Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2026-09-02

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Sep 2
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
991 head
▲ 263 vs last sale 728▼ 725 vs year ago 1,716 · −42.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 24▼ 10 vs year ago 37 · −27.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported market four weeks ago, steers and heifers of all weights traded sharply lower. Slaughter cows 15.00 lower. The cattle market has taken some pretty large steps back the last several weeks and today's action was a concentrated effort to bring the local trade In line with those setbacks. Consignments ranged from weaned calves to backgrounded yearlings and quality as a whole was excellent. Supply moderate, demand moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $411.44/cwt on 49 head, down $70.37 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −59.77 against this barn's trailing median of $471.21.
Average price
$411.44
▼ 70.37 vs prior sale
49 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,299
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$42
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+31.39
vs MO average
+40.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556414.652,30541
Medium and Large 1-2573395.002,2638thin
One grade step is worth $19.65/cwt here — about $42 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 sale49 hd
411.44
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MO average12 barns · 666 hd
380.05
+31.39
National average157 barns · 5,984 hd
371.39
+40.05
This barn, trailing median8 sales
471.21
−59.77
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—Average1,723193.783,3396thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,239153.171,8987thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,340151.002,0231thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,060144.391,5313thin

Every lot

35 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed440479.00/cwt479.00–479.002,1087
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517400.48/cwt390.00–406.502,07014
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,2638
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576422.00/cwt419.00–425.002,43127
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1614396.39/cwt381.00–401.002,43442
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627381.54/cwt375.00–390.002,39212
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1686381.19/cwt379.00–383.002,61560
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1714374.46/cwt366.00–379.002,674124
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2722368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,65721
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1782344.63/cwt339.50–345.502,69549
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785336.80/cwt327.00–350.002,64428
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1812337.04/cwt335.50–338.002,73727
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1869339.50/cwt339.50–339.502,95060
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2884328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,90042
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1935318.50/cwt318.50–318.502,97861
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0096
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,0393
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2552302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,6706
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2562375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,10810
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1586365.11/cwt358.00–369.002,14020
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1602366.95/cwt355.00–370.002,20952
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2641330.50/cwt330.50–330.502,1193
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2669352.45/cwt339.00–355.002,35859
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1674358.60/cwt345.00–376.002,41716
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2736303.68/cwt303.00–304.502,23513
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1747328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,45010
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2789320.17/cwt320.00–321.002,52640
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2858314.50/cwt314.50–314.502,69860
Heifers900–950Large 1-2930294.84/cwt294.50–295.002,74236
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2961294.00/cwt294.00–294.002,82512
Heifers950–1000Large 1-2979282.84/cwt280.00–287.002,76917
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,723193.78/cwt176.00–204.503,3396
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,060144.39/cwt140.00–147.501,5313
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,239153.17/cwt150.00–157.001,8987
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,340151.00/cwt151.00–151.002,0231

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.