Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2024-01-03

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Jan 3
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,620 head
▲ 1,862 vs last sale 758▼ 468 vs year ago 3,088 · −15.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
166 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 216▲ 45 vs year ago 121 · +37.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale four weeks ago, steers sold 12.00 to 15.00 higher, spots sharply higher. Heifers traded 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 7.00 higher. The new year kicked off on a very positive note with some renewed optimism and a number of active buyers. Quality was really excellent all day long with several top prices coming late in the day. This sale is traditionally known as a source for reputation replacement heifers and this year was no exception with several groups returning to the farm. Supply moderate, demand good to very good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $274.26/cwt on 1,279 head.
Average price
$274.26
1,279 head · 630 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,727
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$80
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$55.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+31.06
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1632276.091,7451,076
Medium and Large 1-2608266.621,621194
Large 1-2826221.001,8259thin
One grade step is worth $55.09/cwt here — about −$80 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 sale1,279 hd
274.26
—
MO average8 barns · 14,326 hd
243.21
+31.06
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—Average2,049102.362,0975thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48492.511,37322
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21390.521,09839
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00884.3485019

Every lot

46 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2436309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,3474
Steers—Medium and Large 1439345.34/cwt340.00–350.001,51655
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned461277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,2775
Steers—Medium and Large 1487321.08/cwt314.00–336.001,56416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2496293.67/cwt291.00–295.001,4579
Steers—Medium and Large 1521314.71/cwt307.00–318.001,640176
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2541282.51/cwt272.00–294.001,52824
Steers—Medium and Large 1571299.38/cwt290.00–305.001,70943
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580275.71/cwt273.00–281.001,59997
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned598275.50/cwt275.50–275.501,6478
Steers—Medium and Large 1628277.58/cwt265.00–291.001,743369
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,6277
Steers—Medium and Large 1660259.52/cwt257.00–260.001,71378
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned691242.68/cwt242.50–243.001,67717
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725236.90/cwt235.00–243.001,71832
Steers—Medium and Large 1729241.72/cwt234.50–250.001,762219
Steers—Medium and Large 1763239.39/cwt237.00–242.001,82795
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2774227.55/cwt225.00–230.001,76112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy819203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,6634
Steers—Large 1-2826221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,8259
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,0324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1411269.73/cwt259.50–281.001,10926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469262.60/cwt254.00–270.001,23286
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2489250.43/cwt246.50–258.001,22525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520262.71/cwt251.00–265.751,366189
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned525232.75/cwt232.75–232.751,22218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526244.63/cwt242.00–249.001,28741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581238.04/cwt233.00–244.501,38387
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2587228.45/cwt223.75–231.001,34140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617231.95/cwt224.00–240.001,431137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned626228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,4275
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633224.23/cwt216.00–231.001,41922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement645238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,53521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2663217.75/cwt217.75–217.751,44413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement678241.64/cwt238.50–243.501,63840
Heifers—Medium and Large 1697229.50/cwt229.50–229.501,6008
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2724214.31/cwt213.25–216.501,55219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730230.87/cwt229.75–231.501,685101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement747235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,75525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement752234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,76060
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,049102.36/cwt100.50–104.002,0975
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00884.34/cwt79.00–90.0085019
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20792.28/cwt89.00–96.501,11430
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23484.65/cwt82.50–88.001,0459
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48193.96/cwt89.50–104.001,39217
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49687.56/cwt85.50–90.501,3105

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.