Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2024-05-15

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, May 15
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
909 head
703 vs last sale 1,612 156 vs year ago 753 · +20.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
202 head
30 vs last sale 172 18 vs year ago 220 · 8.2%
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, steer and heifer calves under 500 lbs sold sharply higher, calves over 500 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows 5.00 to 9.00 higher. Mostly calves on offer this week with only a handful of yearlings offered in small lots. Buyers were aggressive on nearly all weights of cattle with bidding reaching some prices that might make one do a double take, particularly on some light heifer calves. Supply light, demand very good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $285.81/cwt on 153 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits 143.24 against this barn's trailing median of $429.06.
Average price
$285.81
153 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,616
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$99
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$26.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.21
vs MO average
+15.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559294.961,649100
Medium and Large 1-2577268.551,55053
One grade step is worth $26.42/cwt here — about $99 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

10 sales
487450414377median 429.0612/1701/1403/1805/0607/01
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $472.99, low $391.10, median $429.06 across 10 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 sale153 hd
285.81
MO average18 barns · 3,805 hd
279.61
+6.21
National average167 barns · 11,471 hd
270.00
+15.81
This barn, trailing median10 sales
429.06
−143.24
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
BullsAverage2,023167.113,3813thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,345132.281,78052
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,222127.231,55549
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,100119.151,31026

Every lot, as filed

39 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
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650621309.39/cwt300.00–310.501,92145
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450411408.99/cwt402.50–420.001,68122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550506299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,5134
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550522304.99/cwt290.00–314.501,59240
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500495298.36/cwt280.00–327.001,47749
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650635237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,5053
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed400–450415342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,4214
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750737248.27/cwt245.50–256.501,83016
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500462386.66/cwt372.50–393.001,78624
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600592304.98/cwt303.00–309.001,80521
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600583266.06/cwt256.00–287.001,55149
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700677269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,8213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400350307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,0766
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600560343.17/cwt331.00–355.001,92276
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400359400.40/cwt385.00–410.001,4378
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450412387.36/cwt382.50–390.001,59620
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600584288.28/cwt285.50–294.001,68460
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500475351.16/cwt345.00–380.001,66849
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500474340.18/cwt331.00–342.501,61215
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750735230.50/cwt230.50–230.501,6944
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700677232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,57410
HeifersLarge 1-2700–750736235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,73015
SteersLarge 1-2700–750730245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,79213
HeifersLarge 1-2800–850813223.50/cwt223.50–223.501,81710
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500490355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7408
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy650–700659241.50/cwt241.50–241.501,59114
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550511345.89/cwt339.00–348.001,76722
Bulls2,023167.11/cwt159.00–173.503,3813
CowsBoner 80-85%1,230127.53/cwt118.00–134.001,56936
CowsBoner 80-85%1,172135.17/cwt134.00–138.001,5847
CowsBoner 80-85%1,232116.17/cwt115.50–117.001,4316
SteersLarge 1-2850–900890230.50/cwt230.50–230.502,05112
HeifersLarge 1-2750–800772215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6603
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,437120.16/cwt119.00–121.001,7275
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,422137.63/cwt136.00–142.501,95716
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,291131.47/cwt122.00–136.001,69731
CowsLean 85-90%1,073104.30/cwt102.00–107.001,1196
CowsLean 85-90%1,079128.76/cwt124.00–129.501,3898
CowsLean 85-90%1,127120.16/cwt115.00–123.001,35412

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.