Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2021-10-20

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Oct 20
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
522 head
▼ 807 vs last sale 1,329▲ 246 vs year ago 276 · +89.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 131▼ 63 vs year ago 151 · −41.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers sold mostly 3.00 to 6.00 lower and heifers 1.00 to 4.00 higher with some heifers from 575-725 lbs 7.00 to 9.00 higher. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Supply light and demand mostly moderate but very good for feedlot bound heifers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $160.05/cwt on 332 head.
Average price
$160.05
332 head · 669 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,071
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$99
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.41
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1669161.091,077311
Medium and Large 1-2677144.6397921
One grade step is worth $16.46/cwt here — about $99 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 sale332 hd
160.05
—
MO average17 barns · 6,556 hd
143.64
+16.41
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—Average1,76385.021,4993thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46561.198968thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19156.7967618
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05449.5252219

Every lot

22 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1418196.00/cwt196.00–196.008193
Steers—Medium and Large 1481189.00/cwt189.00–189.009098
Steers—Medium and Large 1543182.50/cwt182.50–182.5099111
Steers—Medium and Large 1649160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,0427
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy773151.25/cwt151.25–151.251,16930
Steers—Medium and Large 1823154.75/cwt154.75–154.751,27416
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1391174.50/cwt174.50–174.506828
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482156.52/cwt156.00–157.0075410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529156.00/cwt156.00–156.008255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1588166.53/cwt165.00–167.5097986
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2590153.60/cwt153.00–155.0090610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1601159.00/cwt159.00–159.009565
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2674135.25/cwt135.25–135.259125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675159.38/cwt155.00–160.251,07653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1726157.85/cwt157.85–157.851,14677
Heifers—Medium and Large 1778158.81/cwt155.00–159.851,23667
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2823137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,1326
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,76385.02/cwt84.00–85.501,4993
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01546.38/cwt43.00–50.504718
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08351.81/cwt50.00–54.0056111
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19156.79/cwt54.00–61.5067618
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46561.19/cwt56.00–66.508968

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.