Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2026-06-03

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Jun 3
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
735 head
▼ 1,700 vs last sale 2,435▼ 1,059 vs year ago 1,794 · −59.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
105 head
▼ 100 vs last sale 205▼ 10 vs year ago 115 · −8.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent sale for a true price comparison, undertone lower. Quality ran up and down throughout the day and the buyer crowd was a little lighter than normal with those in attendance less aggressive than the last couple sales. 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 $460.60/cwt on 121 head, down $52.26 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 8 comparable sales and sits −10.61 against this barn's trailing median of $471.21.
Average price
$460.60
▼ 52.26 vs prior sale
121 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,616
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$914
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$121.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.31
vs MO average
+1.41 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2565472.922,67380
Medium and Large 1586451.232,64435
Medium and Large 2501351.001,7596thin
One grade step is worth $121.92/cwt here — about $914 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 sale121 hd
460.60
—
MO average19 barns · 4,492 hd
465.91
−5.31
National average164 barns · 12,433 hd
459.19
+1.41
This barn, trailing median8 sales
471.21
−10.61
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—Average1,449209.193,0315thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,404175.672,46622
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,161172.932,00814
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,052161.411,69813

Every lot

36 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,0794
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2464497.33/cwt492.50–505.002,3088
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,5979
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned496522.50/cwt522.50–522.502,5925
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2501351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,7596
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518507.40/cwt486.00–518.002,62816
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577464.30/cwt414.00–500.002,67964
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1586451.23/cwt443.00–460.002,64435
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned606411.00/cwt411.00–411.002,4918
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1613463.47/cwt429.00–472.002,84145
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2643402.50/cwt402.50–402.502,5887
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668420.81/cwt407.50–426.002,81130
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2684398.41/cwt392.50–408.002,72516
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned684380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,5999
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723401.47/cwt396.00–408.002,90333
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2734391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,8706
Steers950–1000Large 1-2953341.50/cwt341.50–341.503,25460
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420452.98/cwt440.00–469.001,90313
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1451450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0304
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned460442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,0364
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2462447.00/cwt447.00–447.002,0657
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527438.22/cwt410.00–445.002,30938
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2561439.06/cwt429.00–467.502,46329
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1592385.20/cwt364.00–404.502,28017
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2611359.29/cwt345.00–382.002,19515
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640358.82/cwt356.00–363.002,29622
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1652355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,3159
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned655322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,1095
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy697316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,2039
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2716340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4346
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,449209.19/cwt204.00–215.003,0315
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%958168.46/cwt165.00–171.001,6143
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,080159.30/cwt157.00–163.001,72010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,161172.93/cwt165.00–179.002,00814
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,357180.64/cwt180.00–181.002,4513
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,411174.88/cwt158.00–183.002,46819

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.