Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2019-10-16

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Oct 16
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
792 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 763▲ 792 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
87 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 96▲ 87 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifers traded mostly 2.00 to 3.00 lower with very little price differentiation per cwt between new crop calves and back grounded yearling heifers. Slaughter cows steady. Supply and demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.84/cwt on 377 head.
Average price
$139.84
377 head · 703 lb average
Value per head Derived
$983
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$147
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$33.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.69
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1698145.251,014244
Medium and Large 1-2674132.76895110
Medium and Large 2704122.0085910thin
Large 1-21,039111.751,16113thin
One grade step is worth $33.50/cwt here — about −$147 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 sale377 hd
139.84
—
MO average18 barns · 8,107 hd
134.14
+5.69
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—Average1,86978.681,4716thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,46362.1190919
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21754.6966620
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10352.435785thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2370175.00/cwt175.00–175.006484
Steers—Medium and Large 1432181.50/cwt181.50–181.507847
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470170.50/cwt170.50–170.508015
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned497167.00/cwt167.00–167.008306
Steers—Medium and Large 1517173.51/cwt172.50–176.0089724
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned541158.50/cwt158.50–158.508575
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2543160.00/cwt160.00–160.008697
Steers—Medium 1-2Fleshy568156.50/cwt156.50–156.508898
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2589152.41/cwt150.00–154.0089818
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635153.00/cwt153.00–153.009723
Steers—Medium and Large 1686157.75/cwt157.75–157.751,0827
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned697140.00/cwt140.00–140.009763
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2723144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,04113
Steers—Medium and Large 1740153.25/cwt153.25–153.251,13418
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2789148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,17265
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2841144.60/cwt144.60–144.601,21662
Steers—Large 1-2954130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2405
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432148.13/cwt145.00–149.0064014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2452141.00/cwt141.00–141.006375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned486145.00/cwt145.00–145.007055
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516148.00/cwt148.00–148.0076410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2540144.75/cwt144.75–144.7578212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned558134.00/cwt134.00–134.007483
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2560137.00/cwt137.00–137.007676
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621143.59/cwt143.00–146.0089235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2662139.45/cwt135.00–143.0092314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685143.03/cwt142.00–148.7598050
Heifers—Medium and Large 2704122.00/cwt122.00–122.0085910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2714140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0007
Heifers—Medium and Large 1741146.25/cwt146.25–146.251,084144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2767117.75/cwt117.75–117.7590316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2823124.85/cwt124.50–125.251,02826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2910114.43/cwt114.00–115.001,0417
Heifers—Large 1-21,039111.75/cwt111.75–111.751,16113
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,86978.68/cwt74.50–81.751,4716
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10352.43/cwt47.00–57.005785
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18357.76/cwt54.00–61.5068313
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28048.98/cwt45.40–54.256277
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45359.67/cwt55.00–63.0086713
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48467.41/cwt65.50–69.001,0006

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.