Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2025-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, steer calves weighing 450-500 lbs and steers weighing 650-750 lbs sold 10.00-15.00 higher, all other weights of feeder steers sold with a steady to firm undertone. Heifer calves weighing 400-550 lbs sold fully steady to firm, with 550-600 lbs trading 10.00-20.00 higher, spots 25.00 higher and over 600 lbs trading with a sharply higher undertone especially a pot load of 636 lb heifers with good weighing conditions at 334.50. Slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher and slaughter cows traded firm to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $351.73/cwt on 110 head. That ranks 2 of 30 comparable sales and sits −55.30 against this barn's trailing median of $407.03.

Average price

$351.73

110 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,938

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$93

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

$34.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.60

vs MO average

+17.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	354.24	1,944	102
Medium and Large 1-2	579	319.74	1,851	8thin

One grade step is worth $34.50/cwt here — about $93 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale110 hd

351.73

—

MO average16 barns · 4,371 hd

338.13

+13.60

National average158 barns · 12,726 hd

334.26

+17.47

This barn, trailing median30 sales

407.03

−55.30

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	1,758	196.22	3,450	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,476	155.32	2,292	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,235	154.29	1,905	47
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,770	154.21	2,730	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,033	144.38	1,492	18
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,518	185.00	2,808	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,343	227.86	3,060	15
Steers	Choice	Average	1,293	225.77	2,919	5thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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 1-2	400–450	446	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,773	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	2,060	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,692	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	319.74/cwt	311.00–329.00	1,851	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	819	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,293	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	317	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,284	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	633	334.69/cwt	334.50–337.00	2,119	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	317.75/cwt	316.00–320.50	2,237	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	395.23/cwt	387.50–404.00	1,707	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	426.62/cwt	410.00–445.00	1,617	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,223	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	302.60/cwt	299.00–308.00	1,943	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,307	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	316.22/cwt	308.00–327.00	1,973	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	354.53/cwt	340.00–366.00	1,854	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	392.34/cwt	385.00–410.00	2,036	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,960	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	352.11/cwt	350.00–356.00	2,229	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	376.43/cwt	365.00–391.00	2,172	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	506	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,923	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	2,323	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	307.77/cwt	306.00–312.00	2,081	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	354.92/cwt	342.50–362.50	2,073	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	372.78/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,793	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,708	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,027	137.35/cwt	134.00–142.00	1,411	6
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,798	150.73/cwt	147.50–153.50	2,710	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	151.34/cwt	146.50–154.00	2,249	18
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,518	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,808	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	158.80/cwt	154.00–167.50	1,963	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	133.97/cwt	131.00–137.00	1,628	3
Bulls	—	—	1,790	204.67/cwt	167.50–218.50	3,664	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,748	157.00/cwt	155.50–158.00	2,744	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,303	1
Bulls	—	—	1,776	191.79/cwt	185.00–197.00	3,406	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	148.21/cwt	142.00–153.00	1,833	13
Bulls	—	—	1,578	175.68/cwt	172.00–180.00	2,772	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	415.06/cwt	407.50–422.50	1,822	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,039	152.77/cwt	148.00–157.00	1,587	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,456	160.15/cwt	155.50–166.50	2,332	18
Steers	Choice	—	1,293	225.77/cwt	225.00–227.00	2,919	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,343	227.86/cwt	224.50–228.50	3,060	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	123.52/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,264	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	371.40/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,586	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	386.51/cwt	385.00–387.50	1,979	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	350.01/cwt	331.00–362.00	2,041	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	422.99/cwt	417.00–435.00	1,920	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,205	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	419	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,854	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,444	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	405.01/cwt	402.50–407.50	1,539	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	420.01/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,764	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	282.77/cwt	275.00–286.00	2,078	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	389	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,459	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,991	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	373.41/cwt	372.50–374.00	1,822	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	342.77/cwt	336.00–352.00	1,638	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,095	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	371.70/cwt	345.00–380.00	2,000	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	405.87/cwt	402.50–407.50	1,956	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,493	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,216	5

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 23, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,123Last week 390Year ago 950

Slaughter CattleReceipts 260Last week 286Year ago 140

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	446	397.50	397.50
10	600–650	642	299.00–308.00	302.60
3	850–900	860	239.50	239.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	439	407.50–422.50	415.06
10	500–550	512	385.00–387.50	386.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	345	495.00	495.00
3	350–400	360	470.00	470.00
20	450–500	454	417.00–435.00	422.99
38	500–550	519	385.00–410.00	392.34
29	550–600	577	365.00–391.00	376.43
14	600–650	633	350.00–356.00	352.11
13	700–750	704	316.00–320.50	317.75
19	750–800	759	304.00	304.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	389	375.00	375.00
10	450–500	488	372.50–374.00	373.41
8	600–650	626	318.00	318.00
7	800–850	819	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	379	410.00–445.00	426.62
17	400–450	420	400.00–430.00	420.01
13	450–500	482	402.50–407.50	405.87
37	500–550	538	345.00–380.00	371.70
22	550–600	584	342.50–362.50	354.92
5	750–800	772	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	317	405.00	405.00
6	350–400	380	402.50–407.50	405.01
19	400–450	427	360.00–380.00	371.40
13	450–500	478	336.00–352.00	342.77
8	550–600	579	311.00–329.00	319.74
4	650–700	695	282.00	282.00
10	700–750	735	275.00–286.00	282.77
4	750–800	759	276.00	276.00
3	850–900	875	254.00	254.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	419	442.50	442.50
7	500–550	506	380.00	380.00
76	600–650	633	334.50–337.00	334.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	432	387.50–404.00	395.23
34	450–500	481	365.00–385.00	372.78
49	500–550	523	340.00–366.00	354.53
46	550–600	583	331.00–362.00	350.01
9	600–650	624	308.00–327.00	316.22
18	650–700	676	306.00–312.00	307.77
69	700–750	730	302.00	302.00
5	750–800	786	295.50	295.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	380.00	380.00
5	400–450	408	366.00	366.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,027	134.00–142.00	137.35
10	—	1,039	148.00–157.00	152.77
2	—	1,023	120.00–128.00	123.52
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,798	147.50–153.50	150.73
5	—	1,748	155.50–158.00	157.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,486	146.50–154.00	151.34
1	—	1,645	140.00	140.00
18	—	1,456	155.50–166.50	160.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,236	154.00–167.50	158.80
3	—	1,215	131.00–137.00	133.97
13	—	1,237	142.00–153.00	148.21
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,518	185.00	185.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,790	167.50–218.50	204.67
6	—	1,776	185.00–197.00	191.79
2	—	1,578	172.00–180.00	175.68
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,293	225.00–227.00	225.77
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,343	224.50–228.50	227.86

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