Not enough cattle on offer for a price comparison. Supply light, demand moderate.
Weight classPick one — the panels below update
Heifers · summary 500–600 lb
Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $313.50/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −109.36 against this barn's trailing median of $422.86.
Average price
$313.50
42 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,787
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−9.99
vs MO average
−7.68 vs national
Price by quality 500–600 lb
Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscle
Avg wt
$/cwt
$/head
Head
Medium and Large 1
570
313.50
1,787
42
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.
How it compared 500–600 lb
Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale42 hd
313.50
—
MO average17 barns · 2,614 hd
323.49
−9.99
National average175 barns · 12,815 hd
321.18
−7.68
This barn, trailing median8 sales
422.86
−109.36
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
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $465.77, low $363.10, median $422.86 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.
Every lot
8 lots · USDA AMS · Green City Livestock Auction - Green City, MO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
Class
Weight
Grade / description
Avg wt
Price
Range
Per head
Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers
450–500
Medium and Large 1
461
401.00/cwt
401.00–401.00
1,849
10
Steers
500–550
Medium and Large 1
523
362.99/cwt
362.50–364.00
1,898
22
Steers
600–650
Medium and Large 1
612
340.50/cwt
340.50–340.50
2,084
22
Steers
600–650
Medium and Large 1-2
628
296.00/cwt
296.00–296.00
1,859
3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers
400–450
Medium and Large 1
404
350.00/cwt
350.00–350.00
1,414
7
Heifers
450–500
Medium and Large 1
490
340.93/cwt
340.00–344.00
1,671
25
Heifers
550–600
Medium and Large 1
570
313.50/cwt
313.50–313.50
1,787
42
Heifers
750–800
Medium and Large 1
767
284.75/cwt
284.75–284.75
2,184
67
This sale against other markets
Missouri weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.
USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)
Receipts 251Last week 1,678Year ago 226
Not enough cattle on offer for a price comparison. Supply light, demand moderate.
Feeder Cattle
As reported
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
7
400–450
404
350.00
350.00
25
450–500
490
340.00–344.00
340.93
42
550–600
570
313.50
313.50
67
750–800
767
284.75
284.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
10
450–500
461
401.00
401.00
22
500–550
523
362.50–364.00
362.99
22
600–650
612
340.50
340.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
3
600–650
628
296.00
296.00
Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.
Source: USDA AMS · Green City Livestock Auction · Wed, Apr 16 · slug 1254 · RaisedBeef's rendering of USDA data, not a copy of USDA's document and not endorsed by USDA · www.raisedbeef.com/markets/barn/mo/green-city-livestock-auction-1254/2025-04-16