Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2026-07-01

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Jul 1
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,549 head
▼ 960 vs last sale 2,509▲ 75 vs year ago 1,474 · +5.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 0▼ 49 vs year ago 93 · −52.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Wednesday was the second day of Green City Livestock's Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ Sale. Compared to the last regular calf sale four weeks ago, Wednesday's offering traded sharply higher, catching up with big gains over the last month but also reflecting the quality on hand that this sale is always known for. Most of the cattle were in attractive condition and a little wrung out in the midst of this week's heat wave. Much like Monday's yearling sale, buyer numbers weren't excessive but the power wasn't lacking any. Really no weak spot could be detected across any weight or class of cattle but 550-650 lb heifers In particular found a pretty hot ticket. The steer to heifer price spread was much narrower on Wednesday when compared to the early week yearling trade. Supply moderate, 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 $481.82/cwt on 250 head, up $63.40 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 5 of 8 comparable sales and sits +10.61 against this barn's trailing median of $471.21.
Average price
$481.82
▲ 63.40 vs prior sale
250 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,686
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$115
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$49.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.08
vs MO average
+12.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554492.852,729179
Medium and Large 1-2565455.032,57165
Medium 1-2590443.002,6146thin
One grade step is worth $49.85/cwt here — about $115 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 sale250 hd
481.82
—
MO average15 barns · 2,481 hd
474.73
+7.08
National average32 barns · 3,072 hd
468.91
+12.91
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—Average1,965218.214,2883thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,428185.872,65513
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,203179.242,1579thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,057169.021,7863thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1349647.50/cwt647.50–647.502,2607
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2407597.50/cwt597.50–597.502,4327
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1437581.98/cwt570.00–590.002,54312
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479542.58/cwt512.50–562.502,59931
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2483510.66/cwt480.00–528.002,46643
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned512440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,2536
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527499.62/cwt481.50–507.502,63373
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,6457
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572488.18/cwt462.50–500.002,792106
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576450.71/cwt431.00–480.002,59652
Steers550–600Medium 1-2590443.00/cwt443.00–443.002,6146
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned615425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,61410
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621451.25/cwt432.50–475.002,802117
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629409.50/cwt402.50–415.002,57613
Steers650–700Large 1-2Unweaned668416.00/cwt416.00–416.002,7793
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2669426.07/cwt410.00–435.002,85059
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670435.50/cwt430.00–441.002,91894
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2703400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,8128
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720427.17/cwt413.00–435.003,07643
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765424.47/cwt421.00–425.003,24722
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2769392.39/cwt382.50–400.003,01714
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2841362.50/cwt362.50–362.503,0498
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1305587.50/cwt587.50–587.501,7925
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2384506.00/cwt506.00–506.001,9435
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431527.52/cwt510.00–537.002,2748
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469486.41/cwt447.50–493.002,28132
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470489.11/cwt485.00–492.502,29936
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned498455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,2669
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527454.83/cwt438.00–475.002,39796
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536441.23/cwt431.00–457.502,36518
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1584437.94/cwt422.50–470.002,55877
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587419.88/cwt409.00–432.002,46527
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned588383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,25219
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615385.22/cwt384.50–385.502,36941
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623411.17/cwt392.50–425.002,56277
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671380.30/cwt370.00–385.002,55213
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672386.87/cwt362.50–412.502,60030
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,5429
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1726384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,78810
Heifers750–800Large 1-2761346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,6334
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2842313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,6356
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,965218.21/cwt205.00–227.004,2883
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,035166.53/cwt165.00–168.001,7242
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,100174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,9141
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,173185.49/cwt181.00–190.002,1762
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,212177.45/cwt168.00–185.002,1517
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,380198.81/cwt182.00–208.002,7444
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,450180.12/cwt175.00–187.002,6129

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.