Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2019-05-22

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, May 22
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,312 head
▼ 1,156 vs last sale 2,468▼ 698 vs year ago 2,010 · −34.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
161 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 163▼ 73 vs year ago 234 · −31.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
291 head
▲ 249 vs last sale 42▲ 137 vs year ago 154 · +89.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steer calves traded steady, yearling steers sharply higher, with some 700-800 lb steers as much as 10.00 higher. Heifers of all weights 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Supply moderate and demand moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $165.53/cwt on 449 head.
Average price
$165.53
449 head · 659 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,091
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$264
per head · Medium 2 over Large 1
$33.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.09
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 2415187.8877917thin
Medium and Large 1-2521178.0392897
Medium and Large 1715161.411,154303
Large 1674154.761,04332
One grade step is worth $33.12/cwt here — about −$264 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale449 hd
165.53
—
MO average18 barns · 9,422 hd
158.44
+7.09
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,85382.001,51915
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43357.7982836
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19757.0768345
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00149.5749629

Every lot

56 lots · USDA AMS · Green City Livestock Auction - Green City, MO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2378200.00/cwt200.00–200.007565
Steers—Medium 2385192.00/cwt192.00–192.0073912
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2412191.00/cwt191.00–191.007876
Steers—Medium and Large 1449191.75/cwt191.75–191.7586119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2469185.28/cwt178.00–190.0086913
Steers—Medium 2486178.00/cwt178.00–178.008655
Steers—Medium and Large 1510180.00/cwt180.00–180.009189
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532176.68/cwt176.25–177.2594046
Steers—Medium and Large 1567177.46/cwt174.50–180.001,00642
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574173.00/cwt173.00–173.0099315
Steers—Large 1Unweaned576164.25/cwt164.25–164.2594617
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy586166.00/cwt166.00–166.0097312
Steers—Medium and Large 1613171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,04820
Steers—Large 1640170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0885
Steers—Medium and Large 1669159.75/cwt159.50–160.001,0696
Steers—Medium and Large 1710167.59/cwt160.50–169.001,19085
Steers—Medium and Large 1845144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,217122
Steers—Large 1858131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,12410
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378153.00/cwt153.00–153.005784
Heifers—Medium and Large 1461165.00/cwt165.00–165.007615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474159.75/cwt159.75–159.757574
Heifers—Medium 1-2483163.50/cwt163.50–163.507905
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514159.86/cwt158.50–160.0082243
Heifers—Medium 1-2517161.86/cwt161.50–162.5083722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535153.49/cwt150.00–155.0082125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2572149.16/cwt145.00–153.0085339
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585155.00/cwt155.00–155.0090721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy615145.00/cwt145.00–145.008929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630153.67/cwt153.00–154.7596889
Heifers—Large 1654146.33/cwt145.00–147.0095712
Heifers—Large 1-2Fleshy676139.00/cwt139.00–139.009407
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2684143.37/cwt143.00–144.25981131
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,85382.00/cwt75.50–85.501,51915
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96644.89/cwt43.00–50.0043410
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02052.04/cwt47.00–58.0053119
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15252.03/cwt50.00–53.505996
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20256.99/cwt54.00–61.0068534
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21863.69/cwt62.00–64.507765
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37950.52/cwt46.00–53.006978
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39158.44/cwt56.00–62.0081320
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59263.43/cwt62.00–64.001,0108
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,320.00/cwt1,320.00–1,320.0015,1805
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1641,157.55/cwt1,050.00–1,225.0013,47446
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,192956.99/cwt910.00–980.0011,40715
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0016,20014
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2351,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0016,05523
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,235976.07/cwt970.00–985.0012,05410
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,6131,147.97/cwt1,100.00–1,175.0018,5178
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Registered1,1002,275.00/cwt2,275.00–2,275.0025,0255
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1002,125.00/cwt2,125.00–2,125.0023,37510
Heifer Pairs—Large 1-21,1502,600.00/cwt2,600.00–2,600.0029,90014
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-2Registered1,2002,525.00/cwt2,525.00–2,525.0030,3008
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-21,2252,550.00/cwt2,550.00–2,550.0031,2388
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2311,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0015,38821
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2571,655.95/cwt1,600.00–1,700.0020,81521
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-21,3001,800.00/cwt1,800.00–1,800.0023,4008

This sale against other markets

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.