Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2020-08-26

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Aug 26
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
107 head
▼ 969 vs last sale 1,076▲ 107 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
137 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 126▲ 137 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
132 head
▲ 94 vs last sale 38▲ 132 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough feeder cattle on offer for a price comparison to the last sale held three weeks ago. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Demand was moderate for several small strings of fall calving cows, mostly 5 years to short-solid mouth. Supply light.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.41/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$148.41
70 head · 832 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,235
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$416
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$22.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.25
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2513168.178639thin
Medium and Large 1879145.501,27961
One grade step is worth $22.67/cwt here — about −$416 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 sale70 hd
148.41
—
MO average18 barns · 8,961 hd
148.16
+0.25
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—Average1,76987.721,5529thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38266.2491529
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23465.0980348
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08758.6063711

Every lot

16 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2422185.50/cwt185.50–185.507833
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2547155.00/cwt155.00–155.008483
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570164.00/cwt164.00–164.009353
Steers—Medium and Large 1879145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,27961
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2536136.39/cwt135.00–137.0073110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570136.25/cwt136.25–136.257776
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,76987.72/cwt80.50–93.501,5529
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08758.60/cwt53.00–61.0063711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21569.25/cwt69.25–69.2584117
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24562.81/cwt58.00–68.5078231
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38266.24/cwt60.00–70.5091529
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1501,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0012,6508
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,1501,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0011,7886
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3181,345.32/cwt1,250.00–1,475.0017,73128
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3281,615.02/cwt1,525.00–1,725.0021,44723
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3751,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0015,8135

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.