Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2025-02-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, feeder steers weighing 500-850 lbs and heifers weighing 500-700 lbs sold mostly 5.00-10.00 lower, with feeder heifers over 700 lbs selling with a lower undertone. Demand was moderate to good on a moderate offering. Overall quality did not run as deep as the last special with lower fed cattle trade over the last couple of weeks and lower cattle futures have feeder cattle prices coming down from their highs. Stick out sales included two pot loads of big yearling heifers one pot load at 1098 lbs trading at 218.25 and a pot load weighing 1206 lbs at 210.60. Slaughter steers and heifers sold on and active market steady to 3.00 higher with slaughter cows selling 3.00-6.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $333.39/cwt on 132 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −121.64 against this barn's trailing median of $455.03.

Average price

$333.39

132 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,861

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$214

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

$23.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.09

vs MO average

−5.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	342.23	1,943	82
Medium and Large 1-2	542	318.89	1,729	50

One grade step is worth $23.33/cwt here — about $214 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $499.75, low $396.50, median $455.03 across 25 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 sale132 hd

333.39

—

MO average8 barns · 1,835 hd

340.48

−7.09

National average155 barns · 9,244 hd

338.67

−5.28

This barn, trailing median25 sales

455.03

−121.64

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	—	High	1,822	176.96	3,224	9thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,793	136.40	2,445	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,488	134.81	2,006	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,237	134.37	1,662	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,020	117.83	1,201	9thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,384	209.50	2,899	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,239	206.02	2,553	16
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,501	210.39	3,158	14
Steers	Choice	Average	1,404	205.65	2,887	11

Every lot, as filed

70 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 1Fleshy	850–900	858	258.75/cwt	258.75–258.75	2,220	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	258.44/cwt	257.00–262.25	1,902	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	331.59/cwt	320.00–343.00	1,257	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	851	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,213	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	385.79/cwt	371.00–392.00	1,802	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	312.44/cwt	307.00–316.50	1,925	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	2,150	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,920	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,407	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	719	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,812	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	833	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,149	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,010	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	358.37/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,688	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	832	256.13/cwt	256.00–257.00	2,131	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	744	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,024	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	339.03/cwt	329.00–344.00	1,963	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,489	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	332.88/cwt	325.00–343.00	1,431	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	277.19/cwt	270.00–281.50	1,996	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,472	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	275.17/cwt	263.50–278.50	2,124	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	320.13/cwt	312.00–329.00	1,857	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	318.07/cwt	310.00–331.00	1,644	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	296.09/cwt	292.00–302.00	1,856	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	618	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,089	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	334.97/cwt	332.50–337.50	1,290	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	296.24/cwt	290.00–304.50	1,964	43
Steers	Large 1	700–750	738	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,048	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	285.25/cwt	275.00–298.50	1,903	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	614	246.87/cwt	241.00–250.00	1,516	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	278.28/cwt	271.00–284.00	1,444	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	266.01/cwt	256.00–272.00	1,498	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	695	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,807	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,786	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,361	4
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,384	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	2,899	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	129.11/cwt	125.00–137.00	1,369	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	139.60/cwt	135.00–148.00	2,063	9
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,745	141.16/cwt	140.00–142.00	2,463	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	120.49/cwt	120.00–121.00	1,753	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,511	132.75/cwt	130.00–135.00	2,006	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,404	205.65/cwt	200.50–208.00	2,887	11
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,501	210.39/cwt	210.00–210.50	3,158	14
Heifers	Choice	—	1,239	206.02/cwt	204.50–207.00	2,553	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	130.35/cwt	125.00–134.00	1,609	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	122.03/cwt	120.00–124.00	1,218	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,813	134.36/cwt	131.00–137.50	2,436	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	980	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	140.39/cwt	136.50–146.00	1,742	6
Bulls	—	—	1,822	176.96/cwt	173.00–185.00	3,224	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	246.11/cwt	238.00–250.25	1,993	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	800	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,048	12
Heifers	Large 1	1200–1250	1,206	210.60/cwt	210.60–210.60	2,540	45
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,098	218.25/cwt	218.25–218.25	2,396	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,594	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,313	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,457	3
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	627	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,643	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	284.97/cwt	278.00–295.00	1,613	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	267.00/cwt	257.00–279.00	1,682	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	694	257.49/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,787	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	270.68/cwt	266.00–277.00	1,814	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	404	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,281	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	451	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,236	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	257.19/cwt	256.50–259.00	1,983	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	280.89/cwt	278.00–284.00	1,725	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,145	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,276	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	284.29/cwt	277.00–287.50	2,044	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	350.95/cwt	339.00–363.00	1,885	22

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 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,552Last week 304Year ago 300

Slaughter CattleReceipts 155Last week 175Year ago 279

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	700–750	744	272.00	272.00
68	800–850	832	256.00–257.00	256.13
47	850–900	858	258.75	258.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	850–900	851	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	400.00	400.00
14	450–500	467	371.00–392.00	385.79
22	500–550	537	339.00–363.00	350.95
60	550–600	579	329.00–344.00	339.03
20	600–650	616	307.00–316.50	312.44
43	650–700	663	290.00–304.50	296.24
92	700–750	719	277.00–287.50	284.29
45	750–800	772	263.50–278.50	275.17
25	800–850	816	263.50	263.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	385	332.50–337.50	334.97
5	700–750	719	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	393	379.00	379.00
13	400–450	430	325.00–343.00	332.88
14	450–500	471	350.00–365.00	358.37
30	500–550	517	310.00–331.00	318.07
20	550–600	580	312.00–329.00	320.13
24	600–650	627	292.00–302.00	296.09
33	650–700	667	275.00–298.50	285.25
23	700–750	720	270.00–281.50	277.19
3	750–800	770	261.00	261.00
8	800–850	833	258.00	258.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	618	338.00	338.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	738	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	535	298.00	298.00
40	550–600	566	278.00–295.00	284.97
30	600–650	614	278.00–284.00	280.89
76	650–700	670	266.00–277.00	270.68
93	700–750	736	257.00–262.25	258.44
11	750–800	771	256.50–259.00	257.19
24	800–850	810	238.00–250.25	246.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	350.00	350.00
8	350–400	379	320.00–343.00	331.59
3	450–500	470	310.00	310.00
47	500–550	519	271.00–284.00	278.28
28	550–600	563	256.00–272.00	266.01
50	600–650	630	257.00–279.00	267.00
6	650–700	694	255.00–260.00	257.49
7	750–800	774	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	440	290.00	290.00
3	450–500	492	286.00	286.00
4	500–550	545	241.00	241.00
12	600–650	614	241.00–250.00	246.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	650–700	695	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	800–850	800	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	627	262.00	262.00
50	1050–1100	1,098	218.25	218.25
45	1200–1250	1,206	210.60	210.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	404	317.00	317.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	451	274.00	274.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	629	284.00	284.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	432	315.00	315.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,384	209.50	209.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,239	204.50–207.00	206.02
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,060	125.00–137.00	129.11
2	—	998	120.00–124.00	122.03
3	—	980	100.00	100.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,478	135.00–148.00	139.60
2	—	1,455	120.00–121.00	120.49
7	—	1,511	130.00–135.00	132.75
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,745	140.00–142.00	141.16
7	—	1,813	131.00–137.50	134.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,234	125.00–134.00	130.35
6	—	1,241	136.50–146.00	140.39
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,404	200.50–208.00	205.65
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,501	210.00–210.50	210.39
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,822	173.00–185.00	176.96

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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