Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2025-07-02

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Jul 2
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,474 head
▼ 1,263 vs last sale 2,737▼ 163 vs year ago 1,637 · −10.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
93 head
▲ 93 vs last sale 0▲ 39 vs year ago 54 · +72.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Wednesday was the second day of Green City Livestock's Annual BBQ Customer Appreciation Sale, highlighting home raised calves and yearlings after Monday's yearling load lot sale. Wednesday's offering consisted of mostly smaller sized strings of home raised calves, most weaned and worked. Several consignments were in pretty thin condition with a good weigh up. A handful of extra buyers in the seats boosted the market, also helped by some solid gains at the CME. Much like Monday's yearling sale, some of these prices just needed to be seen to be believed. Supply moderate, demand 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 $417.41/cwt on 284 head. That ranks 3 of 8 comparable sales and sits −53.80 against this barn's trailing median of $471.21.
Average price
$417.41
284 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,324
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$11
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+30.14
vs MO average
+33.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555419.062,325264
Medium and Large 1-2585395.572,31420
One grade step is worth $23.49/cwt here — about $11 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale284 hd
417.41
—
MO average8 barns · 1,952 hd
387.27
+30.14
National average21 barns · 2,670 hd
383.52
+33.89
This barn, trailing median8 sales
471.21
−53.80
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—Average1,888199.923,7743thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,251159.761,99815
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,367159.562,18222
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,032148.101,52912

Every lot

50 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2338455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,5383
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1357502.50/cwt502.50–502.501,7944
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2371434.05/cwt426.00–442.001,6106
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed388487.00/cwt487.00–487.001,8909
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430460.18/cwt442.50–462.501,97929
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned465401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,8658
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned466392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,8293
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470430.75/cwt419.00–454.002,02541
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2483431.40/cwt422.50–437.002,08416
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532426.86/cwt417.50–436.002,271133
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned571395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,25519
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579413.89/cwt402.00–433.002,396112
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585395.57/cwt375.00–410.002,31420
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628404.59/cwt397.00–425.002,54159
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630385.67/cwt383.00–388.002,43015
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1669383.82/cwt375.50–400.002,56854
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681365.72/cwt352.50–380.002,49146
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720358.14/cwt347.00–369.002,579128
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1761337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,5684
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2774312.02/cwt311.00–314.002,41512
Steers800–850Large 1-2845329.50/cwt329.50–329.502,78417
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed283447.50/cwt447.50–447.501,2663
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed347487.50/cwt487.50–487.501,69211
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed396400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5843
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed432416.00/cwt416.00–416.001,7974
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440440.77/cwt408.00–453.001,93950
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478373.93/cwt365.00–382.501,7876
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481413.21/cwt402.50–420.001,98817
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524394.62/cwt378.00–423.002,06856
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned541354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,91524
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565357.94/cwt351.00–365.002,0228
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed578389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,2488
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578375.42/cwt363.00–383.002,17093
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617365.08/cwt355.00–373.002,25374
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2644354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,2807
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy647342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,21331
Heifers650–700Medium 1-2665317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,1113
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666351.05/cwt344.00–355.002,33832
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1676346.10/cwt334.50–354.502,34079
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730336.65/cwt335.00–339.002,45812
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,6127
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2545338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,8424
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,888199.92/cwt197.00–204.503,7743
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%997134.25/cwt131.00–136.001,3383
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,044152.72/cwt150.00–154.001,5949
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,245168.50/cwt168.50–168.502,0981
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,251159.14/cwt152.00–164.501,99114
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,351159.86/cwt155.00–163.502,16017
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,405151.74/cwt151.00–153.002,1323
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,450168.77/cwt167.50–170.002,4472

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.