Name: Green City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Todays market was market was lighty tested under 650 pounds calves with a lower undertone with 3 pot loads of 875-900 pound steers sold from $256-$259 with good demand but week to lower undertone from four weeks ago

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $290.20/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −206.82 against this barn's trailing median of $497.02.

Average price

$290.20

11 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,617

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$7.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.00

vs MO average

+15.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	292.88	1,678	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	530	285.51	1,513	4thin

One grade step is worth $7.37/cwt here — about $165 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale11 hd

290.20

—

MO average12 barns · 860 hd

288.20

+2.00

National average145 barns · 4,636 hd

275.08

+15.12

This barn, trailing median11 sales

497.02

−206.82

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	1,982	169.85	3,366	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,524	145.53	2,218	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,299	136.88	1,778	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,130	123.00	1,390	1thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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
Bulls	—	—	1,878	159.63/cwt	154.00–167.50	2,998	2
Bulls	—	—	2,034	174.96/cwt	169.00–179.00	3,559	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,390	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,398	141.00/cwt	139.00–144.50	1,971	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	254.94/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,736	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	258.75/cwt	256.00–263.00	2,016	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,354	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,901	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	258.56/cwt	257.50–269.00	2,027	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,975	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	270.54/cwt	268.00–278.00	1,658	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	258.03/cwt	256.50–259.25	2,286	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	497	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,441	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,499	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,775	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,748	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,753	4
Steers	Large 1	850–900	885	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	2,111	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,572	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	285.51/cwt	284.00–287.00	1,513	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	292.88/cwt	291.00–295.50	1,678	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,379	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	272.66/cwt	270.00–273.00	1,925	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	134.40/cwt	129.00–142.00	1,667	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,524	145.53/cwt	143.00–148.00	2,218	5

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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