Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2026-02-04

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Feb 4
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,113 head
▲ 2,605 vs last sale 508▼ 173 vs year ago 3,286 · −5.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 70 vs last sale 77▼ 79 vs year ago 86 · −91.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale three weeks ago, steers and heifers traded 10.00 to 30.00 higher. Slaughter cows not tested. The cash feeder market continues to gather steam with lots of positive news to run on, including a bullish inventory and higher futures this week. The local barn was no exception as the ring was full of top notch consignments from reputation herds from start to finish. Lots of active participants and bidding was aggressive all day, pushing prices to new highs again. Supply heavy, demand very good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $505.69/cwt on 309 head. That ranks 6 of 8 comparable sales and sits +34.48 against this barn's trailing median of $471.21.
Average price
$505.69
309 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,808
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$3
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.84
vs MO average
+22.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554507.162,807257
Medium and Large 1-2564498.412,81052
One grade step is worth $8.74/cwt here — about −$3 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale309 hd
505.69
—
MO average16 barns · 2,124 hd
485.84
+19.84
National average143 barns · 13,122 hd
483.03
+22.66
This barn, trailing median8 sales
471.21
+34.48
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—Low1,600189.003,0242thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,030151.001,5551thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average993135.001,3402thin

Every lot

44 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2384592.15/cwt587.50–600.002,27411
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1396652.50/cwt652.50–652.502,5845
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1437634.00/cwt634.00–634.002,77112
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1454592.35/cwt587.50–610.002,68928
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522543.35/cwt520.00–580.002,83681
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2544514.23/cwt510.00–537.502,79728
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568490.50/cwt468.00–507.502,786176
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587479.96/cwt461.00–488.002,81724
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619430.67/cwt430.00–432.502,66611
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632462.39/cwt456.50–476.002,922122
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672432.35/cwt412.00–450.002,905495
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,75812
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724377.46/cwt374.00–387.502,73324
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730403.42/cwt380.00–423.502,945247
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775380.03/cwt366.50–399.002,945409
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2795345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,7438
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2813347.98/cwt347.00–349.002,8296
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1831359.50/cwt359.50–359.502,98729
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1885361.36/cwt355.00–367.503,198130
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379518.57/cwt505.00–524.501,96518
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2439494.45/cwt487.00–503.002,17113
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1447487.50/cwt487.50–487.502,1796
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475504.55/cwt469.50–510.502,39789
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed491495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,4306
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526442.43/cwt438.00–467.502,32719
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1534474.55/cwt464.00–495.002,53499
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561476.40/cwt464.00–479.002,67394
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy575399.00/cwt399.00–399.002,2945
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2595420.19/cwt410.50–438.002,50092
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2601383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,30212
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626410.07/cwt392.50–432.502,56790
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement676409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,76514
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678388.58/cwt375.00–407.502,635160
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2691358.42/cwt355.00–360.002,47719
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1734367.31/cwt365.00–388.002,69686
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement740390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,88622
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1765344.99/cwt344.00–346.002,63937
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement782379.57/cwt366.00–386.502,96886
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2834324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,7026
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,590203.00/cwt203.00–203.003,2281
Bulls——1,610175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,8181
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%975125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,2191
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,4651
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,030151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,5551

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.