Name: Green City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-06-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough feeder cattle on offer for a comparison. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower. Supply light, demand light to moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $225.64/cwt on 126 head.

Average price

$225.64

126 head · 588 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,326

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$255

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

$5.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.63

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	587	225.96	1,326	113
Medium and Large 1	722	225.00	1,625	6thin
Medium and Large 2	485	220.92	1,071	7thin

One grade step is worth $5.04/cwt here — about $255 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 sale126 hd

225.64

—

MO average17 barns · 11,003 hd

226.27

−0.63

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	1,740	123.49	2,149	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,402	105.15	1,474	46
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,217	100.49	1,223	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,057	93.11	984	27

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,200	$1,550	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,151	$1,099	10

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	107.66/cwt	104.50–112.00	1,280	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	86.34/cwt	81.00–89.00	1,030	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,376	103.32/cwt	94.00–105.50	1,422	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	110.64/cwt	105.00–117.50	1,624	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,310	94.72/cwt	93.00–95.50	1,241	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	93.11/cwt	85.50–97.50	984	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	99.08/cwt	93.00–107.00	1,218	36
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,151	1,098.90/head	1,010.00–1,160.00	1,099	10
Bulls	—	—	1,740	123.49/cwt	119.00–127.00	2,149	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,333	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,072	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	973	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	552	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,126	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,195	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,711	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,071	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	245.73/cwt	244.00–247.50	1,678	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	219.69/cwt	216.50–222.00	1,136	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	232.34/cwt	228.50–234.50	1,224	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,504	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	226.06/cwt	222.50–230.00	1,415	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	218.12/cwt	216.50–224.50	1,608	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	504	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,386	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	254.75/cwt	244.00–266.00	1,478	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,581	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,611	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	852	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,789	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	233.45/cwt	231.50–235.50	1,121	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	223.71/cwt	218.00–230.00	1,282	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,793	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	260.47/cwt	259.00–262.00	1,367	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,625	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	907	2

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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