Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2025-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Friday's sale had light receipts of feeders that sold in small packages and singles and lightly tested. There was a nice offering of slaughter steers and heifers selling 4.00-6.00 higher and a nice offering of slaughter cows trading firm to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $370.60/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −84.43 against this barn's trailing median of $455.03.

Average price

$370.60

5 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,120

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−39.09

vs MO average

−11.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	572	370.60	2,120	5thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $499.75, low $396.50, median $455.03 across 25 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 sale5 hd

370.60

—

MO average9 barns · 652 hd

409.69

−39.09

National average143 barns · 4,821 hd

381.68

−11.08

This barn, trailing median25 sales

455.03

−84.43

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	1,877	213.37	4,006	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,825	190.00	3,468	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,479	177.46	2,624	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,235	175.53	2,168	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,066	158.06	1,684	22
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,440	248.00	3,571	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,258	240.07	3,020	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,395	241.01	3,362	37

Every lot, as filed

32 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	650–700	683	352.35/cwt	335.00–372.00	2,407	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,479	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,872	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,577	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	169.48/cwt	164.00–175.00	2,105	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	183.07/cwt	178.00–188.00	2,272	22
Heifers	Choice	—	1,258	240.07/cwt	237.00–243.50	3,020	11
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,440	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	3,571	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,825	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,468	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	182.71/cwt	180.00–187.00	2,691	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	504	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,840	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,813	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,609	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	372.78/cwt	367.50–376.00	1,968	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,037	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	374.59/cwt	369.00–380.00	2,012	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,921	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	752	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,124	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	370.60/cwt	356.00–380.00	2,120	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	373.75/cwt	349.00–381.00	2,325	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,487	172.64/cwt	165.00–183.00	2,567	14
Bulls	—	—	1,543	196.95/cwt	190.00–205.00	3,039	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	155.68/cwt	150.00–163.00	1,666	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,150	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,166	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	560	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,971	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	141.89/cwt	139.00–146.00	1,586	5
Bulls	—	—	1,925	215.72/cwt	209.00–221.00	4,153	14
Steers	Choice	—	1,395	241.01/cwt	237.50–242.50	3,362	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,014	175.89/cwt	172.00–179.00	1,784	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	158.22/cwt	151.00–162.00	1,856	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,335	1

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 Aug 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 175Last week 450Year ago 135

Slaughter CattleReceipts 210Last week 152Year ago 140

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	485	420.00	420.00
5	550–600	572	356.00–380.00	370.60
16	600–650	622	349.00–381.00	373.75
10	650–700	683	335.00–372.00	352.35
3	700–750	740	335.00	335.00
6	750–800	758	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	504	365.00	365.00
3	550–600	563	332.50	332.50
3	600–650	608	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	537	369.00–380.00	374.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	752	282.50	282.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	330	487.50	487.50
4	450–500	459	395.00	395.00
9	500–550	528	367.50–376.00	372.78
3	550–600	560	384.00	384.00
3	600–650	610	355.00	355.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	560	352.00	352.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,242	164.00–175.00	169.48
22	—	1,241	178.00–188.00	183.07
4	—	1,173	151.00–162.00	158.22
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,825	190.00	190.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,473	180.00–187.00	182.71
14	—	1,487	165.00–183.00	172.64
1	—	1,450	161.00	161.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,070	150.00–163.00	155.68
5	—	1,118	139.00–146.00	141.89
6	—	1,014	172.00–179.00	175.89
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,258	237.00–243.50	240.07
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	248.00	248.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,543	190.00–205.00	196.95
14	—	1,925	209.00–221.00	215.72
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,395	237.50–242.50	241.01

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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