Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2026-01-14

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Jan 14
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
508 head
▼ 2,070 vs last sale 2,578▲ 508 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 76▲ 77 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers traded in a very uneven manner, from sharply lower for some midweight steers to a few weights of heifers 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Little different offering this week with overall quality not as attractive and a lot more flesh on the cattle this week. Supply light, 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 $467.08/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 5 of 8 comparable sales and sits −4.13 against this barn's trailing median of $471.21.
Average price
$467.08
43 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,672
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$0
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.17
vs MO average
−4.90 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559478.002,6726thin
Medium and Large 1-2574465.312,67237
One grade step is worth $12.69/cwt here — about $0 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 sale43 hd
467.08
—
MO average21 barns · 6,655 hd
461.91
+5.17
National average187 barns · 29,067 hd
471.98
−4.90
This barn, trailing median8 sales
471.21
−4.13
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—Average1,400190.002,6601thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,423154.202,19413
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,338151.852,03218
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,101138.891,5299thin

Every lot

29 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
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522477.50/cwt477.50–477.502,4934
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1559478.00/cwt478.00–478.002,6726
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy577452.50/cwt452.50–452.502,6114
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581465.39/cwt445.00–469.002,70429
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1638431.23/cwt426.50–447.002,75136
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,6633
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1687405.20/cwt393.00–434.002,78441
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy711365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,5953
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,81871
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2718379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,7217
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy801341.50/cwt341.50–341.502,73510
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2829334.90/cwt331.00–340.002,77610
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2865348.81/cwt342.50–350.253,01743
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478418.00/cwt418.00–418.001,9985
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy549402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,2077
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,3588
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581393.33/cwt390.00–399.002,28523
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631382.32/cwt377.00–385.002,41228
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1661376.98/cwt373.00–381.002,49218
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2746344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,5664
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2783326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,5533
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2808310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,5056
Heifers900–950Large 1-2920322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,96740
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,400190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,6601
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,101138.89/cwt137.00–141.001,5299
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,220147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,7931
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,345152.14/cwt149.00–158.002,04617
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,399153.38/cwt150.00–157.002,14612
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,710164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,8041

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.