Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2025-11-12

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Nov 12
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
469 head
▼ 897 vs last sale 1,366▼ 325 vs year ago 794 · −40.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
▼ 98 vs last sale 169▼ 32 vs year ago 103 · −31.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold sharply higher, gaining back all the losses from the previous sale and then some in spots. Slaughter cows 12.00 to 15.00 lower. Really good quality just light numbers ahead of the two Thanksgiving Specials scheduled for two weeks from now. The bulk of the offering was unweaned but with two rounds of shots. Supply light, 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 $364.19/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −63.59 against this barn's trailing median of $427.78.
Average price
$364.19
80 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,989
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$269
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$37.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.37
vs MO average
+0.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550371.592,04464
Medium and Large 1-2531334.591,77516thin
One grade step is worth $37.00/cwt here — about $269 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 sale80 hd
364.19
—
MO average20 barns · 2,935 hd
354.82
+9.37
National average183 barns · 20,348 hd
363.96
+0.23
This barn, trailing median7 sales
427.78
−63.59
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—Low1,783173.693,0972thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,350147.181,9878thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,267140.371,77824
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,061124.581,3218thin

Every lot

34 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1391520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,0333
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415503.43/cwt500.00–517.502,08915
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1462476.00/cwt476.00–476.002,19931
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned477417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,9919
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2497429.00/cwt429.00–429.002,13214
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned518389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,01510
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,3455
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned532437.00/cwt437.00–437.002,32538
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy557432.50/cwt432.50–432.502,40911
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy589355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0915
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2595391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,3263
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned615399.64/cwt391.00–406.002,45836
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1663345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,28720
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2355402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,4297
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1393416.00/cwt416.00–416.001,63516
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1414400.80/cwt400.00–402.501,65910
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7688
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1457419.81/cwt417.00–421.001,91947
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,83710
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned476352.26/cwt337.50–360.001,6779
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy495365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,8075
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned518337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,74813
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned530364.50/cwt364.50–364.501,93236
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned559355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,98410
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1585395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,31118
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy585322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,8843
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1629330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,07610
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned643329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,1157
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,783173.69/cwt168.50–181.003,0972
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,020115.80/cwt110.00–126.001,1813
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,085129.84/cwt128.00–131.001,4095
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,245130.69/cwt128.00–137.501,6277
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,276144.36/cwt141.00–146.001,84217
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,350147.18/cwt145.00–153.001,9878

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.