Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2019-09-18

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Sep 18
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
365 head
▼ 1,540 vs last sale 1,905▲ 365 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
▼ 51 vs last sale 123▲ 72 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Few true comparisons to the sale two weeks ago, calves traded with a lower undertone and a few groups of yearlings sold steady to firm. Slaughter cows mostly 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Supply light and demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.94/cwt on 196 head.
Average price
$147.94
196 head · 709 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,048
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$47
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$13.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.90
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2615151.1892998
Medium and Large 1817146.081,19380
Large 1-2819139.101,13910thin
Medium and Large 2639138.008828thin
One grade step is worth $13.18/cwt here — about $47 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 sale196 hd
147.94
—
MO average18 barns · 6,458 hd
143.04
+4.90
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—Average1,90083.231,5813thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35655.7075510
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16953.636278thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11651.125707thin

Every lot

24 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523156.71/cwt153.75–160.2582021
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2557154.75/cwt154.75–154.7586212
Steers—Medium and Large 1632155.25/cwt155.25–155.2598110
Steers—Medium and Large 2639138.00/cwt138.00–138.008828
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2648151.00/cwt151.00–151.0097858
Steers—Medium and Large 1708154.75/cwt154.75–154.751,09610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy710130.00/cwt130.00–130.009237
Steers—Large 1-2749146.75/cwt146.75–146.751,0994
Steers—Large 1-2865134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1596
Steers—Medium and Large 1866143.10/cwt143.10–143.101,23960
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2398146.00/cwt146.00–146.005813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522140.00/cwt140.00–140.007315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1549156.25/cwt156.25–156.2585842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1586147.50/cwt147.50–147.508648
Heifers—Medium and Large 1603148.25/cwt148.25–148.258949
Heifers—Medium and Large 2609127.50/cwt127.50–127.507766
Heifers—Large 1-2654121.00/cwt121.00–121.007914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2699127.25/cwt127.25–127.258894
Heifers—Large 1716144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0318
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,90083.23/cwt80.50–86.251,5813
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11651.12/cwt47.00–55.505707
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14954.91/cwt53.00–55.506315
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20351.49/cwt51.00–52.006193
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35655.70/cwt53.00–58.5075510

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.