Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2026-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a very light offering of feeders this week as most cancelled due to weather. The light offering of feeders on comparable sales of similar weight and quality all sold well within last weeks price ranges or with a steady undertone. Slaughter steers and heifers on a light test sold firm to 4.00 higher with slaughter cows all trading with a fully steady to firm undertone.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $377.15/cwt on 31 head, down $36.34 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 30 comparable sales and sits −29.88 against this barn's trailing median of $407.03.

Average price

$377.15

▼ 36.34 vs prior sale

31 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,101

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$264

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

$25.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−61.61

vs MO average

−60.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	585	400.00	2,340	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	554	374.70	2,076	28

One grade step is worth $25.30/cwt here — about $264 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale31 hd

377.15

—

MO average3 barns · 159 hd

438.76

−61.61

National average68 barns · 7,217 hd

437.65

−60.50

This barn, trailing median30 sales

407.03

−29.88

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	1,495	179.00	2,676	2thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,820	177.57	3,232	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,464	168.67	2,469	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,228	161.05	1,977	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,018	139.45	1,420	17
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,282	229.80	2,946	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,448	229.38	3,321	7thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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	450–500	477	387.99/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,851	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,340	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,174	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	386.04/cwt	367.50–397.50	2,050	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,568	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,565	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,720	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	363.36/cwt	337.00–380.00	2,097	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	360.63/cwt	360.00–361.00	2,615	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,480	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,126	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	862	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,478	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	445.06/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,399	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,174	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,791	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	346.97/cwt	335.00–357.50	2,172	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,026	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,335	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	385.16/cwt	374.00–395.00	2,434	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,695	3
Bulls	—	—	1,400	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,618	1
Bulls	—	—	1,590	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,719	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	174.08/cwt	169.00–178.00	2,192	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	162.02/cwt	155.00–168.00	1,970	19
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,806	170.89/cwt	166.00–174.00	3,086	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,469	163.22/cwt	157.00–168.00	2,398	9
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,834	184.25/cwt	178.00–193.00	3,379	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	101.17/cwt	100.00–102.50	966	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	984	151.97/cwt	148.00–156.00	1,495	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,546	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,448	229.38/cwt	224.00–231.25	3,321	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	885	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	974	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	150.20/cwt	144.00–155.00	1,887	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	175.73/cwt	171.00–183.00	2,574	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	134.79/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,454	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	152.06/cwt	149.00–154.00	2,197	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,282	229.80/cwt	227.00–231.00	2,946	6

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 Jan 30, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 146Last week 1,760Year ago 507

Slaughter CattleReceipts 155Last week 186Year ago 201

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	380.00	380.00
3	350–400	392	432.50	432.50
3	400–450	445	402.50	402.50
7	450–500	477	370.00–405.00	387.99
14	500–550	531	367.50–397.50	386.04
14	550–600	577	337.00–380.00	363.36
8	600–650	626	335.00–357.50	346.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	585	400.00	400.00
13	600–650	632	374.00–395.00	385.16
3	750–800	790	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	420	517.50	517.50
3	450–500	465	467.50	467.50
6	500–550	539	440.00–450.00	445.06
4	550–600	580	402.50	402.50
3	600–650	635	404.00	404.00
3	650–700	685	362.00	362.00
8	700–750	725	360.00–361.00	360.63
4	800–850	800	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	581	366.00	366.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	850–900	862	287.50	287.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	187.00	187.00
1	—	1,590	171.00	171.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,259	169.00–178.00	174.08
19	—	1,216	155.00–168.00	162.02
1	—	885	110.00	110.00
9	—	1,256	144.00–155.00	150.20
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,806	166.00–174.00	170.89
4	—	1,834	178.00–193.00	184.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,469	157.00–168.00	163.22
14	—	1,465	171.00–183.00	175.73
3	—	1,445	149.00–154.00	152.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	955	100.00–102.50	101.17
7	—	984	148.00–156.00	151.97
1	—	960	161.00	161.00
7	—	1,079	130.00–140.00	134.79
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,448	224.00–231.25	229.38
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,282	227.00–231.00	229.80

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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