Name: Green City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold mostly 10.00 to 15.00 higher with the sharpest advances on steer calves. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher. Several consignments of front end type calves were on offer, spread across a number of active buyers. More sharp losses at the CME Wednesday but it sure didn't have much influence on the local cash trade. Supply moderate, demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $326.93/cwt on 241 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −170.09 against this barn's trailing median of $497.02.

Average price

$326.93

241 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,759

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$227

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

$38.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.65

vs MO average

+18.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	338.14	1,827	170
Medium and Large 1-2	533	300.08	1,600	71

One grade step is worth $38.06/cwt here — about $227 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

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 sale241 hd

326.93

—

MO average18 barns · 2,829 hd

316.28

+10.65

National average166 barns · 9,614 hd

308.61

+18.32

This barn, trailing median11 sales

497.02

−170.09

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	1,758	148.97	2,619	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,438	126.50	1,819	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,228	125.52	1,542	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,038	111.73	1,160	21

Every lot, as filed

45 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%	—	1,234	134.33/cwt	129.00–141.00	1,658	10
Bulls	—	—	1,758	148.97/cwt	142.00–154.00	2,619	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	122.13/cwt	116.00–129.00	1,497	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,368	122.43/cwt	116.00–133.00	1,675	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,534	134.44/cwt	130.00–139.00	2,062	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,338	105.45/cwt	102.00–109.00	1,411	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	334.56/cwt	324.00–343.00	1,874	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,659	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	390.67/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,629	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	282.01/cwt	278.00–289.00	1,782	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,892	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	597	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,487	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	713	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,754	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	481	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,626	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	312.71/cwt	304.00–320.00	1,632	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	266.75/cwt	265.00–268.00	1,582	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	662	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,456	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	558	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,356	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	301.85/cwt	284.00–311.00	1,862	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	335.82/cwt	329.00–353.00	1,414	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	525	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,444	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	389	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,233	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	239.22/cwt	238.00–240.00	1,517	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,266	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	340.71/cwt	327.00–348.00	1,792	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,462	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	300.73/cwt	295.50–318.00	1,582	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,703	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,711	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,337	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	594	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,752	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	334.95/cwt	323.00–340.00	1,604	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,726	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	266.15/cwt	259.00–268.50	1,653	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	374.45/cwt	373.00–375.00	1,239	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	296.97/cwt	275.00–298.50	1,452	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,149	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,383	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	257.28/cwt	251.00–270.00	1,729	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	111.73/cwt	108.00–118.00	1,160	21
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	466	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,549	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	526	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,520	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	430	318.67/cwt	317.00–319.00	1,370	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	389.38/cwt	387.00–391.00	1,807	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	314.08/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,495	38

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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