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Green City Livestock Auction

Name: Green City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Dec 4

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254

← Nov 13Dec 4Jan 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

970 head

▲ 176 vs last sale 794▲ 212 vs year ago 758 · +28.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

76 head

▼ 27 vs last sale 103▼ 140 vs year ago 216 · −64.8%

Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last regular sale three weeks ago, steers and heifers traded sharply higher. A few comparable sales to last week's higher quality, higher volume Thanksgiving Specials showed steers trading mostly steady, other than a sharp upswing on steer calves under 500 lbs, and heifers steady to weak. Supply moderate, demand good to very good.

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 $332.96/cwt on 213 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −138.25 against this barn's trailing median of $471.21.

Average price

$332.96

213 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,847

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$25.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.57

vs MO average

+7.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	334.03	1,855	204
Medium and Large 1-2	540	308.78	1,669	9thin

One grade step is worth $25.25/cwt here — about $186 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale213 hd

332.96

—

MO average13 barns · 3,673 hd

318.40

+14.57

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+7.59

This barn, trailing median8 sales

471.21

−138.25

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,664	124.21	2,067	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,309	115.27	1,509	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,038	106.15	1,102	8thin

Every lot

28 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	349	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,420	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	389	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,634	18
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	408.32/cwt	403.00–419.00	1,695	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,676	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	403.67/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,905	53
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	390.87/cwt	371.00–410.00	1,861	27
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	506	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,574	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	336.87/cwt	328.00–343.00	1,799	49
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	333.13/cwt	319.00–349.00	1,872	155
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,744	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	300.63/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,855	32
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	284.73/cwt	273.50–293.50	1,788	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,696	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	278.56/cwt	274.00–285.00	1,866	36
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	333.31/cwt	331.00–340.00	1,407	49
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	288.30/cwt	283.00–305.00	1,407	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	309.95/cwt	305.50–333.00	1,516	64
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	287.12/cwt	283.00–293.00	1,476	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	284.87/cwt	267.00–293.00	1,481	40
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	559	256.99/cwt	245.00–268.00	1,437	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	278.04/cwt	267.00–300.00	1,568	77
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	642	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,573	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,728	13
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,038	106.15/cwt	101.00–111.00	1,102	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,276	118.56/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,513	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,420	104.10/cwt	101.00–106.00	1,478	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,639	121.24/cwt	116.00–127.00	1,987	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,714	130.16/cwt	128.00–133.00	2,231	4

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 Dec 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 970Last week 794Year ago 758

Slaughter CattleReceipts 76Last week 103Year ago 216

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	349	407.00	407.00
18	350–400	389	420.00	420.00
12	400–450	415	403.00–419.00	408.32
53	450–500	472	395.00–405.00	403.67
49	500–550	534	328.00–343.00	336.87
155	550–600	562	319.00–349.00	333.13
32	600–650	617	290.00–307.00	300.63
36	650–700	670	274.00–285.00	278.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	440	381.00	381.00
27	450–500	476	371.00–410.00	390.87
4	500–550	506	311.00	311.00
5	550–600	568	307.00	307.00
20	600–650	628	273.50–293.50	284.73
5	650–700	660	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	400–450	422	331.00–340.00	333.31
64	450–500	489	305.50–333.00	309.95
27	500–550	514	283.00–293.00	287.12
77	550–600	564	267.00–300.00	278.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	488	283.00–305.00	288.30
40	500–550	520	267.00–293.00	284.87
32	550–600	559	245.00–268.00	256.99
10	600–650	642	245.00	245.00
13	650–700	683	253.00	253.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,714	128.00–133.00	130.16
8	—	1,639	116.00–127.00	121.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,038	101.00–111.00	106.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,276	115.00–120.00	118.56
5	—	1,420	101.00–106.00	104.10

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.