Name: Green City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2018-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-08-22

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.32/cwt on 70 head.

Average price

$147.32

70 head · 594 lb average

Value per head Derived

$875

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$72

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

$11.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.15

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	532	156.00	830	16thin
Medium and Large 2	432	146.00	631	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	623	144.68	902	51

One grade step is worth $11.32/cwt here — about −$72 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 sale70 hd

147.32

—

MO average6 barns · 3,668 hd

148.47

−1.15

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	1,832	86.43	1,583	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,394	59.41	828	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,228	57.45	706	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,026	53.51	549	9thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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	Large 1	—	414	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	793	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	600	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	996	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	909	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	353	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	671	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	802	4
Steers	Large 1	—	532	185.25/cwt	185.25–185.25	986	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	685	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	969	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	532	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	830	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	823	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	132.35/cwt	132.35–132.35	1,076	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	702	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	147.87/cwt	145.00–149.50	830	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	631	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	151.01/cwt	149.50–153.00	704	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	468	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	831	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	499	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	901	4
Bulls	—	—	1,832	86.43/cwt	83.00–89.25	1,583	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	57.23/cwt	52.50–60.50	706	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,105	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	685	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,394	59.41/cwt	55.50–62.00	828	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	53.51/cwt	50.25–58.75	549	9

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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