Name: Green City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2018-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-01-31

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.09/cwt on 72 head.

Average price

$151.09

72 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$833

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$35

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

$18.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.53

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	503	160.89	810	33
Medium and Large 1-2	591	142.80	845	39

One grade step is worth $18.09/cwt here — about −$35 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 sale72 hd

151.09

—

MO average6 barns · 5,582 hd

145.57

+5.53

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	1,908	81.02	1,546	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,576	55.31	871	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,343	52.06	699	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,219	49.50	603	28

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	146.85/cwt	140.00–154.00	768	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	920	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	946	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,014	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,011	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	894	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	835	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	134.98/cwt	132.50–139.00	903	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	826	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,028	4
Bulls	—	—	1,908	81.02/cwt	74.25–84.00	1,546	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	2,052.98/cwt	1,850.00–2,175.00	26,689	60
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	2,025.00/cwt	2,025.00–2,025.00	24,300	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	156.49/cwt	156.25–156.75	842	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	171.02/cwt	169.00–174.00	725	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	646	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,257	50.39/cwt	48.25–54.50	633	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	46.83/cwt	45.00–48.00	517	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	55.85/cwt	53.25–58.25	880	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,582	49.38/cwt	49.00–49.75	781	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,321	54.03/cwt	51.50–55.50	714	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	48.37/cwt	46.75–50.00	670	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	758	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	634	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	997	5

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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