Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2025-03-07

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Mar 7
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
388 head
▼ 1,468 vs last sale 1,856▼ 1,276 vs year ago 1,664 · −76.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
190 head
▼ 140 vs last sale 330▼ 106 vs year ago 296 · −35.8%
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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 classPick one — the panels below update

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 −109.98 against this barn's trailing median of $399.14.
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

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544308.571,67811thin
Medium and Large 1-2571278.491,58920
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.

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
399.14
−109.98
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

30 sales
454412371329median 399.1403/0604/2406/2609/1110/30
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.62, low $343.18, median $399.14 across 30 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—High1,925174.643,36220
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,713143.712,4616thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,477141.052,08429
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,255135.711,70425
CowsLean 85-90%High1,036124.741,29214
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,470209.503,0802thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,295205.352,6597thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,239195.252,4198thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,359204.172,77511

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322434.00/cwt434.00–434.001,3976
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2367398.00/cwt398.00–398.001,4613
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,5493
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,6803
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475369.48/cwt368.00–371.001,7556
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520355.67/cwt351.00–360.001,84910
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524332.35/cwt323.00–340.001,7429
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564348.32/cwt340.00–351.001,9654
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned572320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8303
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573334.20/cwt332.50–336.001,91510
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1638316.47/cwt313.00–327.502,0194
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2662289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,9133
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,0063
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,8273
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy862252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,17710
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,3233
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1386375.07/cwt362.00–390.001,4489
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2388358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,3894
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419326.79/cwt312.00–337.501,3695
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,4866
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned422296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,2494
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1450352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,5863
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478324.46/cwt308.00–335.001,55112
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529311.04/cwt302.00–326.001,6458
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529288.98/cwt286.00–292.001,5296
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned575260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4954
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,7613
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2594279.59/cwt267.00–285.001,66110
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624298.32/cwt296.00–300.001,8627
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2705251.51/cwt249.00–254.001,7736
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2755247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,8653
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1805252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,0335
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2828226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,8713
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1858232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,99110
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2362380.94/cwt375.00–390.001,3798
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2417361.93/cwt347.00–369.001,50912
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1442373.00/cwt373.00–373.001,6493
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1471368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,7338
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2481348.00/cwt344.00–351.001,67410
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2544318.23/cwt312.00–328.001,73110
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2592301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,7823
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned680184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,2513
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2708246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,7423
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2763217.36/cwt215.00–221.001,6585
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,359204.17/cwt201.00–207.002,77511
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,121196.00/cwt196.00–196.002,1975
Heifers—Choice1,295205.35/cwt204.50–206.002,6597
Heifers—Select and Choice1,435194.00/cwt194.00–194.002,7843
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,470209.50/cwt209.50–209.503,0802
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,883170.73/cwt162.00–175.003,21512
Bulls——1,920184.16/cwt179.00–190.003,5367
Bulls——2,465155.00/cwt155.00–155.003,8211
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,030122.76/cwt116.00–129.001,26410
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,037135.57/cwt133.50–137.001,4063
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,095112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,2261
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,205120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,4461
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,234143.18/cwt137.50–146.501,76711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,271132.74/cwt126.00–136.001,68712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,350105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,4181
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,475136.61/cwt132.50–139.002,01512
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,479144.18/cwt140.00–153.002,13217
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,694148.17/cwt144.50–154.502,5104
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,750134.78/cwt129.50–140.502,3592

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.