Name: Green City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough cattle on offer for a price comparison. Receipts were curtailed by a winter storm, making cattle movement difficult. Supply light, demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $325.91/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −171.11 against this barn's trailing median of $497.02.

Average price

$325.91

42 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,797

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$280

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

$35.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.53

vs MO average

−16.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	331.80	1,845	35
Medium and Large 1-2	528	296.44	1,565	7thin

One grade step is worth $35.36/cwt here — about $280 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 sale42 hd

325.91

—

MO average9 barns · 1,997 hd

324.38

+1.53

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

−16.17

This barn, trailing median11 sales

497.02

−171.11

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

18 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	600–650	626	302.97/cwt	291.50–316.00	1,897	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	296.44/cwt	295.00–297.00	1,565	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	269.75/cwt	269.75–269.75	2,082	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	337.25/cwt	323.00–352.50	1,464	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	281.75/cwt	267.50–299.00	1,744	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	798	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,827	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,100	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	265.75/cwt	265.75–265.75	2,299	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	339.18/cwt	338.50–340.00	1,740	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	274.49/cwt	272.50–276.50	1,990	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,926	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	290.97/cwt	290.00–292.50	1,551	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	276.55/cwt	269.50–280.00	1,856	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	706	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,871	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	329.25/cwt	329.25–329.25	1,880	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,492	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,509	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	285.90/cwt	280.00–291.50	1,735	29

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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