Eastern MO Commission Company Market Report

Bowling Green, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, August 14, 2026

1,132 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $310.46/cwt ≈ $2,574/hd at 829 lb · 82 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $320.00/cwt ≈ $2,538/hd at 793 lb · 66 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $315.96/cwt ≈ $2,398/hd at 759 lb · 52 head

Bowling Green, MO 6-weight heifers sold at $346/cwt, $20/cwt below the MO average ($366) and $28/cwt under Osceola, MO ($374). The class is down $33 from its early July peak of $393/cwt. What this means — computed from this report and its neighbors

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,132	348	378
Feeder cattle	1,012	213	228
Slaughter cattle	120	135	150

Market comments — USDA reporter

compared to last weeks light test with little comparison calves under 600 pounds sold with a lower undertone and feeder steers and heifers sold with a sharply lower undertone with Tyson making the announcement of closing three beef processing plants with the Joslin IL plant being one of the three closing immediately.Slaughter cow and bull trade would be mixed with the lean cows trading mostly steady leaving the breaker and boner cows trading $5.00-$8.00 lower and bulls trading mostly steady with light test

↕ Feeder heifers: compared to last weeks light test with little comparison calves under 600 pounds sold with a lower undertone and feeder steers and heifers sold with a sharply lower undertone with Tyson making the announcement of closing three beef processing plants with the Joslin IL plant being one of the three closing immediately.Slaughter cow and bull trade would be mixed with the lean cows trading mostly steady leaving the breaker and boner cows trading $5.00-$8.00 lower and bulls trading mostly steady with light test
↕ Feeder steers: compared to last weeks light test with little comparison calves under 600 pounds sold with a lower undertone and feeder steers and heifers sold with a sharply lower undertone with Tyson making the announcement of closing three beef processing plants with the Joslin IL plant being one of the three closing immediately.Slaughter cow and bull trade would be mixed with the lean cows trading mostly steady leaving the breaker and boner cows trading $5.00-$8.00 lower and bulls trading mostly steady with light test
↕ Slaughter bulls: compared to last weeks light test with little comparison calves under 600 pounds sold with a lower undertone and feeder steers and heifers sold with a sharply lower undertone with Tyson making the announcement of closing three beef processing plants with the Joslin IL plant being one of the three closing immediately.Slaughter cow and bull trade would be mixed with the lean cows trading mostly steady leaving the breaker and boner cows trading $5.00-$8.00 lower and bulls trading mostly steady with light test
↕ Slaughter cows: compared to last weeks light test with little comparison calves under 600 pounds sold with a lower undertone and feeder steers and heifers sold with a sharply lower undertone with Tyson making the announcement of closing three beef processing plants with the Joslin IL plant being one of the three closing immediately.Slaughter cow and bull trade would be mixed with the lean cows trading mostly steady leaving the breaker and boner cows trading $5.00-$8.00 lower and bulls trading mostly steady with light test

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	3	467.50	$467.50	$1,987	—
480	480	3	423.00	$423.00	$2,030	—
550–567	556	8	382.50–404.00	$395.78	$2,201	-26.75
628	628	18	335.00	$335.00	$2,104	-47.50
632–645	636	7	360.00–362.50	$361.78	$2,301	-20.72
696	696	20	347.00	$347.00	$2,415	-34.00
793	793	66	320.00	$320.00	$2,538	—
912	912	4	290.50	$290.50	$2,649	—
962	962	19	286.00	$286.00	$2,751	—
1081	1081	4	269.00	$269.00	$2,908	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462 unweaned	462	4	457.50	$457.50	$2,114	—
538 unweaned	538	6	435.00	$435.00	$2,340	—
560–572	567	12	432.50–447.00	$438.47	$2,486	—
607	607	5	390.00	$390.00	$2,367	—
655–677	667	17	348.00–360.00	$352.79	$2,353	—
680 thin fleshed	680	12	376.00	$376.00	$2,557	—
701 unweaned	701	8	354.00	$354.00	$2,482	—
733	733	8	359.00	$359.00	$2,631	—
766 unweaned	766	10	329.00	$329.00	$2,520	—
775–795	787	5	334.00–339.00	$335.97	$2,644	—
878	878	12	315.00	$315.00	$2,766	—
902	902	15	299.00–303.00	$302.20	$2,726	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
653 thin fleshed	653	6	337.00	$337.00	$2,201	—
766	766	24	332.00	$332.00	$2,543	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473–489	482	13	407.00–410.00	$408.36	$1,968	-31.64
489	489	6	392.50	$392.50	$1,919	-47.50
533	533	6	369.00	$369.00	$1,967	-56.00
576 unweaned	576	4	313.00	$313.00	$1,803	—
631	631	35	332.00	$332.00	$2,095	-23.00
650–665	658	14	329.00–332.50	$330.73	$2,176	-20.27
745	745	20	308.50	$308.50	$2,298	—
753–767	759	52	313.50–319.00	$315.96	$2,398	—
804–837	829	82	309.50–311.00	$310.46	$2,574	—
927	927	4	298.00	$298.00	$2,762	+2.00
962	962	6	270.00	$270.00	$2,597	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
532–539	537	22	377.00–392.00	$381.73	$2,050	—
580	580	5	367.50	$367.50	$2,132	—
624 unweaned	624	21	340.00	$340.00	$2,122	—
610–644	631	13	346.00–351.00	$347.86	$2,195	—
650–666	658	51	346.00–350.00	$347.21	$2,285	—
733	733	23	332.00	$332.00	$2,434	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1064	1064	90	265.00	$265.00	$2,820	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	2	477.50	$477.50	$1,838	—
498 unweaned	498	3	401.00	$401.00	$1,997	—
577	577	3	382.50	$382.50	$2,207	-1.03

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–950	878	85-90%	2	85.00–100.00	$93.12	$818	—
985–1035	1010	85-90%	2	169.00–170.00	$169.51	$1,712	+8.57
1030–1200	1127	85-90%	3	133.00–150.00	$141.83	$1,598	—
965–1670	1173	85-90%	12	152.00–167.00	$161.01	$1,889	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1725	1392	80-85%	9	158.00–168.00	$163.86	$2,281	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1455–1585	1511	75-80%	7	164.00–173.00	$167.53	$2,531	-15.60
1465–1665	1565	75-80%	2	159.00	$159.00	$2,488	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1915	1915	65-75%	1	168.00	$168.00	$3,217	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1675–1940	1808	2	210.00–223.00	$216.02	$3,906	+2.96
2585	2585	1	181.00	$181.00	$4,679	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.