Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2025-02-05

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Feb 5
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,286 head
▲ 2,863 vs last sale 423▼ 302 vs year ago 3,588 · −8.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
▲ 86 vs last sale 0▼ 4 vs year ago 90 · −4.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recently tested market for a true price comparison, but looking back to the New Years Day Special, steers and heifers traded sharply higher. Overall quality was outstanding throughout the day with the majority of the cattle in attractive condition and long time weaned. The market continued to climb throughout the day, resulting in some wide price spreads in spots and causing some wear and tear on the auctioneer as buyers at times locked in on some reputation consignments. Cattle futures got a bounce after a big break Monday and Tuesday but cutout values were sharply lower Wednesday. Supply heavy, demand good to very good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $358.65/cwt on 313 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −112.56 against this barn's trailing median of $471.21.
Average price
$358.65
313 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,973
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$158
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.59
vs MO average
+16.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555361.572,006249
Medium and Large 1-2532347.271,84864
One grade step is worth $14.30/cwt here — about $158 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale313 hd
358.65
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MO average18 barns · 3,944 hd
341.06
+17.59
National average187 barns · 18,766 hd
342.38
+16.27
This barn, trailing median8 sales
471.21
−112.56
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
527481434388median 471.2103/1805/0606/2909/0210/07
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,695165.642,8083thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,521131.051,99323
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,197120.771,44616
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,122112.361,2613thin

Every lot

51 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed410445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,82512
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1441407.00/cwt407.00–407.001,79510
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed446400.50/cwt400.50–400.501,78616
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466406.31/cwt398.00–409.001,89320
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,82813
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2513351.13/cwt325.00–355.501,80146
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526368.62/cwt354.00–377.001,93995
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed559373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,08523
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575354.45/cwt346.00–369.002,038131
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581337.42/cwt326.00–343.001,96018
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed604339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,04817
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618340.46/cwt326.50–353.002,104249
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy630318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,00314
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2659284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,87212
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1682311.26/cwt296.50–337.002,123296
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710281.55/cwt262.00–286.501,99936
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730299.80/cwt295.50–310.502,189270
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2753287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,16513
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1766279.22/cwt275.00–287.752,139156
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy792241.58/cwt237.50–252.501,91311
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1808280.88/cwt272.00–286.252,270188
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2826254.50/cwt254.50–254.502,1029
Steers850–900Large 1-2Fleshy872246.25/cwt246.25–246.252,14768
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2903245.50/cwt245.50–245.502,2179
Steers950–1000Large 1962248.00/cwt248.00–248.002,3865
Steers950–1000Large 1-2971233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,2624
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385418.00/cwt418.00–418.001,60912
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476356.22/cwt354.50–360.001,69641
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,45224
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy495275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3616
Heifers500–550Medium 1-2518277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,4359
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521331.00/cwt326.50–335.501,72599
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583319.97/cwt305.50–330.001,865116
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2592287.45/cwt272.50–306.001,70231
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy606266.75/cwt266.75–266.751,617102
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,70511
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623299.90/cwt290.00–317.501,868162
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1676283.10/cwt277.50–296.001,914187
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688271.42/cwt268.00–276.001,86725
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement696289.56/cwt281.00–305.002,01542
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2704274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,92910
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1719272.25/cwt272.25–272.251,95732
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement723301.52/cwt289.00–311.002,18091
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2756269.50/cwt269.50–269.502,0377
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement791304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,40521
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2873231.50/cwt231.50–231.502,02113
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,695165.64/cwt165.00–167.002,8083
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,122112.36/cwt109.00–114.001,2613
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,197120.77/cwt113.00–131.001,44616
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,504128.03/cwt121.00–133.001,92615
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,553136.72/cwt134.00–141.002,1238

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.