Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2025-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, steer calves weighing under 550 lbs sold with a firm to higher undertone on a light offering from two weeks ago, 550-600 lbs sold firm to 6.00 higher, over 600 lbs traded steady to firm on comparable sales. Heifer calves weighing 450-600 lbs sold mostly 5.00-15.00 higher with 600-750 lbs trading steady on a light test, over 800- lbs pot loads and small groups all sold with a firm to higher undertone. Demand was good on a moderate offering. Stick out sales included a good quality offering of 66 hd of heifers weighing 887 lbs at 316.00 and 58 hd of heifers weighing 979 lbs at 302.25. Slaughter steers and heifers sold near steady on last weeks light offering with slaughter cows trading steady to firm.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $436.80/cwt on 156 head. That ranks 5 of 25 comparable sales and sits −18.23 against this barn's trailing median of $455.03.

Average price

$436.80

156 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,405

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

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

$25.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.10

vs MO average

+19.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	440.23	2,413	135
Medium and Large 1-2	567	414.78	2,351	21

One grade step is worth $25.45/cwt here — about $62 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

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 sale156 hd

436.80

—

MO average13 barns · 1,916 hd

427.70

+9.10

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

+19.71

This barn, trailing median25 sales

455.03

−18.23

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	1,871	199.47	3,732	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,649	172.91	2,851	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,498	164.03	2,457	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,256	159.52	2,003	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,065	135.57	1,443	19
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,250	232.00	2,900	4thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,171	228.50	2,676	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,459	234.92	3,427	23
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,332	228.94	3,049	14

Every lot, as filed

82 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,525	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	361.08/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,051	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,387	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	747	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,484	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	326.50/cwt	326.50–326.50	2,494	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	509	375.50/cwt	374.00–377.50	1,911	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	378.74/cwt	353.00–395.00	2,000	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,057	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	362.34/cwt	352.00–372.50	1,877	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	373.27/cwt	371.00–375.00	2,493	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,173	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	468	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,919	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	341.13/cwt	320.00–347.50	2,327	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	338.42/cwt	335.00–340.50	2,937	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	372.82/cwt	372.00–373.00	2,703	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	490.19/cwt	485.00–497.50	2,078	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	374.28/cwt	369.00–375.00	2,852	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	555	355.66/cwt	355.00–356.00	1,974	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	457	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,951	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	603	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,382	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,518	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	541	421.87/cwt	421.00–424.00	2,282	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,290	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	349.83/cwt	349.50–352.00	2,921	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,007	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,796	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,209	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	436.86/cwt	431.00–440.00	2,547	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	430.95/cwt	430.00–432.50	1,737	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	411.42/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,559	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	471.40/cwt	469.00–478.00	2,258	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	446.16/cwt	435.00–459.00	2,307	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	356.88/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,359	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	412.96/cwt	405.00–422.50	2,168	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,869	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	107.15/cwt	100.00–112.50	1,144	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,076	132.18/cwt	127.00–137.00	1,422	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,532	170.76/cwt	168.00–177.50	2,616	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	163.58/cwt	161.00–166.50	2,410	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,633	176.87/cwt	173.50–180.50	2,888	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,680	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,772	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,459	234.92/cwt	234.00–236.50	3,427	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	145.99/cwt	140.50–153.00	1,533	6
Bulls	—	—	1,800	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	3,348	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	149.61/cwt	140.00–155.00	1,876	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	170.37/cwt	168.00–175.00	2,126	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,458	148.04/cwt	142.50–151.50	2,158	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,332	228.94/cwt	227.50–230.50	3,049	14
Heifers	Choice	—	1,250	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,900	4
Bulls	—	—	1,779	211.10/cwt	206.00–215.00	3,755	4
Bulls	—	—	1,934	194.74/cwt	190.00–201.00	3,766	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	160.48/cwt	160.00–161.00	1,698	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,171	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	2,676	4
Steers	Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,060	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	3,095	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,000	291.40/cwt	289.00–295.00	2,914	10
Heifers	Large 1	800–850	804	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	2,577	5
Heifers	Large 1	850–900	887	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,803	66
Heifers	Large 1	950–1000	979	302.25/cwt	302.25–302.25	2,959	58
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	161.40/cwt	158.00–166.00	2,032	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,703	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	559	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,208	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	468	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,024	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	694	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,693	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	1,853	3
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,016	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,875	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	412.12/cwt	407.50–415.00	1,772	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	420.03/cwt	417.50–422.00	2,390	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	585	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,270	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	1,890	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	355.83/cwt	347.00–362.50	1,736	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	429.49/cwt	422.50–435.00	2,014	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,765	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	450.88/cwt	438.00–462.50	2,133	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,864	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,920	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	841	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,838	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	349.94/cwt	338.00–356.00	2,677	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,271	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	339	423.00/cwt	412.50–437.50	1,434	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	385.76/cwt	379.00–396.00	2,430	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,000	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	946	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,791	4

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 26, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,285Last week 394Year ago 904

Slaughter CattleReceipts 225Last week 250Year ago 205

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	339	412.50–437.50	423.00
3	350–400	392	389.00	389.00
8	400–450	430	407.50–415.00	412.12
30	500–550	528	353.00–395.00	378.74
13	550–600	568	350.00–370.00	361.08
4	600–650	625	320.00	320.00
29	650–700	682	320.00–347.50	341.13
11	700–750	747	332.50	332.50
4	750–800	764	326.50	326.50
4	900–950	946	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	509	374.00–377.50	375.50
9	550–600	555	355.00–356.00	355.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	468	410.00	410.00
12	500–550	520	386.00	386.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	403	430.00–432.50	430.95
20	450–500	469	422.50–435.00	429.49
16	500–550	525	405.00–422.50	412.96
6	550–600	576	397.50	397.50
10	650–700	661	350.00–360.00	356.88
12	700–750	734	343.00	343.00
6	800–850	838	322.50	322.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1000–1050	1,000	289.00–295.00	291.40
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	804	320.50	320.50
66	850–900	887	316.00	316.00
58	950–1000	979	302.25	302.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	488	347.00–362.50	355.83
3	500–550	547	351.00	351.00
4	550–600	588	317.00	317.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	518	352.00–372.50	362.34
3	550–600	550	395.00	395.00
3	600–650	605	340.00	340.00
3	650–700	682	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	378	475.00	475.00
4	400–450	402	465.00	465.00
3	500–550	542	407.50	407.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	468	432.50	432.50
5	550–600	559	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	388	455.00	455.00
11	400–450	410	461.00	461.00
15	450–500	473	438.00–462.50	450.88
3	500–550	533	426.00	426.00
14	550–600	569	417.50–422.00	420.03
10	600–650	630	379.00–396.00	385.76
7	650–700	668	371.00–375.00	373.27
9	750–800	765	338.00–356.00	349.94
12	800–850	841	337.50	337.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	358	517.50	517.50
10	400–450	424	485.00–497.50	490.19
22	450–500	479	469.00–478.00	471.40
65	500–550	517	435.00–459.00	446.16
60	550–600	583	431.00–440.00	436.86
41	600–650	622	400.00–415.00	411.42
8	650–700	694	388.00	388.00
33	700–750	725	372.00–373.00	372.82
75	750–800	762	369.00–375.00	374.28
52	800–850	835	349.50–352.00	349.83
29	850–900	868	335.00–340.50	338.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	457	427.00	427.00
4	550–600	585	388.00	388.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	541	421.00–424.00	421.87
16	600–650	603	395.00	395.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,016	283.00	283.00
8	1050–1100	1,060	292.00	292.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,068	100.00–112.50	107.15
8	—	1,076	127.00–137.00	132.18
6	—	1,050	140.50–153.00	145.99
2	—	1,058	160.00–161.00	160.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,532	168.00–177.50	170.76
11	—	1,473	161.00–166.50	163.58
6	—	1,458	142.50–151.50	148.04
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,633	173.50–180.50	176.87
1	—	1,680	165.00	165.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,254	140.00–155.00	149.61
6	—	1,248	168.00–175.00	170.37
18	—	1,259	158.00–166.00	161.40
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,459	234.00–236.50	234.92
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,332	227.50–230.50	228.94
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,800	186.00	186.00
4	—	1,779	206.00–215.00	211.10
7	—	1,934	190.00–201.00	194.74
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,250	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,171	228.50	228.50

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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