Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2022-12-07

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Dec 7
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,211 head
▼ 640 vs last sale 1,851▲ 1,211 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
259 head
▲ 86 vs last sale 173▲ 259 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 52 vs last sale 0▲ 52 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the Thanksgiving Special two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower with some lower quality or late sales 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Lots of light cattle on hand this week, nearly all under 600 lbs and in a wide variety of type, quality and condition. Supply and 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 $213.38/cwt on 476 head.
Average price
$213.38
476 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,116
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$101
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+25.94
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527216.221,140363
Medium and Large 1-2509204.271,039113
One grade step is worth $11.95/cwt here — about $101 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 sale476 hd
213.38
—
MO average21 barns · 26,779 hd
187.44
+25.94
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—Average1,70389.201,5194thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44465.4194436
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27863.2680974
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09959.6565644

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,070$2,12750

Every lot

37 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 1-2347232.00/cwt232.00–232.0080513
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375215.00/cwt215.00–215.008064
Steers—Medium and Large 1423241.15/cwt234.00–245.001,02079
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2432212.00/cwt212.00–212.009167
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472215.82/cwt200.00–220.001,01932
Steers—Medium and Large 1488233.03/cwt223.00–239.001,13796
Steers—Medium and Large 1507226.22/cwt213.00–230.001,14735
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned530179.00/cwt179.00–179.009493
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2542195.31/cwt194.00–199.001,05923
Steers—Medium and Large 1570196.50/cwt191.00–203.501,12076
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573191.81/cwt188.00–197.001,09914
Steers—Medium and Large 1624188.81/cwt187.00–190.001,17829
Steers—Medium and Large 1653183.25/cwt183.25–183.251,19731
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2663182.43/cwt182.25–183.001,21017
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned669182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,2188
Steers—Medium and Large 1716178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,2749
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335189.39/cwt188.00–191.5063412
Heifers—Medium and Large 2443156.00/cwt156.00–156.006913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1444184.50/cwt184.50–184.508195
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471188.04/cwt184.00–195.7588667
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480177.66/cwt176.00–179.008539
Heifers—Medium and Large 1512181.99/cwt175.50–186.0093245
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523170.57/cwt161.50–176.0089242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2556171.73/cwt165.50–176.2595531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565182.53/cwt179.00–185.501,03138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned645140.50/cwt140.50–140.509064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2672155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,04211
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2502175.00/cwt175.00–175.008793
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2750145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0883
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,70389.20/cwt82.00–94.001,5194
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93850.97/cwt49.00–52.504784
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11560.52/cwt54.00–65.0067540
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23159.12/cwt55.00–62.0072824
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30165.24/cwt62.00–69.0084950
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39558.98/cwt55.00–62.008239
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46067.55/cwt62.50–75.0098627
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0702,126.96/head2,125.00–2,135.002,12750

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.