Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2022-04-20

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Apr 20
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
455 head
▼ 2,275 vs last sale 2,730▼ 186 vs year ago 641 · −29.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 112▲ 34 vs year ago 96 · +35.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough feeder cattle on offer for a true comparison, undertone lower. Slaughter cows firm to 3.00 higher. Supply light, 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 $186.65/cwt on 209 head.
Average price
$186.65
209 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,009
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$119
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$9.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.18
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2447189.9385075
Medium and Large 1596185.121,104126
Medium and Large 2538180.009688thin
One grade step is worth $9.93/cwt here — about −$119 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 sale209 hd
186.65
—
MO average16 barns · 7,716 hd
179.47
+7.18
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—Average2,105101.002,1261thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40783.591,17620
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21178.9095630
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01169.7770520

Every lot

29 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2321220.00/cwt220.00–220.0070610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2382192.61/cwt188.00–195.0073621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2466190.85/cwt187.50–196.0088925
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy477185.50/cwt185.50–185.508859
Steers—Medium and Large 1499199.50/cwt199.50–199.509966
Steers—Medium and Large 1523190.00/cwt190.00–190.009945
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525177.00/cwt177.00–177.009296
Steers—Medium and Large 2538180.00/cwt180.00–180.009688
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2563167.68/cwt164.00–170.009448
Steers—Medium and Large 1564194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,09410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2604165.00/cwt165.00–165.009975
Steers—Medium and Large 1621183.01/cwt174.00–184.501,13696
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2339190.00/cwt190.00–190.006448
Heifers—Medium and Large 1395171.50/cwt171.50–171.506774
Heifers—Medium and Large 1409177.00/cwt177.00–177.0072417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy460160.00/cwt160.00–160.007363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465161.50/cwt161.50–161.5075114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467180.00/cwt180.00–180.008413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525168.93/cwt166.50–174.0088712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529172.13/cwt165.00–174.5091112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2590151.00/cwt151.00–151.008914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615155.00/cwt155.00–155.009533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2686133.00/cwt133.00–133.009125
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,105101.00/cwt101.00–101.002,1261
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01169.77/cwt64.50–76.0070520
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20377.98/cwt71.00–85.0093826
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26584.88/cwt84.50–86.001,0744
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40484.23/cwt73.50–88.001,18319
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45571.50/cwt71.50–71.501,0401

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.