Name: Eastern Missouri Commission Company livestock auction prices — 2026-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Friday's auction was a Special Bred Cow and Pairs sale with a nice offering of young bred cows mostly 3-5 yrs in the second stage all selling with good demand. Also included in the sale were several consignments of nice quality 1st calf heifer pairs in the offering with 100-125 lb calves selling with good demand from 5675.00-6100.00 per pair. Feeder cattle were lightly tested selling in small groups and singles but traded in last week's price ranges on similar quality and weights. Slaughter steers and heifers traded mostly steady with slaughter cows on a large offering trading mostly 2.00-4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $412.22/cwt on 28 head, down $17.13 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 30 comparable sales and sits +5.20 against this barn's trailing median of $407.03.

Average price

$412.22

▼ 17.13 vs prior sale

28 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,251

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−30.20

vs MO average

−15.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	546	412.22	2,251	28

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

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 sale28 hd

412.22

—

MO average19 barns · 2,654 hd

442.43

−30.20

National average182 barns · 12,591 hd

427.39

−15.17

This barn, trailing median30 sales

407.03

+5.20

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	1,729	220.07	3,805	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,518	178.38	2,708	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,234	169.49	2,092	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,002	154.56	1,549	34
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,156	243.28	2,812	7thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,263	239.25	3,022	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,490	251.00	3,740	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,357	246.00	3,338	11

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,327	$4,411	45
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,467	$4,289	12
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,208	$3,460	96
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,407	$3,250	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,159	$3,051	53
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,160	$2,875	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,098	$4,050	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	992	$3,838	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,260	$5,220	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,475	$4,800	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,525	$4,600	4thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	1,124	$5,871	84
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	975	$4,350	9

Every lot, as filed

71 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,525	4,600.00/head	4,600.00–4,600.00	4,600	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	4,950.00/head	4,950.00–4,950.00	4,950	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,400	5,400.00/head	5,400.00–5,400.00	5,400	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	373.27/cwt	362.50–385.00	2,225	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,338	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,898	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	515	428.70/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,208	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	618	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,311	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	513.75/cwt	512.50–515.00	2,266	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,282	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	374.04/cwt	367.50–377.50	2,278	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	488	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,196	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,652	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	485.01/cwt	470.00–495.00	2,081	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	422	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,973	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	460.69/cwt	437.50–472.50	2,174	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	553.40/cwt	542.50–565.00	2,341	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,716	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	514.00/cwt	514.00–514.00	2,693	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,515	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	505.17/cwt	500.00–510.00	2,102	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,225	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,772	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	425.10/cwt	422.00–440.00	2,678	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,514	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	384.11/cwt	378.00–390.00	2,593	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,248	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	688	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,565	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	598	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,338	5
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	500	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,613	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,656	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,592	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	610	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,288	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	425.33/cwt	422.50–427.50	2,386	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	428.30/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,283	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,487	175.38/cwt	167.00–179.00	2,608	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,021	148.24/cwt	137.50–151.00	1,514	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	173.01/cwt	170.00–177.00	1,711	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	119.27/cwt	115.00–125.00	1,139	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,616	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,528	182.80/cwt	180.00–185.50	2,793	16
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,490	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	3,740	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,357	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	3,338	11
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,263	239.25/cwt	239.00–239.50	3,022	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	159.50/cwt	154.00–167.00	1,601	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	183.66/cwt	180.00–192.50	2,301	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,156	243.28/cwt	241.00–246.00	2,812	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	171.62/cwt	166.00–178.00	2,104	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	158.05/cwt	151.00–164.00	1,944	15
Bulls	—	—	1,703	210.08/cwt	207.00–214.00	3,578	6
Bulls	—	—	1,694	223.92/cwt	215.00–238.00	3,793	9
Bulls	—	—	1,923	249.24/cwt	248.00–250.50	4,793	2
Bulls	—	—	1,815	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	3,394	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,192	3,263.41/head	3,100.00–3,525.00	3,263	36
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	2,875.00/head	2,875.00–2,875.00	2,875	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,331	3,742.42/head	3,450.00–3,950.00	3,742	31
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,407	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,375	4,280.91/head	4,150.00–4,600.00	4,281	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,322	4,150.76/head	4,025.00–4,200.00	4,151	30
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	1,009	2,275.00/head	2,275.00–2,275.00	2,275	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,195	3,373.36/head	3,100.00–3,650.00	3,373	9
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	950	5,500.00/head	5,500.00–5,500.00	5,500	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,327	4,410.84/head	4,300.00–4,500.00	4,411	45
Bred Cows	Large 1	—	1,595	4,300.00/head	4,300.00–4,300.00	4,300	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,163	2,890.99/head	2,650.00–3,000.00	2,891	9
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	934	2,356.48/head	2,100.00–2,585.00	2,356	26
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	4,050.00/head	4,050.00–4,050.00	4,050	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	992	3,837.90/head	3,825.00–3,850.00	3,838	15
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,133	5,889.06/head	5,675.00–6,100.00	5,889	80
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	975	4,350.00/head	4,350.00–4,350.00	4,350	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,475	4,800.00/head	4,800.00–4,800.00	4,800	9

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 Apr 17, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 420Last week 1,205Year ago 340

Slaughter CattleReceipts 275Last week 300Year ago 275

Replacement CattleReceipts 535Last week 0Year ago 289

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,525	4,600.00	4,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,475	4,800.00	4,800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,050	4,950.00	4,950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,400	5,400.00	5,400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	36	—	1,192	3,100.00–3,525.00	3,263.41
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,160	2,875.00	2,875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	31	—	1,331	3,450.00–3,950.00	3,742.42
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,407	3,250.00	3,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,375	4,150.00–4,600.00	4,280.91
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	—	1,322	4,025.00–4,200.00	4,150.76
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	45	—	1,327	4,300.00–4,500.00	4,410.84
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,009	2,275.00	2,275.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	—	934	2,100.00–2,585.00	2,356.48
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,195	3,100.00–3,650.00	3,373.36
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,163	2,650.00–3,000.00	2,890.99
Bred Cows — Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,595	4,300.00	4,300.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	950	5,500.00	5,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	975	4,350.00	4,350.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	80	—	1,133	5,675.00–6,100.00	5,889.06
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,098	4,050.00	4,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	992	3,825.00–3,850.00	3,837.90

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	450.00	450.00
12	400–450	429	470.00–495.00	485.01
9	450–500	472	437.50–472.50	460.69
10	500–550	521	438.00	438.00
10	550–600	596	362.50–385.00	373.27
9	600–650	609	367.50–377.50	374.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	460	412.50	412.50
3	700–750	725	322.50	322.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	422	467.50	467.50
3	450–500	488	450.00	450.00
8	500–550	515	425.00–435.00	428.70
6	600–650	618	374.00	374.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	416	500.00–510.00	505.17
8	450–500	466	477.50	477.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	441	512.50–515.00	513.75
9	500–550	533	410.00–445.00	428.30
14	550–600	561	422.50–427.50	425.33
5	600–650	640	415.00	415.00
5	650–700	695	373.00	373.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	500	322.50	322.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	610	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	423	542.50–565.00	553.40
3	450–500	493	510.00	510.00
17	600–650	630	422.00–440.00	425.10
6	650–700	675	378.00–390.00	384.11
3	700–750	722	384.00	384.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	470	535.00	535.00
10	500–550	524	514.00	514.00
3	550–600	573	474.00	474.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	508	442.50	442.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	598	391.00	391.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	688	227.50	227.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,487	167.00–179.00	175.38
2	—	1,625	161.00	161.00
16	—	1,528	180.00–185.50	182.80
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,021	137.50–151.00	148.24
4	—	989	170.00–177.00	173.01
3	—	955	115.00–125.00	119.27
18	—	1,004	154.00–167.00	159.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,253	180.00–192.50	183.66
14	—	1,226	166.00–178.00	171.62
15	—	1,230	151.00–164.00	158.05
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	251.00	251.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,357	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,263	239.00–239.50	239.25
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,156	241.00–246.00	243.28
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,703	207.00–214.00	210.08
9	—	1,694	215.00–238.00	223.92
2	—	1,923	248.00–250.50	249.24
1	—	1,815	187.00	187.00

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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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Eastern MO Commission Company - Bowling Green, MO

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