Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2025-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a very light offering of feeders selling mostly in small packages and singles but for the most part all sold right in line with last weeks price ranges on comparable weights and quality. Slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher with slaughter cows trading mostly steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $289.16/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −117.86 against this barn's trailing median of $407.03.

Average price

$289.16

31 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,623

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$88

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

$30.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.84

vs MO average

−15.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	308.57	1,678	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	571	278.49	1,589	20

One grade step is worth $30.09/cwt here — about $88 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.

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 sale31 hd

289.16

—

MO average16 barns · 2,738 hd

304.01

−14.84

National average185 barns · 16,988 hd

305.02

−15.86

This barn, trailing median30 sales

407.03

−117.86

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	1,925	174.64	3,362	20
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,713	143.71	2,461	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,477	141.05	2,084	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,255	135.71	1,704	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,036	124.74	1,292	14
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,470	209.50	3,080	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,295	205.35	2,659	7thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,239	195.25	2,419	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,359	204.17	2,775	11

Every lot, as filed

63 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,033	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,761	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	355.67/cwt	351.00–360.00	1,849	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,486	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	288.98/cwt	286.00–292.00	1,529	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	279.59/cwt	267.00–285.00	1,661	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	862	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,177	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	422	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,249	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,827	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	348.32/cwt	340.00–351.00	1,965	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,006	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	575	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,495	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,549	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	1,397	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,680	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	572	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,830	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	369.48/cwt	368.00–371.00	1,755	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,913	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,461	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	334.20/cwt	332.50–336.00	1,915	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	316.47/cwt	313.00–327.50	2,019	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	332.35/cwt	323.00–340.00	1,742	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,649	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	318.23/cwt	312.00–328.00	1,731	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	217.36/cwt	215.00–221.00	1,658	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	361.93/cwt	347.00–369.00	1,509	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,782	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	251.51/cwt	249.00–254.00	1,773	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	311.04/cwt	302.00–326.00	1,645	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	326.79/cwt	312.00–337.50	1,369	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	680	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,251	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,479	144.18/cwt	140.00–153.00	2,132	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	135.57/cwt	133.50–137.00	1,406	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	122.76/cwt	116.00–129.00	1,264	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,750	134.78/cwt	129.50–140.50	2,359	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,446	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,694	148.17/cwt	144.50–154.50	2,510	4
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,470	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	3,080	2
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,121	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,197	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,435	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	2,784	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,295	205.35/cwt	204.50–206.00	2,659	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	143.18/cwt	137.50–146.50	1,767	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	136.61/cwt	132.50–139.00	2,015	12
Steers	Choice	—	1,359	204.17/cwt	201.00–207.00	2,775	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	132.74/cwt	126.00–136.00	1,687	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,418	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,226	1
Bulls	—	—	1,920	184.16/cwt	179.00–190.00	3,536	7
Bulls	—	—	2,465	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	3,821	1
Bulls	—	—	1,883	170.73/cwt	162.00–175.00	3,215	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	298.32/cwt	296.00–300.00	1,862	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,323	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	348.00/cwt	344.00–351.00	1,674	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,742	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	380.94/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,379	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,733	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,389	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,871	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,586	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	324.46/cwt	308.00–335.00	1,551	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,991	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,865	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	375.07/cwt	362.00–390.00	1,448	9

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 Mar 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 388Last week 1,856Year ago 1,664

Slaughter CattleReceipts 190Last week 330Year ago 296

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	401.00	401.00
9	350–400	386	362.00–390.00	375.07
6	400–450	421	353.00	353.00
3	450–500	450	352.50	352.50
8	500–550	529	302.00–326.00	311.04
3	550–600	583	302.00	302.00
7	600–650	624	296.00–300.00	298.32
5	800–850	805	252.50	252.50
10	850–900	858	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	388	358.00	358.00
5	400–450	419	312.00–337.50	326.79
12	450–500	478	308.00–335.00	324.46
6	500–550	529	286.00–292.00	288.98
10	550–600	594	267.00–285.00	279.59
6	700–750	705	249.00–254.00	251.51
3	750–800	755	247.00	247.00
3	800–850	828	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	422	296.00	296.00
4	550–600	575	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	322	434.00	434.00
3	350–400	380	407.50	407.50
3	400–450	418	402.00	402.00
10	500–550	520	351.00–360.00	355.67
4	550–600	564	340.00–351.00	348.32
4	600–650	638	313.00–327.50	316.47
3	650–700	673	298.00	298.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	850–900	862	252.50	252.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	398.00	398.00
6	450–500	475	368.00–371.00	369.48
9	500–550	524	323.00–340.00	332.35
10	550–600	573	332.50–336.00	334.20
3	650–700	662	289.00	289.00
3	700–750	725	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	572	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	442	373.00	373.00
8	450–500	471	368.00	368.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	362	375.00–390.00	380.94
12	400–450	417	347.00–369.00	361.93
10	450–500	481	344.00–351.00	348.00
10	500–550	544	312.00–328.00	318.23
3	550–600	592	301.00	301.00
3	700–750	708	246.00	246.00
5	750–800	763	215.00–221.00	217.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	680	184.00	184.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,479	140.00–153.00	144.18
12	—	1,475	132.50–139.00	136.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,037	133.50–137.00	135.57
10	—	1,030	116.00–129.00	122.76
1	—	1,095	112.00	112.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,750	129.50–140.50	134.78
4	—	1,694	144.50–154.50	148.17
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	120.00	120.00
11	—	1,234	137.50–146.50	143.18
12	—	1,271	126.00–136.00	132.74
1	—	1,350	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,470	209.50	209.50
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,121	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,435	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,295	204.50–206.00	205.35
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,359	201.00–207.00	204.17
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,920	179.00–190.00	184.16
1	—	2,465	155.00	155.00
12	—	1,883	162.00–175.00	170.73

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