Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2024-03-20

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Mar 20
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
728 head
2,338 vs last sale 3,066 870 vs year ago 1,598 · 54.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
89 head
34 vs last sale 123 17 vs year ago 72 · +23.6%
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, a light offering of mostly calves sold with a sharply higher undertone, particularly heifers under 550 lbs which found a couple extra outlets. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 higher. With the exception of a couple stick out consignments, quality as a whole wasn't as attractive but with all systems go in the beef sector, most weights and classes traded well beyond the tops of two weeks ago. Supply light, demand very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $357.96/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits 139.07 against this barn's trailing median of $497.02.
Average price
$357.96
88 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,918
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+41.50
vs MO average
+39.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536357.961,91888
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales
547499452404median 497.0212/1701/1403/1806/0307/01
Steers 500–600 lb: high $532.87, low $418.42, median $497.02 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale88 hd
357.96
MO average15 barns · 2,516 hd
316.46
+41.50
National average173 barns · 12,551 hd
318.29
+39.67
This barn, trailing median11 sales
497.02
−139.07
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
BullsLow1,650134.432,2176thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,459119.671,74516
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,202113.541,36523
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04996.851,01610

Every lot, as filed

31 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,189112.84/cwt110.00–123.001,34216
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550504362.55/cwt335.00–372.001,82739
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750728253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,8424
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450431400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,72416
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800791258.50/cwt258.50–258.502,04565
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750701282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,98080
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500485340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,64937
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850840232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,9534
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750728231.75/cwt231.75–231.751,68733
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48898.15/cwt96.00–100.001,4602
Bulls1,502127.97/cwt124.50–133.001,9223
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,513127.61/cwt125.00–134.001,9318
CowsLean 85-90%1,04996.85/cwt94.00–100.001,01610
CowsBoner 80-85%1,235125.23/cwt124.00–127.001,5474
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450405419.00/cwt419.00–419.001,69714
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy850–900887221.50/cwt221.50–221.501,9655
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy600–650601221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,3284
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550523264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,38114
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800788230.50/cwt230.50–230.501,8165
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500466379.83/cwt342.00–390.001,77019
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650647265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,7155
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550515316.62/cwt309.00–327.001,63114
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650627231.50/cwt231.50–231.501,4529
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900891230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0495
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900–950915233.97/cwt233.50–234.502,14115
CowsBoner 80-85%1,226101.70/cwt99.00–103.001,2473
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,376116.25/cwt111.00–125.001,6006
Bulls1,797140.89/cwt138.50–144.502,5323
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600561354.30/cwt349.00–356.001,98849
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400366400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4649
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650623317.53/cwt311.00–329.001,97858

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.