	—	—	1,928	173.85/cwt	172.00–175.00	3,352	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,542	136.08/cwt	134.00–138.50	2,098	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	116.09/cwt	111.00–121.00	1,724	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,027	114.22/cwt	109.00–119.00	1,173	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	123.08/cwt	121.00–126.50	1,250	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,302	133.41/cwt	132.50–134.50	1,737	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,588	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	3,176	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,225	201.15/cwt	200.00–202.00	2,464	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,340	204.28/cwt	203.50–205.00	2,737	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	101.73/cwt	96.00–107.00	1,089	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	86.61/cwt	83.50–91.00	947	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	114.67/cwt	107.00–120.00	1,424	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	126.63/cwt	121.50–131.50	1,559	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,707	126.94/cwt	122.00–131.50	2,167	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	128.25/cwt	122.50–132.00	1,921	15

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 Feb 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 304Last week 507Year ago 2,448

Slaughter CattleReceipts 175Last week 201Year ago 346

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	362	332.50	332.50
3	400–450	418	335.00	335.00
5	700–750	743	268.00	268.00
9	750–800	775	251.00–268.00	259.07
3	800–850	812	253.00	253.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	475	381.00	381.00
20	550–600	576	323.00–329.00	326.13
11	600–650	615	309.00–310.00	309.55
31	650–700	676	287.00–292.00	289.39
6	700–750	730	277.00	277.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	577	314.00	314.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	392	332.50–337.00	334.41
3	400–450	410	316.00	316.00
6	450–500	464	316.00–319.00	317.52
3	500–550	505	287.00	287.00
3	550–600	568	270.00	270.00
10	600–650	633	264.00–267.00	266.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	485	265.00	265.00
4	550–600	574	240.00	240.00
4	600–650	618	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	558	300.00	300.00
37	600–650	634	269.00–272.00	269.80
3	700–750	720	257.00	257.00
3	750–800	775	253.00	253.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	439	328.00–331.00	329.18
3	500–550	548	310.00	310.00
3	600–650	605	270.00	270.00
3	850–900	888	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	512	347.50	347.50
Bulls — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	637	210.00	210.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,630	156.00–167.00	163.51
4	—	1,928	172.00–175.00	173.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,542	134.00–138.50	136.08
6	—	1,485	111.00–121.00	116.09
15	—	1,498	122.50–132.00	128.25
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,027	109.00–119.00	114.22
4	—	1,016	121.00–126.50	123.08
7	—	1,070	96.00–107.00	101.73
3	—	1,093	83.50–91.00	86.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,302	132.50–134.50	133.41
8	—	1,242	107.00–120.00	114.67
17	—	1,231	121.50–131.50	126.63
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,707	122.00–131.50	126.94
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,588	200.00	200.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,340	203.50–205.00	204.28
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,225	200.00–202.00	201.15

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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