Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2024-06-05

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Jun 5
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,375 head
466 vs last sale 909 1,545 vs year ago 2,920 · 52.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
181 head
21 vs last sale 202 205 vs year ago 386 · 53.1%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale three weeks ago, steer and heifer calves sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower with some spots sharply lower on some flyweights. No recent test on yearlings. Slaughter cows 10.00 to 13.00 higher. The calf market took a little rest this week with a different mix on offer ahead of the looming Annual BBQ Sale. Several loads of yearlings were easily absorbed. Supply and demand moderate, demand good in spots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $318.65/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits 178.37 against this barn's trailing median of $497.02.
Average price
$318.65
74 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,781
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$223
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.98
vs MO average
+9.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1594331.001,96613thin
Medium and Large 1-2552316.021,74361
One grade step is worth $14.98/cwt here — about $223 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
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 sale74 hd
318.65
MO average17 barns · 4,986 hd
314.67
+3.98
National average164 barns · 13,053 hd
309.16
+9.49
This barn, trailing median11 sales
497.02
−178.37
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
BullsLow1,796167.653,01121
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,443141.562,04230
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,239138.211,71238
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,072124.311,33310

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Bulls1,678155.73/cwt150.00–161.002,6137
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400381375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4298
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850847243.00/cwt243.00–243.002,05861
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600594331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,96613
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450430396.49/cwt392.50–397.001,70527
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850817254.35/cwt252.50–255.002,07833
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650625275.22/cwt265.00–280.501,72070
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500494308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,5224
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950901252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,2757
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750712292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,08310
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy550–600587234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,3745
CowsBoner 80-85%1,287128.90/cwt125.00–132.001,6598
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,439141.82/cwt137.00–146.002,04129
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,550134.00/cwt134.00–134.002,0771
CowsLean 85-90%1,072124.31/cwt115.00–134.001,33310
Bulls1,855173.61/cwt166.00–186.003,22014
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700688269.50/cwt269.50–269.501,8546
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500482324.74/cwt308.00–341.001,56512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650635257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,63212
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450430350.25/cwt347.00–355.001,50615
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950928245.50/cwt245.50–245.502,27826
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800766242.28/cwt233.00–248.501,85616
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700687290.87/cwt283.00–296.001,99826
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550524266.62/cwt265.00–270.001,39715
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800766255.50/cwt255.50–255.501,957140
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450449312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,40112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350348423.00/cwt423.00–423.001,47213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500454285.50/cwt285.50–285.501,2964
SteersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000961244.54/cwt241.50–245.002,35068
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850818256.50/cwt256.50–256.502,0986
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750722256.97/cwt255.00–265.001,85515
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600571316.48/cwt314.00–323.001,80724
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450432329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,4213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700679268.06/cwt257.50–280.001,82043
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700688237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,6313
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650633298.83/cwt295.00–306.001,89211
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600552307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,6955
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900898248.00/cwt248.00–248.002,22760
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600574286.02/cwt281.00–297.001,64220
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550539315.72/cwt312.00–325.001,70237
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400365321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,1725
CowsBoner 80-85%1,226140.69/cwt137.00–151.001,72530
SteersLarge 1-2900–950910233.50/cwt233.50–233.502,1254
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500477383.46/cwt383.00–385.001,82921
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000980240.75/cwt240.75–240.752,35960
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800776267.58/cwt266.50–276.502,07673
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900869257.95/cwt251.00–259.002,242133

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.