Name: Green City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2017-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2017-09-20

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $164.93/cwt on 318 head.

Average price

$164.93

318 head · 701 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,156

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$1.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.43

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	726	165.40	1,201	217
Medium and Large 1-2	647	163.91	1,061	101

One grade step is worth $1.49/cwt here — about $140 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale318 hd

164.93

—

MO average5 barns · 4,819 hd

158.50

+6.43

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,811	77.84	1,409	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,426	58.79	839	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,243	56.66	704	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,188	54.27	645	8thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	851	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	930	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	978	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,218	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	718	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	143.85/cwt	143.85–143.85	1,118	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	155.62/cwt	145.50–158.10	1,116	58
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	815	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	53.75/cwt	53.75–53.75	656	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	59.16/cwt	54.25–64.75	840	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,188	54.27/cwt	52.00–57.00	645	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	149.41/cwt	144.50–159.00	1,006	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	141.02/cwt	136.00–149.50	1,032	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	155.40/cwt	144.00–165.00	904	29
Bulls	—	—	1,550	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	1,070	1
Bulls	—	—	1,848	79.10/cwt	73.50–82.25	1,462	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	56.90/cwt	54.25–62.00	708	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,120	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,111	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	837	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	1,065	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	148.00/cwt	146.00–150.00	906	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	857	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,110	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	171.99/cwt	170.00–174.00	992	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	172.54/cwt	170.50–175.50	1,080	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	166.72/cwt	162.25–170.50	969	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	828	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	159.56/cwt	149.50–168.00	1,039	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	160.79/cwt	153.00–167.00	1,003	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	177.06/cwt	174.00–180.00	949	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,294	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	148.75/cwt	148.75–148.75	1,294	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	162.78/cwt	157.00–168.00	1,102	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	701	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	153.07/cwt	150.00–155.25	794	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	168.46/cwt	167.50–170.00	891	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,264	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	171.75/cwt	171.75–171.75	1,043	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	182.99/cwt	180.00–186.00	880	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	157.02/cwt	155.50–158.50	1,299	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	154.35/cwt	154.35–154.35	1,347	58

How this sale compares

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.

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