Name: Green City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent sale for a true price comparison, undertone higher. This was the first true calf run of the fall of the local barn with several strings of local reputation cattle, mostly unweaned but with the desired two rounds of shots. The offering also included a handful of yearling load lots. Supply moderate, demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $309.21/cwt on 197 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −187.81 against this barn's trailing median of $497.02.

Average price

$309.21

197 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,718

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

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

$1.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.90

vs MO average

+7.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	309.36	1,725	176
Medium and Large 1-2	540	307.95	1,663	21

One grade step is worth $1.41/cwt here — about $62 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale197 hd

309.21

—

MO average17 barns · 2,035 hd

285.31

+23.90

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

+7.36

This barn, trailing median11 sales

497.02

−187.81

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	1,895	140.79	2,668	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,441	118.50	1,708	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,289	111.44	1,436	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,089	104.25	1,135	12

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	261.19/cwt	254.50–267.00	1,758	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,373	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	326.04/cwt	314.00–338.00	1,686	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,043	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	254.09/cwt	249.50–259.25	2,111	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	609	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,389	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	301.77/cwt	298.50–310.00	1,750	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,017	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	756	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,784	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	545	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,570	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	280.14/cwt	276.75–282.00	1,899	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	307.95/cwt	297.00–313.00	1,663	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	644	273.59/cwt	272.00–283.00	1,762	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	709	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,808	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	292.43/cwt	287.00–298.75	1,804	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	719	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,772	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	663	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	1,754	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,449	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	252.75/cwt	252.75–252.75	1,418	48
Heifers	Large 1-2	950–1000	986	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	2,115	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	887	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	2,027	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	251.39/cwt	250.00–254.50	1,375	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	608	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,453	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	1,743	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	320.35/cwt	317.00–328.00	1,554	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	409	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,342	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	338.95/cwt	335.50–346.00	1,647	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,380	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	613	238.19/cwt	228.00–248.00	1,460	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	257.02/cwt	241.00–262.00	1,887	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	570	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,397	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	653	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,437	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	574	240.54/cwt	235.50–243.00	1,381	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	259.36/cwt	252.00–267.00	1,499	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	406	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,181	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,743	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	269.05/cwt	264.00–275.00	1,434	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,191	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	257.25/cwt	257.25–257.25	1,945	69
Bulls	—	—	1,938	143.83/cwt	136.00–155.50	2,787	4
Bulls	—	—	1,808	134.72/cwt	133.50–136.00	2,436	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,441	118.50/cwt	110.00–126.00	1,708	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	103.90/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,133	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,108	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	113.22/cwt	107.00–122.00	1,445	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,353	102.52/cwt	101.00–105.00	1,387	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,210	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,162	1

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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