Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2023-11-15

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Nov 15
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
713 head
1,441 vs last sale 2,154 1,138 vs year ago 1,851 · 61.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
177 head
76 vs last sale 101 4 vs year ago 173 · +2.3%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold 10.00 to 15.00 lower as the local trade caught up to the sharp downturn the feeder market took last week. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Quality was up and down ahead of next week's two Thanksgiving Special Sales. Very few of the cattle on offer were long time weaned, however, health history continues to be more important than weaned status. Really the only exception to the lower trend this week was some heifers weighing 450-475 lbs which actually traded with a higher undertone if they were of attractive quality and good condition. Supply and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $262.92/cwt on 253 head.
Average price
$262.92
253 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,449
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$13
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$33.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.86
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527272.901,439177
Medium and Large 1-2606239.661,45276
One grade step is worth $33.24/cwt here — about −$13 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 sale253 hd
262.92
MO average17 barns · 10,735 hd
245.05
+17.86
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,51195.401,44130
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28092.681,18649
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08191.2098619

Every lot, as filed

33 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1458281.80/cwt277.00–285.001,29135
HeifersMedium 1-2868187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,6236
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned527223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,1757
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned639181.55/cwt175.00–200.501,16025
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned318242.00/cwt242.00–242.007704
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy638235.50/cwt235.50–235.501,5026
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned721228.28/cwt225.50–230.501,6469
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned540270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,45839
SteersMedium and Large 1529285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,50817
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1403
SteersMedium and Large 1-2479284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,3605
SteersMedium and Large 1601263.00/cwt260.00–264.501,58133
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned570242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,3798
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned614250.54/cwt240.00–257.001,5388
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned663220.88/cwt210.00–234.001,46433
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned578220.97/cwt214.00–233.001,27729
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned391250.00/cwt250.00–250.009788
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned630205.88/cwt203.50–210.501,29715
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned839218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,8294
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned481274.35/cwt273.00–279.001,32044
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned532245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3035
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy583224.50/cwt224.50–224.501,30915
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2458257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,1774
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned519238.04/cwt230.50–240.251,23574
SteersMedium and Large 1349309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,0788
SteersMedium and Large 1420294.79/cwt294.00–295.001,23823
SteersMedium and Large 1-2576259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,4928
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51386.27/cwt83.50–90.001,3053
CowsLean 85-90%1,08191.20/cwt87.00–94.0098619
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31795.11/cwt92.50–96.501,25335
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18686.61/cwt86.50–88.001,02714
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50495.38/cwt92.50–99.001,43524
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,562104.69/cwt102.00–107.001,6353

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.