Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2023-01-18

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Jan 18
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,116 head
1,972 vs last sale 3,088 1,151 vs year ago 2,267 · 50.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
87 head
34 vs last sale 121 7 vs year ago 80 · +8.8%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, feeders under 600 lbs. sold steady to 5.00 lower, with the exception of a couple larger drafts of heavy 4 weight heifers which sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeders over 600 lbs. sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. The supply was light to moderate. A much different offering than two weeks ago with lighter offerings across the board. Smaller drafts with only a couple of light load lots mixed in and many of the heavy weight calves over 600 lbs. were also carrying a bit more flesh than what buyers prefer. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $172.61/cwt on 523 head.
Average price
$172.61
523 head · 577 lb average
Value per head Derived
$996
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$180
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.58
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1566177.691,006332
Medium and Large 1-2598164.01981185
Medium and Large 2528156.428266thin
One grade step is worth $21.27/cwt here — about $180 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 sale523 hd
172.61
MO average18 barns · 14,210 hd
173.19
−0.58
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,69386.551,4659thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47172.741,07022
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25068.5285727
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12959.8267525

Every lot, as filed

42 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy645151.50/cwt151.50–151.509776
HeifersMedium and Large 1602166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,00220
HeifersMedium and Large 1822154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,26623
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2371175.18/cwt174.00–180.006505
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2428175.65/cwt174.00–177.0075212
HeifersMedium and Large 2485161.00/cwt161.00–161.007813
SteersMedium and Large 1658175.33/cwt173.50–180.001,15435
SteersMedium and Large 1-2677164.44/cwt161.00–171.001,11322
SteersMedium and Large 2560166.00/cwt166.00–166.009307
SteersMedium and Large 1517222.92/cwt202.00–231.001,15236
SteersMedium and Large 1-2518198.34/cwt196.00–204.001,02710
SteersMedium and Large 1483235.44/cwt227.00–239.001,13760
SteersMedium and Large 1-2761156.49/cwt154.00–159.501,19111
SteersMedium and Large 2664153.80/cwt152.00–161.001,0215
SteersMedium and Large 1392230.38/cwt228.00–235.0090320
SteersMedium and Large 1-2718162.88/cwt158.00–165.501,16925
SteersMedium and Large 1-2637176.43/cwt167.00–180.501,12440
SteersMedium and Large 2732148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,0874
SteersMedium and Large 1-2561193.44/cwt190.00–195.001,08512
HeifersMedium and Large 1369183.63/cwt182.00–185.006787
HeifersMedium and Large 1482194.73/cwt185.00–199.75939105
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy632163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,03013
SteersMedium and Large 1568209.14/cwt195.00–217.251,18892
SteersMedium and Large 1421236.54/cwt233.00–239.0099610
SteersMedium and Large 1626184.58/cwt180.00–188.001,15528
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2488177.38/cwt171.00–184.5086616
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2521167.13/cwt161.00–168.0087116
HeifersMedium and Large 1441186.09/cwt180.50–191.0082126
HeifersMedium and Large 1527175.68/cwt170.50–187.0092629
HeifersMedium and Large 1587172.79/cwt165.00–179.001,01448
HeifersMedium and Large 1661164.37/cwt164.00–164.501,08674
HeifersMedium and Large 2571151.84/cwt147.50–154.008673
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2669158.43/cwt154.50–161.751,06023
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2568167.29/cwt156.00–173.0095033
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2622163.48/cwt155.00–167.751,01744
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2725152.39/cwt151.50–154.001,10517
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2755152.93/cwt152.00–155.001,15513
Bulls1,90594.32/cwt93.00–96.501,7973
Bulls1,58782.66/cwt75.00–89.501,3126
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25068.52/cwt63.50–73.5085727
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47172.74/cwt69.00–78.001,07022
CowsLean 85-90%1,12959.82/cwt52.50–66.0067525

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.