Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2020-01-01

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Jan 1
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,750 head
▲ 695 vs last sale 1,055▼ 1,602 vs year ago 3,352 · −47.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
133 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 131▲ 6 vs year ago 127 · +4.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers traded 3.00 to 6.00 higher, spots up to 9.00 higher on some 600-700 lb cattle. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Very active market throughout the day as buyers came ready to acquire some inventory in the new year. Supply moderate, 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 $165.24/cwt on 917 head.
Average price
$165.24
917 head · 607 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,003
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$189
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1-2
$25.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.45
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2524167.10876153
Medium and Large 1623164.951,027761
Medium 1-2750142.001,0653thin
One grade step is worth $25.10/cwt here — about −$189 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 sale917 hd
165.24
—
MO average3 barns · 3,376 hd
158.79
+6.45
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—Average1,69774.151,2585thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,83875.001,3792thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47662.0591633
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32851.3068127
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,13743.7549814

Every lot

50 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2309204.00/cwt204.00–204.006305
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2390185.00/cwt185.00–185.007227
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2422171.49/cwt165.00–179.0072437
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed441196.20/cwt192.00–200.5086510
Steers—Medium and Large 1445181.78/cwt181.75–182.0080929
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472176.02/cwt169.00–180.0083111
Steers—Medium and Large 1484187.75/cwt184.00–189.7590949
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned520160.00/cwt160.00–160.008323
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed523187.35/cwt185.50–188.0098015
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525175.50/cwt175.50–175.5092112
Steers—Medium and Large 1533176.87/cwt173.00–180.5094352
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2556167.07/cwt155.00–171.5092940
Steers—Medium and Large 1568172.28/cwt166.00–176.7597999
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy605148.67/cwt143.50–150.0089915
Steers—Medium and Large 1623162.76/cwt154.50–166.001,014177
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2631152.03/cwt146.00–156.0095921
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2666149.46/cwt148.00–150.2599520
Steers—Medium and Large 1674158.77/cwt152.50–162.501,070168
Steers—Medium and Large 1712154.12/cwt149.00–155.501,09798
Steers—Medium 1-2750142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0653
Steers—Medium and Large 1759149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,13114
Steers—Medium and Large 1817145.61/cwt145.00–146.251,19024
Steers—Medium and Large 1875144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,2648
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed336179.80/cwt177.00–181.0060417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full392155.00/cwt155.00–155.006085
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419162.93/cwt152.00–168.0068350
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2444151.08/cwt150.00–154.0067111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465156.33/cwt152.50–160.2572778
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2486151.11/cwt145.00–152.5073438
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515159.00/cwt154.00–163.0081935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521150.03/cwt147.00–155.0078220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2562146.70/cwt142.00–149.5082424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581151.15/cwt147.00–156.50878117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy582131.29/cwt128.00–132.5076418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy615120.00/cwt120.00–120.007383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624136.30/cwt130.50–142.008518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1636148.53/cwt147.00–151.0094572
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,03325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy691126.00/cwt126.00–126.008714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2729134.00/cwt134.00–134.009774
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2865133.25/cwt133.25–133.251,15312
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2534155.00/cwt155.00–155.008287
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,69774.15/cwt67.00–84.501,2585
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04336.00/cwt34.00–38.003753
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16345.86/cwt42.50–50.5053311
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32346.86/cwt44.50–49.006207
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33052.85/cwt44.00–57.5070320
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42155.02/cwt51.50–60.0078215
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52167.91/cwt63.50–68.501,03318
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,83875.00/cwt75.00–75.001,3792

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.