Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2026-08-05

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Aug 5
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
728 head
▼ 821 vs last sale 1,549▲ 104 vs year ago 624 · +16.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 44▲ 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last tested market five weeks ago, yearling cattle traded 5.00 to 15.00 lower. Slaughter cows 5.00 to 7.00 lower. This week's offering was made up of almost entirely load lots of backgrounded yearlings. Supply light, demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 700–800 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
700–800 lb heifers averaged $362.01/cwt on 293 head, down $3.25 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 8 comparable sales and sits −3.93 against this barn's trailing median of $365.94.
Average price
$362.01
▼ 3.25 vs prior sale
293 head · 756 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,737
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+11.79
vs MO average
+20.95 vs national

Price by quality 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1756362.012,737293
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 700–800 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale293 hd
362.01
—
MO average10 barns · 766 hd
350.22
+11.79
National average133 barns · 4,614 hd
341.06
+20.95
This barn, trailing median8 sales
365.94
−3.93
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 700–800 lb

8 sales
391362333304median 365.9403/1805/0607/0109/0210/07
Heifers 700–800 lb: high $377.43, low $318.01, median $365.94 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—Average1,810204.043,6934thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,415167.522,3702thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,299165.102,1449thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,013161.441,6352thin

Every lot

12 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1656435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,85419
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1893352.25/cwt352.25–352.253,14660
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1905348.67/cwt347.00–351.003,155183
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1955337.75/cwt337.75–337.753,22666
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700374.50/cwt374.50–374.502,62280
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1777357.32/cwt355.00–360.002,776213
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2859338.50/cwt338.50–338.502,90863
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,810204.04/cwt198.00–213.003,6934
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,013161.44/cwt158.00–165.001,6352
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,292167.30/cwt165.00–171.002,1627
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,323157.40/cwt155.00–160.002,0822
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,415167.52/cwt167.00–168.002,3702

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.