Name: Green City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recently tested market for a price comparison. A handful of load lots were accompanied by several smaller strings of home raised calves. Supply and demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $248.25/cwt on 404 head.

Average price

$248.25

404 head · 700 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,738

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$13.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.27

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	704	252.28	1,776	287
Medium and Large 1-2	691	238.38	1,647	117

One grade step is worth $13.90/cwt here — about $129 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 sale404 hd

248.25

—

MO average15 barns · 6,245 hd

242.98

+5.27

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	1,813	126.45	2,293	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,491	116.99	1,745	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,184	108.78	1,288	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,046	102.87	1,076	7thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	608	253.72/cwt	248.50–265.00	1,543	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	267.73/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,430	9
Bulls	—	—	1,813	126.45/cwt	122.00–129.50	2,293	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,184	108.78/cwt	105.00–112.00	1,288	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,476	113.99/cwt	108.00–118.00	1,682	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,543	127.00/cwt	124.00–130.50	1,960	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,046	102.87/cwt	95.00–105.50	1,076	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	263.03/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,544	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,678	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	235.20/cwt	229.50–237.75	1,630	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,417	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	258.97/cwt	258.50–260.00	1,709	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	274.25/cwt	271.50–281.50	1,525	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	551	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,546	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	770	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,836	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	235.75/cwt	235.75–235.75	2,016	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	499	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,612	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	253.02/cwt	251.25–256.00	1,799	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	1,459	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	273.75/cwt	272.00–276.50	1,697	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,622	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,223	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,477	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,275	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	243.25/cwt	243.25–243.25	1,781	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	533	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,370	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,232	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	698	254.75/cwt	254.75–254.75	1,778	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	229.36/cwt	229.00–229.50	1,812	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	929	245.26/cwt	241.50–249.00	2,278	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,054	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	235.25/cwt	235.25–235.25	1,696	30

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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