Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2023-10-04

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Oct 4
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
137 head
104 vs last sale 241 1,428 vs year ago 1,565 · 91.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
0 vs last sale 55 167 vs year ago 222 · 75.2%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough cattle on offer for a price comparison. Supply very light, demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $255.16/cwt on 79 head.
Average price
$255.16
79 head · 850 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,170
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$510
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$27.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.06
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1864258.312,23170
Medium and Large 1-2746230.671,7229thin
One grade step is worth $27.65/cwt here — about $510 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 sale79 hd
255.16
MO average16 barns · 7,447 hd
261.23
−6.06
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
BullsAverage1,83398.081,7983thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50888.851,34011
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27483.971,07015
CowsLean 85-90%Average97374.757272thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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
Bulls1,83398.08/cwt93.50–104.001,7983
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43487.05/cwt85.00–89.501,2485
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,493101.34/cwt101.00–101.501,5133
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64879.35/cwt78.00–80.501,3083
CowsLean 85-90%97374.75/cwt74.50–75.007272
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26585.70/cwt80.00–92.001,08411
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30079.23/cwt78.00–80.001,0304
HeifersMedium and Large 1430300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2903
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2950216.75/cwt216.75–216.752,0599
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned584229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,3374
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned726211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,5325
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2922220.32/cwt218.25–222.252,03121
SteersMedium and Large 1530300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5902
SteersMedium and Large 1480338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,6224
SteersMedium and Large 1556326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,8134
SteersMedium and Large 1921247.10/cwt247.10–247.102,27660
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned657236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,5513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned791228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,8036

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.