Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2021-12-01

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Dec 1
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
334 head
▼ 897 vs last sale 1,231▼ 1,052 vs year ago 1,386 · −75.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 115▼ 23 vs year ago 106 · −21.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slim comparisons to the last regular feeder cattle auction held three weeks ago but steers and heifers traded with a sharply higher undertone. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Supply light, 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 $168.07/cwt on 134 head.
Average price
$168.07
134 head · 453 lb average
Value per head Derived
$761
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$16
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.07
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1451169.7776698
Medium and Large 1-2459163.4274936
One grade step is worth $6.35/cwt here — about $16 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 sale134 hd
168.07
—
MO average14 barns · 10,207 hd
150.00
+18.07
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—Average1,57776.911,2136thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46657.7484621
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20252.8763614
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10443.724836thin

Every lot

26 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2398174.00/cwt174.00–174.006933
Steers—Medium and Large 1438190.00/cwt190.00–190.008326
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535174.00/cwt174.00–174.009315
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580176.21/cwt176.00–176.251,02226
Steers—Medium and Large 1603171.33/cwt170.00–172.001,0339
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2622155.50/cwt155.50–155.509678
Steers—Medium and Large 1707163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,15216
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2783152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,1943
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2811150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2174
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2253175.00/cwt175.00–175.004438
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323180.00/cwt180.00–180.0058111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2366171.00/cwt171.00–171.006265
Heifers—Medium and Large 1388178.75/cwt178.75–178.7569428
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431176.75/cwt176.75–176.7576216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2463166.25/cwt166.25–166.2577013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467164.75/cwt164.75–164.7576920
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518165.00/cwt165.00–165.008553
Heifers—Medium and Large 1537159.00/cwt159.00–159.008546
Heifers—Medium and Large 1607151.50/cwt151.50–151.5092017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2622140.00/cwt140.00–140.008713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2804138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1104
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,57776.91/cwt73.00–84.751,2136
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10443.72/cwt37.50–50.004836
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18653.48/cwt44.50–57.5063413
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41545.00/cwt45.00–45.006371
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46657.74/cwt45.75–60.5084621

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.