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Green City Livestock Auction

Name: Green City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Apr 3

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254

← Mar 20Apr 3Apr 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,122 head

▲ 1,394 vs last sale 728▼ 922 vs year ago 3,044 · −30.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

62 head

▼ 27 vs last sale 89▼ 130 vs year ago 192 · −67.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers traded sharply lower. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 8.00 higher. While on paper, some weights and classes did appear to trade as much as 25.00 lower or even more in drastic instances, that's not a truly fair or accurate representation of this week's market activity, as the trade here in Green City two weeks ago was simply off the charts, what one in our industry might call the opposite of a black swan event. Combine that with this week's bird flu influenced market volatility and the high prices from two weeks ago simply couldn't be achieved as buyers have pulled back on the reins pretty hard since Monday. Quality was above average throughout the day with several reputation consignments on offer and buyers were active, ready to own cattle, just at lower price levels, at least until some of the dust settles. Supply moderate, demand moderate, good in spots.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $313.24/cwt on 264 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −157.97 against this barn's trailing median of $471.21.

Average price

$313.24

264 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,733

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

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

$23.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.01

vs MO average

+2.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	316.04	1,741	232
Medium and Large 1-2	570	292.97	1,670	32

One grade step is worth $23.07/cwt here — about $70 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale264 hd

313.24

—

MO average17 barns · 2,496 hd

313.23

+0.01

National average173 barns · 11,586 hd

310.76

+2.48

This barn, trailing median8 sales

471.21

−157.97

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $512.92, low $402.06, median $471.21 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	—	Low	1,480	132.00	1,954	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,157	120.92	1,399	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,304	119.87	1,563	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,014	108.41	1,099	4thin

Every lot

55 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	309	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,208	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,059	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	384	327.21/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,256	14
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	385	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,086	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	396	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,418	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	307.96/cwt	294.00–335.00	1,303	30
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	344.16/cwt	341.00–347.00	1,470	18
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	440	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,544	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	363.28/cwt	331.00–385.00	1,678	32
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	318.09/cwt	315.00–321.00	1,568	29
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	329.02/cwt	318.00–340.00	1,704	77
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	545	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,635	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	309.59/cwt	304.00–315.00	1,755	155
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,705	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	595	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,624	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	279.84/cwt	274.00–287.00	1,735	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	295.33/cwt	285.00–304.50	1,837	80
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	651	293.75/cwt	293.75–293.75	1,912	87
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	277.90/cwt	275.50–279.50	1,856	76
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	684	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,833	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	275.94/cwt	267.50–284.50	1,990	128
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	739	256.11/cwt	254.50–263.00	1,893	45
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	260.42/cwt	251.00–264.75	1,995	103
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	772	249.19/cwt	241.00–251.00	1,924	45
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,973	9
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	873	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,034	13
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	888	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,167	28
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	380	319.52/cwt	316.00–323.00	1,214	32
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	391	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,193	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	323.79/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,331	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,269	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	316.56/cwt	310.00–318.00	1,469	53
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	464	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,369	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	280.55/cwt	269.00–301.00	1,372	32
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	279.19/cwt	274.00–286.00	1,485	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	293.74/cwt	285.50–309.00	1,577	72
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	284.02/cwt	270.00–291.50	1,659	89
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	263.98/cwt	258.50–270.00	1,550	38
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Full	598	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,459	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	614	257.24/cwt	253.50–259.00	1,579	31
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	288.25/cwt	285.00–291.00	1,787	77
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	657	241.81/cwt	239.00–245.00	1,589	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	659	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,447	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	247.41/cwt	240.25–265.00	1,665	54
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	232.89/cwt	230.50–242.00	1,665	83
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	743	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,831	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	754	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,810	70
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	792	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,806	28
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	825	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,889	9
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,480	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,954	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,014	108.41/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,099	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,148	119.68/cwt	113.00–128.00	1,374	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,215	128.95/cwt	128.00–130.00	1,567	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,294	118.53/cwt	112.00–127.00	1,534	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,420	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,931	1

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 Apr 3, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,122Last week 728Year ago 3,044

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 89Year ago 192

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	391	305.00	305.00
4	400–450	442	287.00	287.00
32	450–500	489	269.00–301.00	280.55
9	500–550	532	274.00–286.00	279.19
38	550–600	587	258.50–270.00	263.98
31	600–650	614	253.50–259.00	257.24
19	650–700	657	239.00–245.00	241.81
9	700–750	743	246.50	246.50
28	750–800	792	228.00	228.00
9	800–850	825	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	411	320.00–325.00	323.79
53	450–500	464	310.00–318.00	316.56
72	500–550	537	285.50–309.00	293.74
89	550–600	584	270.00–291.50	284.02
77	600–650	620	285.00–291.00	288.25
54	650–700	673	240.25–265.00	247.41
83	700–750	715	230.50–242.00	232.89
70	750–800	754	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	598	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	464	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	350–400	380	316.00–323.00	319.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	659	219.50	219.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	282.00	282.00
6	400–450	440	351.00	351.00
3	550–600	595	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	396	358.00	358.00
18	400–450	427	341.00–347.00	344.16
32	450–500	462	331.00–385.00	363.28
77	500–550	518	318.00–340.00	329.02
155	550–600	567	304.00–315.00	309.59
80	600–650	622	285.00–304.50	295.33
76	650–700	668	275.50–279.50	277.90
128	700–750	721	267.50–284.50	275.94
103	750–800	766	251.00–264.75	260.42
9	800–850	838	235.50	235.50
28	850–900	888	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	684	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	384	325.00–330.00	327.21
30	400–450	423	294.00–335.00	307.96
29	450–500	493	315.00–321.00	318.09
13	500–550	545	300.00	300.00
16	550–600	586	291.00	291.00
11	600–650	620	274.00–287.00	279.84
87	650–700	651	293.75	293.75
45	700–750	739	254.50–263.00	256.11
45	750–800	772	241.00–251.00	249.19
13	850–900	873	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	309	391.00	391.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,294	112.00–127.00	118.53
1	—	1,420	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,148	113.00–128.00	119.68
2	—	1,215	128.00–130.00	128.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,014	107.00–110.00	108.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	132.00	132.00

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.