Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2025-07-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers sold steady to firm, with spots on the 5 weight heifers and 700-750 lb steers trading 5.00-7.00 higher on a light test. Offerings included a consignment of light weight steers and heifers weighing 250-310 lbs that were 45 days weaned with 2 rounds of shots that sold with good demand. Demand was good on a light offering. Slaughter steers and heifers sold steady with slaughter cows trading steady to firm. Cattle on Feed report was released Friday afternoon with On Feed came in at 98 percent, Placements came in at 92 percent and Marketings at 96 percent.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $352.63/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 2 of 30 comparable sales and sits −54.40 against this barn's trailing median of $407.03.

Average price

$352.63

37 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,959

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

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

$31.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.70

vs MO average

+12.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	360.32	2,004	28
Medium and Large 1-2	553	328.69	1,819	9thin

One grade step is worth $31.64/cwt here — about $185 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale37 hd

352.63

—

MO average12 barns · 946 hd

355.33

−2.70

National average146 barns · 6,788 hd

340.18

+12.45

This barn, trailing median30 sales

407.03

−54.40

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	1,810	194.41	3,519	7thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,844	177.09	3,265	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,478	170.34	2,518	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,241	164.95	2,047	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,078	146.95	1,584	15
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,225	233.50	2,860	9thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,072	228.00	2,444	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,334	233.54	3,115	16
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,396	230.60	3,219	22

Every lot, as filed

57 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 1-2	500–550	526	390.64/cwt	382.00–400.00	2,055	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,677	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	294	593.00/cwt	593.00–593.00	1,743	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	519.00/cwt	519.00–519.00	1,323	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	322.50/cwt	320.00–326.00	2,138	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,788	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,485	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	284	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,562	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	456.67/cwt	447.00–463.00	1,470	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	357.20/cwt	357.00–358.00	2,468	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	989	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	2,418	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,868	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,435	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	247	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,531	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,539	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	1,897	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	597	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,113	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	1,699	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	331.78/cwt	325.00–339.00	1,891	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	379.62/cwt	370.00–397.00	2,001	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,464	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,481	13
Steers	Choice	—	1,334	233.54/cwt	232.00–234.50	3,115	16
Heifers	Choice	—	1,225	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	2,860	9
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,396	230.60/cwt	230.00–231.50	3,219	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,101	133.98/cwt	128.00–138.00	1,475	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	173.31/cwt	170.00–179.00	1,832	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	180.80/cwt	176.50–188.00	2,667	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	154.77/cwt	145.00–161.00	1,879	6
Bulls	—	—	1,812	193.78/cwt	188.00–199.00	3,511	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,782	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	178.59/cwt	175.00–186.50	2,241	5
Heifers	Select	—	1,072	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,444	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	170.39/cwt	167.00–174.00	2,123	4
Bulls	—	—	2,060	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	4,367	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,059	149.29/cwt	146.00–153.00	1,581	5
Bulls	—	—	1,550	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,790	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	150.03/cwt	144.00–156.00	2,180	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	169.71/cwt	166.00–173.00	2,563	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,795	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	3,034	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	311.55/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,302	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,816	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	332.99/cwt	332.00–334.00	2,118	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	347.84/cwt	341.00–356.00	2,000	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,245	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,868	181.13/cwt	179.50–182.50	3,384	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,184	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,114	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,056	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,451	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,035	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	350.50/cwt	350.00–351.50	2,489	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	382.63/cwt	377.50–390.00	1,787	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,311	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,327	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	294.00/cwt	293.00–295.00	2,176	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	375.83/cwt	365.00–380.00	2,138	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 Jul 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 450Last week 230Year ago 855

Slaughter CattleReceipts 152Last week 270Year ago 162

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	284	550.00	550.00
2	350–400	360	472.00	472.00
3	400–450	447	400.00	400.00
3	450–500	460	406.00	406.00
6	500–550	526	382.00–400.00	390.64
9	550–600	569	365.00–380.00	375.83
6	600–650	623	330.00	330.00
7	700–750	744	334.00	334.00
3	750–800	788	311.00	311.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	200–250	247	620.00	620.00
13	250–300	294	593.00	593.00
3	400–450	415	437.50	437.50
16	600–650	627	393.00	393.00
19	650–700	691	357.00–358.00	357.20
18	700–750	710	350.00–351.50	350.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	377.50	377.50
9	450–500	467	377.50–390.00	382.63
3	500–550	520	322.50	322.50
6	550–600	570	325.00–339.00	331.78
7	600–650	630	323.00	323.00
22	650–700	663	320.00–326.00	322.50
16	700–750	740	293.00–295.00	294.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	255	519.00	519.00
12	300–350	322	447.00–463.00	456.67
11	500–550	527	370.00–397.00	379.62
17	550–600	575	341.00–356.00	347.84
6	600–650	636	332.00–334.00	332.99
13	650–700	693	358.00	358.00
19	700–750	739	310.00–320.00	311.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	631	335.00	335.00
3	700–750	748	292.00	292.00
4	750–800	764	302.50	302.50
5	800–850	808	288.00	288.00
4	950–1000	989	244.50	244.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	438	433.00	433.00
3	550–600	597	354.00	354.00
8	700–750	706	318.00	318.00
6	800–850	806	315.00	315.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,334	232.00–234.50	233.54
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,396	230.00–231.50	230.60
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,225	233.50	233.50
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,072	228.00	228.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,101	128.00–138.00	133.98
3	—	1,057	170.00–179.00	173.31
5	—	1,059	146.00–153.00	149.29
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,475	176.50–188.00	180.80
2	—	1,453	144.00–156.00	150.03
2	—	1,510	166.00–173.00	169.71
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,214	145.00–161.00	154.77
1	—	1,310	136.00	136.00
5	—	1,255	175.00–186.50	178.59
4	—	1,246	167.00–174.00	170.39
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,795	169.00	169.00
2	—	1,868	179.50–182.50	181.13
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,812	188.00–199.00	193.78
1	—	2,060	212.00	212.00
1	—	1,550	180.00	180.00

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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