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Green City Livestock Auction

Name: Green City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Aug 2

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254

← Jul 7Aug 2Sep 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

893 head

▼ 1,659 vs last sale 2,552▼ 153 vs year ago 1,046 · −14.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

72 head

▼ 39 vs last sale 111▼ 13 vs year ago 85 · −15.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recently tested market for a price comparison. A handful of load lots were accompanied by several smaller strings of home raised calves. Supply and demand moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $248.25/cwt on 404 head.

Average price

$248.25

404 head · 700 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,738

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$13.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.27

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	704	252.28	1,776	287
Medium and Large 1-2	691	238.38	1,647	117

One grade step is worth $13.90/cwt here — about $129 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 sale404 hd

248.25

—

MO average15 barns · 6,245 hd

242.98

+5.27

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,813	126.45	2,293	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,491	116.99	1,745	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,184	108.78	1,288	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,046	102.87	1,076	7thin

Every lot

32 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,275	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	499	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,612	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	1,459	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	551	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,546	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	556	274.25/cwt	271.50–281.50	1,525	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	253.72/cwt	248.50–265.00	1,543	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	273.75/cwt	272.00–276.50	1,697	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	258.97/cwt	258.50–260.00	1,709	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	711	253.02/cwt	251.25–256.00	1,799	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	732	243.25/cwt	243.25–243.25	1,781	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	770	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,836	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	855	235.75/cwt	235.75–235.75	2,016	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	929	245.26/cwt	241.50–249.00	2,278	121
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	396	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,232	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	448	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,223	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,417	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	533	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,370	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	267.73/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,430	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	587	263.03/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,544	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,622	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,477	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	693	235.20/cwt	229.50–237.75	1,630	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	698	254.75/cwt	254.75–254.75	1,778	102
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,678	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	721	235.25/cwt	235.25–235.25	1,696	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	790	229.36/cwt	229.00–229.50	1,812	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	876	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,054	65
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,813	126.45/cwt	122.00–129.50	2,293	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,046	102.87/cwt	95.00–105.50	1,076	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,184	108.78/cwt	105.00–112.00	1,288	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,476	113.99/cwt	108.00–118.00	1,682	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,543	127.00/cwt	124.00–130.50	1,960	3

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Green City Livestock Auction - Green City, MO

Wed Aug 2, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 893Last week 2,552Year ago 1,046

Slaughter CattleReceipts 72Last week 111Year ago 85

No recently tested market for a price comparison. A handful of load lots were accompanied by several smaller strings of home raised calves. Supply and demand moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	608	248.50–265.00	253.72
19	—	660	258.50–260.00	258.97
11	—	556	271.50–281.50	274.25
18	—	855	235.75	235.75
8	—	711	251.25–256.00	253.02
3	—	468	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	551	280.50	280.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	770	238.50	238.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	499	323.00	323.00
5	—	522	279.50	279.50
10	—	620	272.00–276.50	273.75
16	—	732	243.25	243.25
121	—	929	241.50–249.00	245.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	534	265.00–270.00	267.73
39	—	693	229.50–237.75	235.20
3	—	448	273.00	273.00
7	—	630	234.50	234.50
24	—	790	229.00–229.50	229.36
30	—	721	235.25	235.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	587	260.00–265.00	263.03
15	—	720	233.00	233.00
5	—	517	274.00	274.00
79	—	625	259.50	259.50
6	—	396	311.00	311.00
102	—	698	254.75	254.75
65	—	876	234.50	234.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	533	257.00	257.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,813	122.00–129.50	126.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,184	105.00–112.00	108.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,476	108.00–118.00	113.99
3	—	1,543	124.00–130.50	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,046	95.00–105.50	102.87

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.