Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2025-11-05

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Nov 5
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,366 head
▲ 442 vs last sale 924▼ 322 vs year ago 1,688 · −19.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
169 head
▲ 99 vs last sale 70▲ 44 vs year ago 125 · +35.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Very slim comparisons to the last tested market five weeks ago but some similar sales of steers and heifers sold 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Outstanding quality from top to bottom this week with a good mix of yearling cattle and calves, the majority of the calves coming right off the cow but with at least one if not two rounds of shots. Volatility has run rampant throughout the industry the past couple weeks and the local cash trade had a bit of course correction today to adjust to the sharp losses experienced around the circuit in that time. Still some optimism throughout the cattle sector for sure with one group of heifers bought for replacement bringing just over $2500/head suggesting that maybe expansion isn't completely out of the question. Supply and demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $396.57/cwt on 128 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −74.63 against this barn's trailing median of $471.21.
Average price
$396.57
128 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,225
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$145
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$32.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.56
vs MO average
−22.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558406.232,26890
Medium and Large 1-2568373.702,12338
One grade step is worth $32.53/cwt here — about $145 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 sale128 hd
396.57
—
MO average19 barns · 2,607 hd
397.14
−0.56
National average195 barns · 36,957 hd
419.10
−22.53
This barn, trailing median8 sales
471.21
−74.63
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—Average1,875202.023,7882thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,469160.022,35122
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,174156.681,83930
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,041144.721,50730

Every lot

46 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1396485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,9216
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432464.08/cwt450.00–477.502,00517
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1482440.36/cwt427.50–447.502,12339
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2492417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,0546
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1503407.50/cwt407.50–407.502,0504
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned506397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,0119
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned536364.71/cwt362.50–372.501,95517
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562421.22/cwt393.00–436.002,36752
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned578378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,18525
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2594380.98/cwt369.00–387.002,26321
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625379.46/cwt369.00–397.002,372124
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,28522
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660358.53/cwt350.00–360.002,36637
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned680320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1768
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,4606
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1719358.50/cwt358.00–359.002,57826
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2719329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,36612
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy725300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1753
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned729333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,42837
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1767360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,7614
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy791286.00/cwt286.00–286.002,2626
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1834347.51/cwt345.00–353.002,89895
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2880336.08/cwt335.50–341.002,958127
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1899333.50/cwt333.50–333.502,99860
Steers900–950Large 1-2Fleshy910308.50/cwt308.50–308.502,80719
Steers950–1000Large 1-2Fleshy953296.50/cwt296.50–296.502,82618
Steers950–1000Large 1-2986290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,8594
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390428.00/cwt428.00–428.001,6693
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420404.86/cwt400.00–410.001,7008
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2460381.00/cwt381.00–381.001,7539
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481371.97/cwt363.00–376.001,78921
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535354.51/cwt344.00–363.001,8979
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned537366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,96530
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1548372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,03929
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2555340.93/cwt337.00–347.001,89236
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561370.02/cwt360.00–383.002,07619
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned564350.01/cwt346.00–353.001,97416
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Replacement611411.00/cwt411.00–411.002,51120
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673343.43/cwt339.50–345.502,31121
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy693266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,8437
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728341.50/cwt341.50–341.502,486134
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,875202.02/cwt198.00–206.003,7882
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,030148.16/cwt140.00–153.001,52620
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,063137.83/cwt136.00–138.001,46510
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,174156.68/cwt152.00–161.001,83930
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,469160.02/cwt157.00–164.002,35122

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.