Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2025-08-06

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Aug 6
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Receipts
624 head
▼ 850 vs last sale 1,474▲ 196 vs year ago 428 · +45.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recently tested market for a price comparison. Supply light, demand moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $418.67/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 4 of 8 comparable sales and sits −52.54 against this barn's trailing median of $471.21.
Average price
$418.67
35 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,396
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$280
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$40.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.76
vs MO average
+28.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1576431.362,48524
Medium and Large 1-2564391.002,20511thin
One grade step is worth $40.36/cwt here — about $280 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale35 hd
418.67
—
MO average12 barns · 2,058 hd
413.92
+4.76
National average145 barns · 8,057 hd
390.02
+28.65
This barn, trailing median8 sales
471.21
−52.54
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.

Every lot

21 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484470.32/cwt468.00–472.502,2766
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,1755
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1548427.00/cwt427.00–427.002,3403
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580431.98/cwt423.00–436.502,50521
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2597371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,2156
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629410.24/cwt389.00–419.002,58050
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2649341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,2136
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1682374.14/cwt370.50–385.002,55212
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717375.39/cwt357.00–384.002,69249
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2740331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,4497
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,6744
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1800364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,91264
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1869340.50/cwt340.50–340.502,95964
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1937335.78/cwt332.50–336.503,14675
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528385.18/cwt364.00–401.002,0347
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564370.25/cwt350.00–384.502,08825
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2586331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,9404
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0913
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1661338.18/cwt336.00–340.002,23513
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1894307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,74510
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1941292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,75210

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.