Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2023-04-19

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Apr 19
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
342 head
2,702 vs last sale 3,044 113 vs year ago 455 · 24.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
122 vs last sale 192 60 vs year ago 130 · 46.2%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slim comparisons to the April Grass Special two weeks ago but similar sales of steers and heifers sold with a sharply higher undertone. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. A very light supply didn't prohibit market activity with some stick out prices reached along the way. Demand good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $237.09/cwt on 100 head.
Average price
$237.09
100 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,228
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$157
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+21.15
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523240.571,25782
Medium and Large 1-2497221.261,10018thin
One grade step is worth $19.30/cwt here — about $157 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 sale100 hd
237.09
MO average18 barns · 11,738 hd
215.94
+21.15
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31995.171,25512
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15291.681,05614
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07779.4285514

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2382250.00/cwt250.00–250.009554
HeifersMedium and Large 1422243.50/cwt243.50–243.501,0287
HeifersMedium and Large 1470257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,21012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2457231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,0563
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2337239.50/cwt239.50–239.508073
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2407230.00/cwt230.00–230.009363
SteersMedium and Large 1723228.71/cwt225.00–231.001,6548
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned498245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,2235
SteersMedium and Large 1617246.85/cwt245.00–248.001,5238
SteersMedium and Large 1406300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2189
SteersMedium and Large 1-2692234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,6192
SteersMedium and Large 1-2483262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,2683
SteersMedium and Large 1-2354295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,0445
SteersMedium and Large 1-2578241.25/cwt238.50–245.501,39413
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2764176.25/cwt176.25–176.251,3475
HeifersMedium and Large 1517238.33/cwt235.75–239.501,23230
HeifersMedium and Large 1568235.82/cwt235.00–236.001,33933
SteersMedium and Large 1524280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,46711
SteersMedium and Large 1480280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,34413
SteersMedium and Large 1588277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,62920
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15291.68/cwt85.00–96.001,05614
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31094.59/cwt90.00–98.001,23911
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,415101.50/cwt101.50–101.501,4361
CowsLean 85-90%1,07779.42/cwt70.00–90.0085514

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.