Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2025-10-01

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Oct 1
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
924 head
▼ 792 vs last sale 1,716▲ 518 vs year ago 406 · +127.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 37▲ 0 vs year ago 70 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported market four weeks ago, steers and heifers traded with a lower undertone, sharply lower in spots, with the exception of some load lots of backgrounded heifers selling firm to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Several loads of yearlings were on offer but beyond that the supply was pretty light, with a very small number of calves to kick off the fall run. Demand moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $372.25/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −55.53 against this barn's trailing median of $427.78.
Average price
$372.25
11 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,974
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$44
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$40.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.82
vs MO average
+3.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1517383.401,9828thin
Medium and Large 1-2566342.501,9393thin
One grade step is worth $40.90/cwt here — about $44 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 sale11 hd
372.25
—
MO average17 barns · 1,683 hd
375.07
−2.82
National average182 barns · 13,299 hd
368.91
+3.34
This barn, trailing median7 sales
427.78
−55.53
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.

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—Average2,489187.514,6675thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,443163.362,35711
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,276161.142,05616
CowsLean 85-90%Average993155.411,5438thin

Every lot

27 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2437460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,01012
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned498430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,1414
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525428.59/cwt421.00–432.502,2509
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1593390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,3136
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1748374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,79814
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1784370.50/cwt370.50–370.502,90525
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1838357.13/cwt356.00–364.002,99355
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1864358.51/cwt358.00–359.003,098123
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1916350.00/cwt350.00–350.003,20658
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned453397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,8014
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2454427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,9419
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517383.40/cwt377.50–387.001,9828
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,9393
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1633346.74/cwt341.00–349.002,19531
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1727371.92/cwt364.50–375.002,704264
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2781346.50/cwt346.50–346.502,70612
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1826343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,83366
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1869359.50/cwt359.50–359.503,12460
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2887337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,98925
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2964328.34/cwt317.50–335.503,16523
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned310450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,3953
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned518381.00/cwt381.00–381.001,9746
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——2,406191.39/cwt190.00–195.504,6054
Bulls——2,820172.00/cwt172.00–172.004,8501
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%993155.41/cwt153.00–159.001,5438
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,276161.14/cwt156.00–167.502,05616
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,443163.36/cwt157.00–166.002,35711

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.