Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2024-12-04

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Dec 4
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
970 head
176 vs last sale 794 212 vs year ago 758 · +28.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
27 vs last sale 103 140 vs year ago 216 · 64.8%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last regular sale three weeks ago, steers and heifers traded sharply higher. A few comparable sales to last week's higher quality, higher volume Thanksgiving Specials showed steers trading mostly steady, other than a sharp upswing on steer calves under 500 lbs, and heifers steady to weak. Supply moderate, demand good to very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $332.96/cwt on 213 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits 164.06 against this barn's trailing median of $497.02.
Average price
$332.96
213 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,847
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$186
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.57
vs MO average
+7.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555334.031,855204
Medium and Large 1-2540308.781,6699thin
One grade step is worth $25.25/cwt here — about $186 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
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 sale213 hd
332.96
MO average13 barns · 3,673 hd
318.40
+14.57
National average187 barns · 33,494 hd
325.37
+7.59
This barn, trailing median11 sales
497.02
−164.06
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,664124.212,06712
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,309115.271,50922
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,038106.151,1028thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450415408.32/cwt403.00–419.001,69512
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400389420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,63418
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550534336.87/cwt328.00–343.001,79949
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700660257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,6965
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600562333.13/cwt319.00–349.001,872155
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600564278.04/cwt267.00–300.001,56877
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700683253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,72813
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450422333.31/cwt331.00–340.001,40749
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550520284.87/cwt267.00–293.001,48140
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650628284.73/cwt273.50–293.501,78820
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350349407.00/cwt407.00–407.001,4209
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450440381.00/cwt381.00–381.001,6764
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700670278.56/cwt274.00–285.001,86636
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550514287.12/cwt283.00–293.001,47627
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650642245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,57310
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500489309.95/cwt305.50–333.001,51664
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650617300.63/cwt290.00–307.001,85532
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500476390.87/cwt371.00–410.001,86127
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550506311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,5744
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500472403.67/cwt395.00–405.001,90553
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500488288.30/cwt283.00–305.001,40712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600559256.99/cwt245.00–268.001,43732
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600568307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,7445
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,714130.16/cwt128.00–133.002,2314
CowsLean 85-90%1,038106.15/cwt101.00–111.001,1028
CowsBoner 80-85%1,276118.56/cwt115.00–120.001,51317
CowsBoner 80-85%1,420104.10/cwt101.00–106.001,4785
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,639121.24/cwt116.00–127.001,9878

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.