Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2024-10-16

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Oct 16
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
625 head
219 vs last sale 406 488 vs year ago 137 · +356.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
6 vs last sale 70 21 vs year ago 55 · +38.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
171 head
171 vs last sale 0 171 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Very slim comparisons to two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold steady to firm. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Several cow consignments were featured early in the day, mostly nice quality pairs and a handful of bred cows. The bulk of the feeder offering was made up of load lots of backgrounded cattle. Not a large crowd on hand but enough buying power to pack a punch with some of the load lots coming close to the highs of the summer. Supply moderate, demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $301.59/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits 195.43 against this barn's trailing median of $497.02.
Average price
$301.59
25 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,698
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+16.44
vs MO average
+2.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563301.591,69825
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale25 hd
301.59
MO average15 barns · 1,856 hd
285.15
+16.44
National average188 barns · 32,793 hd
299.33
+2.26
This barn, trailing median11 sales
497.02
−195.43
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
BullsAverage1,820151.352,7559thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,494126.481,89019
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,257122.211,5369thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,102113.691,2538thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,454$2,98253

Every lot, as filed

26 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800784237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,86216
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500475282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,34213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550524251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,3154
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600587293.61/cwt290.00–294.501,72315
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900866253.20/cwt249.50–253.752,193132
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750712258.68/cwt256.50–265.001,842127
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950928247.54/cwt244.50–250.502,297125
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650615296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,8204
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550527313.56/cwt310.00–315.001,65210
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550549255.50/cwt255.50–255.501,4035
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600589285.50/cwt285.50–285.501,6828
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800766246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,88479
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750739269.50/cwt269.50–269.501,99217
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500460327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,5045
SteersLarge 1-2900–950935237.50/cwt237.50–237.502,2215
Cow-Calf PairsLarge 11,5503,325.00/head3,325.00–3,325.003,3259
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4003,385.00/head3,125.00–3,450.003,38510
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5502,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4506
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3872,911.67/head2,875.00–3,025.002,91215
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3753,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1502
Cow-Calf PairsLarge 1-21,4772,688.64/head2,625.00–2,975.002,68911
Bulls1,840155.93/cwt153.00–160.002,8693
Bulls1,810149.06/cwt143.00–161.502,6986
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,494126.48/cwt121.00–131.001,89019
CowsLean 85-90%1,102113.69/cwt105.00–119.001,2538
CowsBoner 80-85%1,257122.21/cwt117.00–127.001,5369

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.