Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2024-10-02

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Oct 2
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
406 head
▼ 1,317 vs last sale 1,723▲ 269 vs year ago 137 · +196.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 45▲ 15 vs year ago 55 · +27.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale four weeks ago, a light supply of steers and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows 8.00 to 15.00 lower. Light numbers but good quality this week on a market that could have seemingly withstood a larger test. Demand moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb steers averaged $284.14/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −150.86 against this barn's trailing median of $435.00.
Average price
$284.14
14 head · 628 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,785
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+21.31
vs MO average
+19.50 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1628284.141,78514thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale14 hd
284.14
—
MO average15 barns · 1,733 hd
262.83
+21.31
National average161 barns · 11,109 hd
264.64
+19.50
This barn, trailing median9 sales
435.00
−150.86
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 600–700 lb

9 sales
474438402366median 435.0003/1805/0606/2908/0510/07
Steers 600–700 lb: high $459.52, low $380.31, median $435.00 across 9 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average2,295152.313,4953thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,524124.331,89517
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,268122.831,55720
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,143106.951,2226thin

Every lot

18 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1606283.50/cwt283.50–283.501,7188
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1658285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8756
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1726271.93/cwt270.00–272.501,97435
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1755257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,94020
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1824248.00/cwt243.50–249.002,04448
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1914244.35/cwt244.35–244.352,23357
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2914235.75/cwt235.75–235.752,15511
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566260.50/cwt260.50–260.501,4744
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670239.54/cwt237.50–243.001,6058
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1689241.62/cwt241.00–243.001,66522
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2871219.50/cwt219.50–219.501,9127
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1874237.50/cwt237.50–237.502,0767
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2958220.67/cwt220.25–222.002,11442
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——2,235138.00/cwt138.00–138.003,0841
Bulls——2,325159.46/cwt155.50–163.503,7072
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,143106.95/cwt104.00–111.001,2226
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,268122.83/cwt117.50–126.001,55720
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,524124.33/cwt119.00–127.001,89517

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.