Name: Green City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recently tested market for an accurate comparison, undertone mostly lower. Buyers and sellers were all ready to get back to business after a late summer break, with many curious to see where the cash trade would shake out after several weeks of light movement and sideways market action. Several load lots and large drafts were on offer throughout the day, a mix of home raised and backgrounded cattle. Supply moderate, demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $297.83/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −199.19 against this barn's trailing median of $497.02.

Average price

$297.83

32 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,688

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$66

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

$39.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.78

vs MO average

+28.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	318.60	1,717	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	591	279.50	1,652	17thin

One grade step is worth $39.10/cwt here — about $66 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale32 hd

297.83

—

MO average8 barns · 535 hd

285.04

+12.78

National average147 barns · 6,928 hd

269.40

+28.43

This barn, trailing median11 sales

497.02

−199.19

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	1,965	164.52	3,232	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,367	141.51	1,934	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,254	129.92	1,629	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,058	120.77	1,278	5thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,816	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	887	221.25/cwt	221.25–221.25	1,962	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	256.50/cwt	248.00–257.75	1,737	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	267.80/cwt	259.00–272.50	1,676	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,344	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	274.52/cwt	269.50–277.75	1,622	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	766	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,896	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	321.13/cwt	313.00–330.00	1,535	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,346	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	1,652	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	884	238.89/cwt	235.75–242.00	2,112	194
Steers	Large 1-2	900–950	921	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,128	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	491	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,591	6
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,069	216.85/cwt	216.85–216.85	2,318	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,710	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,259	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	975	217.27/cwt	215.50–220.75	2,118	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,415	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,731	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	284.06/cwt	265.00–287.50	1,866	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	269.81/cwt	265.00–274.75	1,964	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	240.65/cwt	238.50–246.00	1,754	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,830	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,883	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	241.59/cwt	240.00–244.50	2,015	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	256.75/cwt	249.50–260.00	1,949	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	253.75/cwt	253.75–253.75	2,225	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	253.56/cwt	251.50–261.00	1,504	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	909	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,973	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	291.50/cwt	291.50–291.50	1,446	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	924	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,134	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	285.50/cwt	271.50–294.50	1,779	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,695	14
Bulls	—	—	1,848	170.41/cwt	163.00–177.50	3,149	5
Bulls	—	—	2,081	158.63/cwt	153.00–162.00	3,301	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,357	140.52/cwt	134.00–143.00	1,907	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	147.42/cwt	146.00–149.00	2,101	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	120.77/cwt	116.00–125.00	1,278	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	129.92/cwt	128.00–134.00	1,629	7

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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