Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2025-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a very light offering of feeders sold mostly in small packages and singles were not well tested with similar average quality and weights trading within last week's price ranges. A nice offering of near 100 head of slaughter steers and heifers sold firm to 5.00 higher with slaughter cows selling fully steady to firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $314.57/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −92.45 against this barn's trailing median of $407.03.

Average price

$314.57

25 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,731

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$264

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

$47.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.28

vs MO average

−14.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	322.76	1,771	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	553	315.93	1,749	9thin
Medium and Large 2	548	275.00	1,507	3thin

One grade step is worth $47.76/cwt here — about $264 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 sale25 hd

314.57

—

MO average18 barns · 3,492 hd

335.86

−21.28

National average176 barns · 11,721 hd

329.34

−14.77

This barn, trailing median30 sales

407.03

−92.45

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	—	Low	1,663	184.58	3,071	40
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,456	147.06	2,141	25
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,753	147.05	2,578	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,226	146.42	1,795	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,029	126.83	1,304	19
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,380	216.09	2,982	40
Heifers	Select	Average	1,085	208.00	2,257	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,472	221.50	3,260	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,429	216.53	3,094	15
Steers	Select	Average	1,253	208.00	2,606	3thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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 2	700–750	726	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,960	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	303.94/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,483	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	706	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,977	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	267.85/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,829	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	379.39/cwt	370.00–386.00	1,438	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	403	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,439	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,923	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	354.82/cwt	350.00–364.00	1,881	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,258	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,531	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	321.79/cwt	310.00–331.00	2,008	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	369.96/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,635	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	373.46/cwt	367.50–377.50	1,774	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,007	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,308	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	354.37/cwt	340.00–361.00	1,683	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	309.11/cwt	308.00–310.00	1,858	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,127	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	336.67/cwt	336.00–337.50	1,734	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,568	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,831	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	117.81/cwt	105.00–136.00	1,255	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,451	136.33/cwt	134.50–138.00	1,978	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	156.24/cwt	150.00–163.50	2,258	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,710	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,651	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	157.16/cwt	151.00–165.50	1,894	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	142.65/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,459	5
Bulls	—	—	2,005	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	3,208	1
Bulls	—	—	1,604	186.29/cwt	184.00–197.00	2,988	26
Bulls	—	—	1,680	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	3,494	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	127.94/cwt	122.00–135.00	1,287	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,469	143.24/cwt	140.00–149.00	2,104	10
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,472	221.50/cwt	220.00–222.50	3,260	12
Steers	Select	—	1,253	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,606	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,775	143.08/cwt	140.50–146.00	2,540	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	133.34/cwt	128.00–138.00	1,620	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,380	216.09/cwt	214.50–218.00	2,982	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	935	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,085	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,257	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,976	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	678	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,932	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,588	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	144.92/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,819	17
Bulls	—	—	1,770	178.53/cwt	172.00–182.00	3,160	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,429	216.53/cwt	215.50–217.75	3,094	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	315.48/cwt	313.00–318.00	1,331	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,547	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	311.88/cwt	303.00–318.00	1,650	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	306.54/cwt	298.00–315.00	1,802	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,875	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,918	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,507	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,150	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,067	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	345.23/cwt	333.00–360.00	1,964	24

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 May 2, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 286Last week 1,740Year ago 446

Slaughter CattleReceipts 286Last week 375Year ago 338

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	726	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	403.00	403.00
16	500–550	530	350.00–364.00	354.82
24	550–600	569	333.00–360.00	345.23
19	600–650	624	310.00–331.00	321.79
3	650–700	652	317.00	317.00
3	750–800	768	280.00	280.00
3	800–850	818	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	678	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	422	313.00–318.00	315.48
5	450–500	488	300.00–310.00	303.94
3	500–550	548	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	342	382.50	382.50
9	350–400	379	370.00–386.00	379.39
3	400–450	403	357.00	357.00
4	450–500	490	320.00	320.00
5	500–550	529	303.00–318.00	311.88
4	550–600	584	321.00	321.00
9	650–700	683	260.00–275.00	267.85
4	700–750	706	280.00	280.00
3	750–800	790	254.00	254.00
3	800–850	815	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	395	402.00	402.00
16	450–500	475	340.00–361.00	354.37
7	500–550	515	336.00–337.50	336.67
6	550–600	588	298.00–315.00	306.54
9	600–650	601	308.00–310.00	309.11
3	650–700	685	280.00	280.00
7	700–750	709	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	442	365.00–375.00	369.96
5	450–500	475	367.50–377.50	373.46
3	750–800	763	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	588	336.00	336.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	340.00	340.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,065	105.00–136.00	117.81
5	—	1,023	140.00–147.00	142.65
7	—	1,006	122.00–135.00	127.94
1	—	995	94.00	94.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,451	134.50–138.00	136.33
10	—	1,445	150.00–163.50	156.24
10	—	1,469	140.00–149.00	143.24
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,710	155.00	155.00
2	—	1,775	140.50–146.00	143.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,205	151.00–165.50	157.16
12	—	1,215	128.00–138.00	133.34
17	—	1,255	140.00–149.00	144.92
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,005	160.00	160.00
26	—	1,604	184.00–197.00	186.29
2	—	1,680	208.00	208.00
11	—	1,770	172.00–182.00	178.53
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,472	220.00–222.50	221.50
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,253	208.00	208.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,429	215.50–217.75	216.53
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,380	214.50–218.00	216.09
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,085	208.00	208.00

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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