Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2025-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special three weeks ago, a very limited comparison with this week's much larger offering, especially of yearlings and a much larger consignments of unweaned calves. Overall the undertone is lower especially on yearling steers and calves, but a consignment of 100 hd of 1071 lb heifers sold with very good demand. The market held up very well despite the Feeder Cattle contracts ending the week on Friday in a free fall with the front 4 months down 4.82 to 7.32, after Tuesday's limit down move of 9.25. Front end quality calves are still sought after as are yearlings. Several consignments of unweaned calves overall were good quality but the variance of quality, planier kinds, flesh, vaccination programs all play in the demand for them. Stick out sale included the 100 hd of 1071 lb heifers at 273.00 and 45 hd of lighter sisters weighing 941 lbs at 291.50. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-8.00 lower with slaughter steers and heifers trading with a lower undertone on a light offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $412.14/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 3 of 25 comparable sales and sits −42.89 against this barn's trailing median of $455.03.

Average price

$412.14

88 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,342

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$213

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

$30.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.01

vs MO average

−1.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	420.70	2,403	63
Medium and Large 1-2	561	390.59	2,190	25

One grade step is worth $30.11/cwt here — about $213 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale88 hd

412.14

—

MO average16 barns · 2,915 hd

423.15

−11.01

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

−1.38

This barn, trailing median25 sales

455.03

−42.89

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	1,852	205.72	3,810	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,483	167.47	2,483	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,246	166.76	2,077	36
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,750	160.98	2,817	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,059	149.46	1,582	14
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,224	235.15	2,878	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,161	231.47	2,687	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,412	237.13	3,348	8thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,354	234.75	3,179	4thin

Every lot, as filed

87 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	350–400	376	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,701	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	370.46/cwt	363.00–375.00	2,497	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,607	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	369.46/cwt	368.00–372.00	1,947	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	417.39/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,574	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	327.10/cwt	320.00–329.00	2,895	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	360.28/cwt	347.00–374.00	2,082	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	389	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,572	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,460	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	942	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,496	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	359.90/cwt	355.00–373.00	2,588	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	420.10/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,970	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,125	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	384.43/cwt	362.50–392.00	2,391	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	989	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,611	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	313.57/cwt	311.00–316.00	1,950	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	416.56/cwt	407.50–427.50	1,974	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	585	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,094	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	426.82/cwt	417.00–434.00	2,458	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	489	394.88/cwt	376.00–401.00	1,931	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	534	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,149	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	382.95/cwt	357.50–400.00	1,823	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	536	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,283	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	525	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,037	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	359.25/cwt	352.50–363.00	2,177	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	394	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,852	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	596	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,223	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,818	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	337.25/cwt	337.25–337.25	2,985	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	331.25/cwt	331.25–331.25	3,041	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	374.02/cwt	366.00–390.00	2,906	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	342.81/cwt	339.00–345.00	2,506	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	846	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,758	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	492	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,153	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	382.68/cwt	379.50–387.00	2,686	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	334.25/cwt	334.25–334.25	2,530	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	387.17/cwt	380.00–391.75	2,571	67
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,354	234.75/cwt	234.00–235.00	3,179	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,224	235.15/cwt	234.00–237.00	2,878	8
Heifers	Select	—	1,161	231.47/cwt	230.00–232.00	2,687	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	132.31/cwt	127.50–137.00	1,347	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	167.00/cwt	162.00–173.00	1,770	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,472	170.11/cwt	164.00–172.50	2,504	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,254	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	145.46/cwt	139.00–150.00	1,561	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	174.75/cwt	172.50–178.00	2,246	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,509	156.32/cwt	149.00–161.00	2,359	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,476	174.55/cwt	173.00–177.00	2,576	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,412	237.13/cwt	237.00–238.00	3,348	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	166.15/cwt	163.00–171.00	2,064	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	158.21/cwt	152.00–162.50	1,906	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,750	160.98/cwt	159.00–162.50	2,817	3
Bulls	—	—	1,490	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,533	1
Bulls	—	—	1,868	213.57/cwt	209.00–221.00	3,989	7
Bulls	—	—	1,914	200.92/cwt	195.00–205.00	3,846	4
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	462	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,649	3
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	486	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,580	5
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,016	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,926	4
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,071	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,924	100
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,012	282.48/cwt	280.00–284.00	2,859	16
Heifers	Large 1	900–950	941	291.50/cwt	291.50–291.50	2,743	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,777	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	721	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,646	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	372.35/cwt	369.00–377.50	2,104	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	620	403.06/cwt	393.00–405.50	2,499	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	341.51/cwt	339.00–352.00	2,841	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	421	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,789	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,873	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	310.01/cwt	306.00–312.00	2,201	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,918	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,234	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	351.30/cwt	351.00–352.00	2,213	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,937	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,560	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	600	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,968	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,740	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	656	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,080	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,910	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	394.50/cwt	394.50–394.50	2,107	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	375.59/cwt	373.00–380.00	1,900	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	382.73/cwt	371.00–387.00	1,699	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,435	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,752	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	358.35/cwt	351.00–367.00	2,111	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	343.04/cwt	336.00–347.00	2,336	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	957	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,536	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	389.07/cwt	386.00–393.00	2,222	18

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 Sep 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,575Last week 403Year ago 1,277

Slaughter CattleReceipts 205Last week 240Year ago 180

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	376	452.50	452.50
6	400–450	428	437.50	437.50
9	450–500	469	410.00–430.00	420.10
7	500–550	534	394.50	394.50
18	550–600	571	386.00–393.00	389.07
20	600–650	622	362.50–392.00	384.43
8	650–700	674	363.00–375.00	370.46
11	700–750	719	355.00–373.00	359.90
3	750–800	757	362.00	362.00
4	800–850	800	320.00	320.00
19	850–900	885	320.00–329.00	327.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	326	545.00	545.00
45	550–600	576	417.00–434.00	426.82
67	650–700	664	380.00–391.75	387.17
44	700–750	702	379.50–387.00	382.68
33	750–800	777	366.00–390.00	374.02
28	800–850	832	339.00–352.00	341.51
59	850–900	885	337.25	337.25
40	900–950	918	331.25	331.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	394	470.00	470.00
7	450–500	492	437.50	437.50
11	500–550	536	426.00	426.00
7	550–600	596	373.00	373.00
41	600–650	620	393.00–405.50	403.06
19	700–750	721	367.00	367.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,016	288.00	288.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	483	397.00	397.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	425.00	425.00
5	400–450	438	415.00	415.00
19	500–550	527	368.00–372.00	369.46
12	550–600	578	347.00–374.00	360.28
6	600–650	622	311.00–316.00	313.57
12	700–750	710	306.00–312.00	310.01
4	800–850	834	295.00	295.00
3	900–950	942	265.00	265.00
8	950–1000	989	264.00	264.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	421	425.00	425.00
22	500–550	525	388.00	388.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	462	357.00	357.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	377	410.00–425.00	417.39
11	400–450	444	371.00–387.00	382.73
22	450–500	476	357.50–400.00	382.95
11	500–550	506	373.00–380.00	375.59
17	550–600	589	351.00–367.00	358.35
13	600–650	630	351.00–352.00	351.30
13	650–700	681	336.00–347.00	343.04
9	750–800	767	317.50	317.50
5	950–1000	957	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	389	404.00	404.00
4	600–650	600	328.00	328.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	474	407.50–427.50	416.56
14	500–550	530	401.00	401.00
24	550–600	565	369.00–377.50	372.35
38	600–650	606	352.50–363.00	359.25
31	700–750	731	339.00–345.00	342.81
17	750–800	757	334.25	334.25
6	800–850	846	326.00	326.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	489	376.00–401.00	394.88
21	500–550	534	402.50	402.50
18	550–600	585	358.00	358.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	486	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	900–950	941	291.50	291.50
16	1000–1050	1,012	280.00–284.00	282.48
100	1050–1100	1,071	273.00	273.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	480	365.00	365.00
4	500–550	532	359.00	359.00
5	600–650	635	305.00	305.00
4	650–700	656	317.00	317.00
3	700–750	730	306.00	306.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,354	234.00–235.00	234.75
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,412	237.00–238.00	237.13
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,224	234.00–237.00	235.15
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,161	230.00–232.00	231.47
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,018	127.50–137.00	132.31
5	—	1,060	162.00–173.00	167.00
1	—	1,045	120.00	120.00
6	—	1,073	139.00–150.00	145.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,472	164.00–172.50	170.11
8	—	1,509	149.00–161.00	156.32
7	—	1,476	173.00–177.00	174.55
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,285	172.50–178.00	174.75
20	—	1,242	163.00–171.00	166.15
7	—	1,205	152.00–162.50	158.21
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,750	159.00–162.50	160.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	170.00	170.00
7	—	1,868	209.00–221.00	213.57
4	—	1,914	195.00–205.00	200.92

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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