Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2025-04-16

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Apr 16
● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Receipts
251 head
▼ 1,427 vs last sale 1,678▲ 25 vs year ago 226 · +11.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough cattle on offer for a price comparison. Supply light, demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $313.50/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −114.28 against this barn's trailing median of $427.78.
Average price
$313.50
42 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,787
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−9.99
vs MO average
−7.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1570313.501,78742
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale42 hd
313.50
—
MO average17 barns · 2,614 hd
323.49
−9.99
National average175 barns · 12,815 hd
321.18
−7.68
This barn, trailing median7 sales
427.78
−114.28
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

7 sales
480436393349median 427.7803/1804/0106/0309/0210/07
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $465.77, low $363.10, median $427.78 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

8 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1461401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,84910
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523362.99/cwt362.50–364.001,89822
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1612340.50/cwt340.50–340.502,08422
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,8593
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1404350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4147
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1490340.93/cwt340.00–344.001,67125
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570313.50/cwt313.50–313.501,78742
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1767284.75/cwt284.75–284.752,18467

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.