Name: Green City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold mostly 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Supply light to moderate, demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $256.61/cwt on 299 head.

Average price

$256.61

299 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,474

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$221

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

$1.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.28

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	511	257.82	1,317	51
Medium 1-2	427	256.72	1,095	18thin
Medium and Large 1	600	256.33	1,538	230

One grade step is worth $1.49/cwt here — about −$221 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 sale299 hd

256.61

—

MO average17 barns · 13,830 hd

239.33

+17.28

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	1,664	113.56	1,890	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,409	98.40	1,386	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,145	91.82	1,051	76
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	991	86.24	854	20

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 1-2	—	462	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,229	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	551	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,389	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	802	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,732	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,459	14
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	469	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,210	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	407	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,136	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	493	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,134	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	234.30/cwt	227.50–239.00	1,038	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	824	177.75/cwt	177.75–177.75	1,465	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	243.07/cwt	224.00–248.00	914	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	220.49/cwt	218.00–225.00	1,166	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,033	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,382	96.77/cwt	93.00–100.50	1,337	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	103.28/cwt	102.00–104.50	1,539	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	83.67/cwt	82.00–84.00	1,017	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,094	102.49/cwt	98.50–105.00	1,121	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,129	92.42/cwt	84.50–96.00	1,043	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	92.78/cwt	90.50–94.00	922	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	83.44/cwt	78.00–89.00	825	14
Bulls	—	—	1,664	113.56/cwt	108.00–124.50	1,890	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	635	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,327	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,364	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	241.50/cwt	225.50–257.50	1,123	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,329	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	495	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,099	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	688	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	311	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	908	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	299	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	724	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,377	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,339	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	245.25/cwt	245.25–245.25	1,121	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,000	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,404	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	533	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,274	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	551	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,223	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	1,343	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,066	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	272.00/cwt	271.00–279.00	1,578	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	286.89/cwt	285.00–288.00	1,199	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	694	233.74/cwt	232.00–249.00	1,622	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	411	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,130	8
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	409	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,035	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	271.28/cwt	270.00–273.00	1,411	17
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	383	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,000	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	399	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,109	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,197	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	615	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,501	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	276.89/cwt	276.50–280.00	1,348	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,516	8

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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