Name: Green City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2018-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-01-17

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.03/cwt on 138 head.

Average price

$156.03

138 head · 626 lb average

Value per head Derived

$977

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$128

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

$19.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.11

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	595	159.56	949	113
Medium and Large 1	769	140.08	1,077	25

One grade step is worth $19.48/cwt here — about −$128 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 sale138 hd

156.03

—

MO average5 barns · 2,590 hd

153.92

+2.11

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	—	Average	2,174	76.87	1,671	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,271	54.03	686	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,451	53.95	783	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,233	46.90	578	16

Every lot, as filed

23 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	162.71/cwt	160.75–169.00	944	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	945	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	671	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	871	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	960	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	309	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	505	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	123.25/cwt	123.25–123.25	949	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	917	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	951	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,160	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	808	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,026	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	131.25/cwt	131.25–131.25	1,084	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	998	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	606	4
Bulls	—	—	2,174	76.87/cwt	74.75–80.25	1,671	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,380	40.44/cwt	40.00–41.00	558	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,183	48.51/cwt	45.00–54.00	574	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	675	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	857	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	48.44/cwt	47.75–49.00	627	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	54.83/cwt	51.75–57.00	695	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,200	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	660	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	46.31/cwt	44.50–48.00	734	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,417	55.86/cwt	54.50–58.00	792	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,013	10

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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