Name: Green City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last tested market four weeks ago, steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with instances sharply higher as the local market caught up with the continued surge in the feeder trade. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower on a very heavy supply. General weakness in the cattle complex recently had little effect on Wednesday's trade with 5 weight steers and 4 weight heifers in particular seeing big advances. Plenty of flesh on most of the offering with a good portion unweaned but quality was very attractive throughout. Supply moderate, demand good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $224.43/cwt on 692 head.

Average price

$224.43

692 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,295

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$198

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

$53.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.83

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	590	226.41	1,337	439
Medium and Large 1-2	517	225.94	1,168	229
Medium 1-2	918	175.50	1,611	10thin
Large 1-2	890	172.50	1,535	14thin

One grade step is worth $53.91/cwt here — about −$198 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 sale692 hd

224.43

—

MO average18 barns · 12,893 hd

216.60

+7.83

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	1,723	111.43	1,920	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,390	93.47	1,299	54
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,152	88.78	1,023	69
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,023	74.54	762	103

Every lot, as filed

49 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	—	386	309.49/cwt	301.00–317.00	1,195	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	778	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,163	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	239.55/cwt	235.00–243.75	1,258	87
Heifers	Large 1-2Fleshy	—	890	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,535	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	244.74/cwt	241.50–255.00	910	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,509	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,340	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	284.81/cwt	281.50–291.00	1,387	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,541	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	667	206.20/cwt	186.00–217.00	1,375	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	282.04/cwt	277.00–286.00	1,467	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	270.95/cwt	265.00–282.00	1,542	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	466	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,221	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	608	232.18/cwt	227.00–235.00	1,412	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,459	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	296.21/cwt	285.00–312.00	1,286	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	755	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,404	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	242.62/cwt	235.50–245.00	1,514	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	339	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,017	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	308.01/cwt	307.00–310.00	1,056	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	253.24/cwt	244.00–256.50	1,489	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	255.97/cwt	246.50–264.00	1,080	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	511	230.78/cwt	228.00–232.50	1,179	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	562	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,194	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	216.85/cwt	210.50–229.00	1,325	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	530	267.99/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,420	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	655	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,507	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	223.47/cwt	217.00–226.50	1,283	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,302	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	238.10/cwt	234.50–247.50	1,121	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	209.60/cwt	209.60–209.60	1,719	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	492	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,134	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	229.49/cwt	225.00–230.50	1,191	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,049	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	246.77/cwt	235.50–255.00	1,165	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	693	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,403	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	611	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,045	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	244.41/cwt	244.00–245.00	807	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	918	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,611	10
Bulls	—	—	1,723	111.43/cwt	107.50–116.50	1,920	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,119	76.93/cwt	68.00–82.50	861	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,149	89.88/cwt	80.00–94.50	1,033	51
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	96.55/cwt	94.50–101.50	1,170	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,563	103.06/cwt	98.00–107.50	1,611	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,363	92.66/cwt	86.50–97.00	1,263	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	76.87/cwt	72.00–85.00	812	70
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	89.97/cwt	86.00–93.00	918	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	65.06/cwt	60.00–67.50	610	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,321	82.75/cwt	82.00–83.00	1,093	4

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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