Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2019-11-13

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Nov 13
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,234 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 1,229▼ 365 vs year ago 1,599 · −22.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 97▼ 51 vs year ago 112 · −45.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 600 lbs and heifers under 550 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower, heavier weights 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Mostly calves on offer this week with a good portion of them unweaned and carrying some flesh. Supply 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 $161.59/cwt on 596 head.
Average price
$161.59
596 head · 571 lb average
Value per head Derived
$923
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$93
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.96
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2511165.84848117
Medium and Large 1586160.56941479
One grade step is worth $5.28/cwt here — about −$93 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 sale596 hd
161.59
—
MO average19 barns · 11,848 hd
150.63
+10.96
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—Average1,65374.421,2302thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20652.6363512
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33250.786767thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,23046.0456612

Every lot

36 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2358199.00/cwt199.00–199.007123
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2443175.92/cwt167.00–179.0077922
Steers—Medium and Large 1459186.81/cwt180.50–190.0085746
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473171.79/cwt166.50–181.5081342
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522163.79/cwt157.00–170.0085522
Steers—Medium and Large 1542165.15/cwt161.50–167.50895165
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2567154.71/cwt154.50–155.008777
Steers—Medium and Large 1569158.72/cwt157.75–160.0090373
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned596141.50/cwt141.50–141.508437
Steers—Medium and Large 1616152.82/cwt148.50–154.0094197
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned628140.80/cwt137.50–144.0088421
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2639145.00/cwt145.00–145.009277
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2716147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0537
Steers—Medium and Large 1722151.90/cwt151.25–152.001,09777
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2312170.00/cwt170.00–170.005303
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2383153.97/cwt152.50–157.0059012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438152.67/cwt151.00–153.5066912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2439146.30/cwt144.00–148.5064215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476142.47/cwt138.00–149.0067825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned516133.00/cwt133.00–133.006866
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned522137.76/cwt135.00–139.5071925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523136.73/cwt132.00–139.5071583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533141.30/cwt139.50–144.0075354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579135.63/cwt133.00–140.2578527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1594144.46/cwt137.00–149.0085870
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625135.00/cwt135.00–135.008443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy641132.50/cwt132.50–132.508496
Heifers—Medium and Large 1663143.50/cwt143.50–143.5095125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy663132.00/cwt132.00–132.008755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned668121.00/cwt121.00–121.008083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725140.25/cwt140.25–140.251,01721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy796128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0194
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,65374.42/cwt69.50–78.501,2302
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20652.63/cwt47.50–54.5063512
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23046.04/cwt43.50–49.2556612
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33250.78/cwt48.50–52.006767

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.