Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2025-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, feeder steers weighing 500-800 lbs and heifers weighing 400-750 lbs all sold 10.00-20.00 higher, with two pot loads of heifers off the same consignment from two weeks ago weighing 1135 lbs trading 6.00 higher. Demand was very good on a heavy supply of feeders. Over all quality on the feeders was very good and ran very deep as buyers were very active to purchase feeders. Several stick out sales included 98 head of 1135 lb heifers at 215.00, 30 hd of replacement quality heifers weighing 854 lbs at 259.00, 27 steers weighing 794 lbs at 283.50 and 23 hd of 700 lb steers at 325.00. Slaughter steers and heifers sold firm to 4.00 higher with a large offering of slaughter cows trading fully steady to firm. It was an exciting day at EMC with a large crowd on hand, as EMC held their 2nd Border Wars Livestock Auctioneer Contest. Contestants had to auction at a livestock market in Missouri or a state that borders Missouri with 19 contestants entered for the competition. Preliminaries started at 9:00 with contestants competing for the top 10 positions that would compete for the Championship after lunch. Jay Romine with Blue Grass Marketing Group, Lexington, KY was awarded Champion with Quest Flesner with F & T Livestock, Palmyra, MO reserve champion and Tyler Bell with Oklahoma National Stockyards, OK runner-up. Jay Romine was chosen also as the People's Choice Award voted on by the people to raise money for First Candle an organization committed to the elimination of SIDS as a very generous amount was raised for this good cause.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $320.90/cwt on 253 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −86.12 against this barn's trailing median of $407.03.

Average price

$320.90

253 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,750

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$338

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

$79.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.98

vs MO average

+5.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	331.21	1,795	195
Medium and Large 1-2	553	292.60	1,617	49
Medium and Large 2	579	251.67	1,457	9thin

One grade step is worth $79.54/cwt here — about $338 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 sale253 hd

320.90

—

MO average16 barns · 2,735 hd

316.93

+3.98

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

+5.94

This barn, trailing median30 sales

407.03

−86.12

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	1,862	173.83	3,237	19
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,768	142.27	2,516	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,478	140.17	2,072	48
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,248	135.35	1,689	65
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,030	123.58	1,273	28
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,352	213.22	2,883	10
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,425	212.10	3,022	18
Steers	Choice	Average	1,202	205.00	2,464	3thin

Every lot, as filed

96 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	524	356.56/cwt	355.00–367.00	1,868	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	402	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,709	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	372	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,447	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	688	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,706	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	309.41/cwt	301.00–316.50	1,779	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	302	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,367	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	420.49/cwt	419.00–424.00	1,510	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	398	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,453	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	357.52/cwt	340.00–370.50	2,045	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	342.56/cwt	334.00–351.00	2,117	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,316	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	700	325.56/cwt	325.00–327.00	2,279	32
Steers	Large 1	800–850	842	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,181	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,446	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	291	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,120	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	340.06/cwt	315.00–351.00	1,765	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	275.16/cwt	273.00–279.00	2,141	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,427	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,513	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	691	226.02/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,562	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	289.62/cwt	274.00–299.00	1,662	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	379	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,406	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	386	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,341	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	365.09/cwt	348.00–377.00	1,552	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	697	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,641	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	313.29/cwt	300.00–332.00	1,776	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	287.48/cwt	280.00–298.00	1,929	105
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,964	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,632	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,514	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,659	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	588	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,311	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	618	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,971	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,727	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	980	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,019	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,749	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	400.88/cwt	392.00–410.00	1,740	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,578	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,806	5
Bulls	—	—	1,902	169.31/cwt	162.00–176.00	3,220	13
Bulls	—	—	1,776	183.61/cwt	178.00–189.00	3,261	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	119.94/cwt	111.00–124.00	1,470	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	132.13/cwt	125.00–138.00	1,650	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	143.04/cwt	139.00–150.00	1,792	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	137.53/cwt	129.50–141.00	2,015	21
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,820	147.38/cwt	143.00–153.00	2,682	4
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,352	213.22/cwt	213.00–214.00	2,883	10
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,425	212.10/cwt	210.00–213.50	3,022	18
Steers	Choice	—	1,202	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,464	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	146.37/cwt	142.00–153.50	2,193	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,446	123.99/cwt	123.00–125.00	1,793	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	123.86/cwt	118.00–128.00	1,294	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	134.87/cwt	130.00–145.50	1,373	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	107.00/cwt	98.00–113.00	1,097	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,734	138.86/cwt	134.00–141.00	2,408	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	414.63/cwt	410.00–421.00	1,766	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	274.85/cwt	270.00–279.50	2,248	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	379.84/cwt	366.00–397.00	1,975	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	938	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	2,312	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	284.20/cwt	278.50–290.00	2,225	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	324.32/cwt	303.00–333.00	2,183	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	309.46/cwt	303.00–312.00	1,897	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,571	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	286	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,165	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	303.88/cwt	296.00–311.00	2,188	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	264.30/cwt	260.00–270.00	2,051	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	380.28/cwt	377.50–385.00	1,875	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	372.79/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,786	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	287.92/cwt	287.00–290.00	2,139	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	270.56/cwt	268.00–274.00	1,834	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	324.96/cwt	320.00–332.50	1,826	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	350.90/cwt	342.50–355.00	1,832	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	296.49/cwt	281.00–306.00	2,001	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	728	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,166	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	848	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,188	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	854	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,212	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	412	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,648	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	678	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,885	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	950–1000	981	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,296	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,180	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	901	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,117	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	272.86/cwt	268.00–274.00	1,978	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	589	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,973	7
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,135	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,440	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	482	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,465	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	385.30/cwt	382.50–395.00	1,476	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	257.49/cwt	257.00–259.00	2,117	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	270.97/cwt	267.00–280.00	1,837	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	349.43/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,681	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	297.86/cwt	291.00–307.00	1,874	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	339.69/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,481	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	295.47/cwt	290.00–303.00	1,572	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	251.67/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,457	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,046	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	324.55/cwt	324.00–326.00	1,555	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	275.80/cwt	265.00–287.00	1,704	42

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 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,743Last week 388Year ago 319

Slaughter CattleReceipts 330Last week 190Year ago 260

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	402	425.00	425.00
22	500–550	524	355.00–367.00	356.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	372	389.00	389.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	688	248.00	248.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	302	452.50	452.50
5	350–400	378	417.50	417.50
6	400–450	434	392.00–410.00	400.88
5	500–550	549	329.00	329.00
11	550–600	575	301.00–316.50	309.41
7	650–700	675	291.00	291.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	463	327.00	327.00
10	500–550	528	309.00	309.00
6	600–650	627	279.00	279.00
4	650–700	680	254.00	254.00
3	750–800	775	214.00	214.00
5	950–1000	980	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	445.00	445.00
7	350–400	359	419.00–424.00	420.49
11	400–450	426	410.00–421.00	414.63
8	450–500	493	377.50–385.00	380.28
74	500–550	520	366.00–397.00	379.84
115	550–600	572	340.00–370.50	357.52
137	600–650	618	334.00–351.00	342.56
91	650–700	673	303.00–333.00	324.32
87	700–750	720	296.00–311.00	303.88
53	750–800	783	278.50–290.00	284.20
54	800–850	818	270.00–279.50	274.85
7	850–900	874	265.00	265.00
14	900–950	938	246.50	246.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	398	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	700–750	700	325.00–327.00	325.56
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	842	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	286	407.50	407.50
3	400–450	408	385.00	385.00
11	450–500	479	370.00–375.00	372.79
10	500–550	522	342.50–355.00	350.90
17	550–600	562	320.00–332.50	324.96
7	600–650	613	303.00–312.00	309.46
25	650–700	675	281.00–306.00	296.49
13	700–750	743	287.00–290.00	287.92
9	750–800	776	260.00–270.00	264.30
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	678	268.00–274.00	270.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	678	278.00	278.00
8	950–1000	981	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	291	385.00	385.00
15	400–450	436	330.00–347.50	339.69
14	450–500	479	324.00–326.00	324.55
25	500–550	532	290.00–303.00	295.47
24	550–600	574	274.00–299.00	289.62
42	600–650	618	265.00–287.00	275.80
131	650–700	678	267.00–280.00	270.97
5	800–850	835	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	383	382.50–395.00	385.30
41	400–450	425	348.00–377.00	365.09
25	450–500	481	335.00–360.00	349.43
107	500–550	519	315.00–351.00	340.06
75	550–600	567	300.00–332.00	313.29
54	600–650	629	291.00–307.00	297.86
105	650–700	671	280.00–298.00	287.48
35	700–750	725	268.00–274.00	272.86
39	750–800	778	273.00–279.00	275.16
21	800–850	822	257.00–259.00	257.49
5	900–950	901	235.00	235.00
18	950–1000	952	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	492	290.00	290.00
9	550–600	579	245.00–257.00	251.67
3	600–650	633	239.00	239.00
6	650–700	691	220.00–232.00	226.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	379	371.00	371.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	386	347.50	347.50
4	450–500	482	304.00	304.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	697	235.50	235.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	588	393.00	393.00
11	600–650	618	319.00	319.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
12	700–750	728	297.50	297.50
15	800–850	848	258.00	258.00
30	850–900	854	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	412	400.00	400.00
7	550–600	589	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
98	1100–1150	1,135	215.00	215.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,902	162.00–176.00	169.31
6	—	1,776	178.00–189.00	183.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,226	111.00–124.00	119.94
31	—	1,249	125.00–138.00	132.13
27	—	1,253	139.00–150.00	143.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,465	129.50–141.00	137.53
22	—	1,498	142.00–153.50	146.37
5	—	1,446	123.00–125.00	123.99
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,820	143.00–153.00	147.38
6	—	1,734	134.00–141.00	138.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,045	118.00–128.00	123.86
10	—	1,018	130.00–145.50	134.87
7	—	1,025	98.00–113.00	107.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,352	213.00–214.00	213.22
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,425	210.00–213.50	212.10
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,202	205.00	205.00

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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