Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2025-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, a light test of steer calves weighing 500-550 lbs sold unevenly steady with a light test of 550-700 lb steers trading 10.00-15.00 lower on comparable sales, over 700 lbs on a limited test sold with a lower undertone. Feeder heifers all sold with a lower undertone on a very limited test of similar weights. Feeders sold mostly in small and odd packages with overall quality not as attractive as last special. There were a lot of variations in feeders on quality, condition, weaned or days unweaned and shots. CME Cattle futures closed the week mostly limit down after a very volatile week of sharply lower cattle futures. Slaughter cows sold fully steady to firm.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $407.55/cwt on 112 head. That ranks 2 of 25 comparable sales and sits −47.48 against this barn's trailing median of $455.03.

Average price

$407.55

112 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,239

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$283

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

$59.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.15

vs MO average

−50.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	437.63	2,324	40
Medium and Large 1-2	560	391.40	2,194	69
Medium and Large 2	540	378.00	2,041	3thin

One grade step is worth $59.63/cwt here — about $283 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale112 hd

407.55

—

MO average17 barns · 2,428 hd

429.70

−22.15

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−50.59

This barn, trailing median25 sales

455.03

−47.48

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	1,830	185.70	3,398	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,823	177.36	3,234	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,453	168.17	2,443	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,232	164.99	2,033	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,038	147.11	1,527	34
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,422	236.50	3,363	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,509	242.00	3,652	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,449	236.66	3,429	22
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,331	235.00	3,128	15

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	750–800	762	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,545	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,380	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	454.00/cwt	454.00–454.00	2,134	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	426.36/cwt	410.00–436.00	2,012	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	802	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,286	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,791	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	520	357.10/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,857	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	491	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,719	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	462	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,825	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	447.75/cwt	447.50–448.00	1,988	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	900–950	916	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,675	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	751	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,508	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	645	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,000	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	451.32/cwt	447.50–455.00	1,720	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	342.33/cwt	335.00–351.50	2,181	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,731	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,465	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,972	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,935	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	342.29/cwt	331.00–358.00	1,951	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	584	339.08/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,980	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	421.35/cwt	416.00–423.00	2,330	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	716	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,456	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,143	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	413.60/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,147	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	373.16/cwt	355.00–395.00	1,776	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	328.73/cwt	327.50–330.00	2,235	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	349.94/cwt	335.00–357.75	2,530	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	369.41/cwt	347.00–389.00	2,095	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	414.84/cwt	412.00–417.50	1,933	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	864	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,661	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	607	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,155	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	434.54/cwt	427.50–437.50	1,816	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	638	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	2,172	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	164.09/cwt	158.00–169.00	1,674	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	107.46/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,142	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	164.84/cwt	162.50–168.00	2,398	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	155.20/cwt	147.00–159.00	2,278	6
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,930	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	3,242	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	133.45/cwt	128.00–139.00	1,365	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	175.06/cwt	171.00–183.50	2,109	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	148.20/cwt	143.00–155.00	1,555	16
Bulls	—	—	2,090	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	3,992	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	165.07/cwt	158.00–170.00	2,062	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,771	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,443	177.61/cwt	174.50–184.50	2,563	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,449	236.66/cwt	236.50–237.00	3,429	22
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,509	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	3,652	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,331	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	3,128	15
Bulls	—	—	1,743	183.93/cwt	180.00–186.00	3,206	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,770	182.04/cwt	177.50–187.00	3,222	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,422	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	3,363	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	390.98/cwt	380.00–397.50	2,017	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	382.46/cwt	375.00–386.00	2,383	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	639	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,134	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	368.19/cwt	358.00–378.50	2,463	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	449.67/cwt	430.00–464.00	2,316	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	152.68/cwt	148.00–156.00	1,899	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	376.33/cwt	358.00–387.00	2,360	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,540	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	331.75/cwt	329.00–336.00	2,093	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	747	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,368	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	314.59/cwt	300.00–323.00	1,806	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	348.06/cwt	346.50–349.50	2,871	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,584	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	538	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,222	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,142	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	320.01/cwt	316.00–324.00	2,051	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	498	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,594	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	535	339.53/cwt	321.00–355.00	1,816	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	318.84/cwt	308.50–327.00	2,468	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	655	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,214	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	702	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,246	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	315.64/cwt	308.00–323.00	2,140	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,041	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	352.73/cwt	345.00–367.00	2,324	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	377.93/cwt	359.00–392.00	2,203	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	809	332.50/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,690	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	593	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,117	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	584	346.75/cwt	334.00–355.00	2,025	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	567	334.56/cwt	330.00–341.00	1,897	10

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 Oct 24, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,107Last week 266Year ago 1,001

Slaughter CattleReceipts 210Last week 200Year ago 300

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	418	427.50–437.50	434.54
9	450–500	466	412.00–417.50	414.84
15	500–550	516	380.00–397.50	390.98
26	650–700	680	350.00	350.00
20	750–800	762	334.00	334.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	491	350.00	350.00
18	500–550	535	321.00–355.00	339.53
10	550–600	567	330.00–341.00	334.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	362	437.50	437.50
2	400–450	400	420.00	420.00
19	450–500	476	355.00–395.00	373.16
8	500–550	500	387.00	387.00
24	550–600	570	331.00–358.00	342.29
12	600–650	637	335.00–351.50	342.33
6	650–700	680	327.50–330.00	328.73
17	700–750	738	334.00	334.00
28	750–800	774	308.50–327.00	318.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	584	335.00–340.00	339.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	639	334.00	334.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	445	346.00	346.00
3	450–500	498	320.00	320.00
10	550–600	574	300.00–323.00	314.59
9	600–650	641	316.00–324.00	320.01
4	650–700	678	316.00	316.00
3	700–750	702	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	470	454.00	454.00
23	500–550	515	430.00–464.00	449.67
17	550–600	553	416.00–423.00	421.35
16	600–650	623	375.00–386.00	382.46
42	650–700	669	358.00–378.50	368.19
5	700–750	740	369.00	369.00
17	800–850	825	346.50–349.50	348.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	381	447.50–455.00	451.32
6	400–450	444	447.50–448.00	447.75
9	450–500	472	410.00–436.00	426.36
17	500–550	519	400.00–425.00	413.60
38	550–600	583	359.00–392.00	377.93
29	600–650	627	358.00–387.00	376.33
23	650–700	659	345.00–367.00	352.73
38	700–750	723	335.00–357.75	349.94
10	750–800	751	334.00	334.00
6	800–850	809	330.00–335.00	332.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	607	355.00	355.00
7	700–750	716	343.00	343.00
30	850–900	864	308.00	308.00
15	900–950	916	292.00	292.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	600–650	638	340.50	340.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	540	378.00	378.00
10	600–650	631	329.00–336.00	331.75
6	650–700	678	308.00–323.00	315.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	538	413.00	413.00
3	550–600	593	357.00	357.00
3	650–700	655	338.00	338.00
6	700–750	747	317.00	317.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	484	370.00	370.00
11	550–600	567	347.00–389.00	369.41
3	650–700	680	290.00	290.00
5	700–750	739	290.00	290.00
3	800–850	802	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	462	395.00	395.00
6	500–550	520	340.00–375.00	357.10
13	550–600	584	334.00–355.00	346.75
3	600–650	645	310.00	310.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,020	158.00–169.00	164.09
3	—	1,063	100.00–110.00	107.46
5	—	1,023	128.00–139.00	133.45
16	—	1,049	143.00–155.00	148.20
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,455	162.50–168.00	164.84
6	—	1,468	147.00–159.00	155.20
10	—	1,443	174.50–184.50	177.61
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,930	168.00	168.00
2	—	1,770	177.50–187.00	182.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,205	171.00–183.50	175.06
10	—	1,249	158.00–170.00	165.07
2	—	1,265	140.00	140.00
5	—	1,244	148.00–156.00	152.68
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,090	191.00	191.00
3	—	1,743	180.00–186.00	183.93
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,449	236.50–237.00	236.66
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,509	242.00	242.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,331	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,422	236.50	236.50

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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