Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2022-03-23

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Mar 23
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,028 head
▼ 440 vs last sale 1,468▼ 330 vs year ago 1,358 · −24.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 127▼ 26 vs year ago 100 · −26.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 0▼ 27 vs year ago 65 · −41.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale three weeks ago, steers and heifers sold in a mixed manner, with most of the light calves sharply lower, some middle weight stockers firm to 5.00 higher, and feedlot bound cattle 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Supply light to moderate, 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 $182.45/cwt on 481 head.
Average price
$182.45
481 head · 632 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,153
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$40.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.35
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1629184.901,163385
Medium and Large 1-2637174.181,11091
Large 1-2786144.501,1365thin
One grade step is worth $40.40/cwt here — about $27 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 sale481 hd
182.45
—
MO average18 barns · 11,375 hd
176.10
+6.35
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—Average1,851107.841,9967thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41382.401,16415
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18778.2492913
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,19966.477975thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2382194.00/cwt194.00–194.007413
Steers—Medium and Large 1438225.44/cwt225.00–226.0098711
Steers—Medium and Large 1531207.64/cwt201.00–211.001,10378
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533193.49/cwt187.25–201.001,03133
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2563188.13/cwt179.50–195.001,0599
Steers—Medium and Large 1589191.99/cwt190.00–192.251,13194
Steers—Medium and Large 1616181.42/cwt180.00–185.501,11823
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616175.50/cwt175.50–175.501,0815
Steers—Medium and Large 1680176.38/cwt175.75–177.251,19977
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2695163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,1335
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2712159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,13213
Steers—Medium and Large 1713165.45/cwt165.00–166.501,18074
Steers—Medium and Large 1756159.49/cwt158.50–160.501,20628
Steers—Large 1-2786144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,1365
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2791149.76/cwt149.50–150.001,18517
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2818147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,2076
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2362168.00/cwt168.00–168.006083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2416161.50/cwt161.50–161.506725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422168.18/cwt167.00–169.0071012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466185.43/cwt184.50–186.0086419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522176.20/cwt165.00–181.5092035
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed526173.00/cwt173.00–173.009105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2566162.00/cwt162.00–162.009178
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578167.20/cwt166.50–167.5096639
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement609169.25/cwt169.25–169.251,03115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2609155.50/cwt155.50–155.509474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625159.25/cwt157.00–163.0099543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678156.17/cwt155.00–157.501,05943
Heifers—Large 1-2714131.50/cwt131.50–131.509394
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2766133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,0238
Heifers—Large 1-2906124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,1236
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,851107.84/cwt102.00–112.001,9967
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16677.10/cwt68.00–82.5089911
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19966.47/cwt64.00–69.007975
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30384.52/cwt84.00–85.001,1012
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37087.79/cwt86.00–89.501,2033
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42481.05/cwt78.00–85.501,15412
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0572,454.76/cwt2,150.00–2,550.0025,94721
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2501,850.00/cwt1,850.00–1,850.0023,1254

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.