Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2025-02-05

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Feb 5
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,286 head
2,863 vs last sale 423 302 vs year ago 3,588 · 8.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
86 vs last sale 0 4 vs year ago 90 · 4.4%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recently tested market for a true price comparison, but looking back to the New Years Day Special, steers and heifers traded sharply higher. Overall quality was outstanding throughout the day with the majority of the cattle in attractive condition and long time weaned. The market continued to climb throughout the day, resulting in some wide price spreads in spots and causing some wear and tear on the auctioneer as buyers at times locked in on some reputation consignments. Cattle futures got a bounce after a big break Monday and Tuesday but cutout values were sharply lower Wednesday. Supply heavy, demand good to very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $358.65/cwt on 313 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits 138.38 against this barn's trailing median of $497.02.
Average price
$358.65
313 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,973
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$158
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.59
vs MO average
+16.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555361.572,006249
Medium and Large 1-2532347.271,84864
One grade step is worth $14.30/cwt here — about $158 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale313 hd
358.65
MO average18 barns · 3,944 hd
341.06
+17.59
National average187 barns · 18,766 hd
342.38
+16.27
This barn, trailing median11 sales
497.02
−138.38
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
BullsAverage1,695165.642,8083thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,521131.051,99323
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,197120.771,44616
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,122112.361,2613thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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 1-2Fleshy750–800792241.58/cwt237.50–252.501,91311
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement750–800791304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,40521
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500481380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,82813
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed400–450446400.50/cwt400.50–400.501,78616
SteersLarge 1-2950–1000971233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,2624
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600575354.45/cwt346.00–369.002,038131
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500466406.31/cwt398.00–409.001,89320
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450441407.00/cwt407.00–407.001,79510
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650618340.46/cwt326.50–353.002,104249
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850826254.50/cwt254.50–254.502,1029
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed400–450410445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,82512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800753287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,16513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700659284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,87212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550513351.13/cwt325.00–355.501,80146
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed550–600559373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,08523
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750710281.55/cwt262.00–286.501,99936
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed600–650604339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,04817
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600581337.42/cwt326.00–343.001,96018
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950903245.50/cwt245.50–245.502,2179
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600583319.97/cwt305.50–330.001,865116
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550521331.00/cwt326.50–335.501,72599
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500476356.22/cwt354.50–360.001,69641
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750719272.25/cwt272.25–272.251,95732
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650620275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,70511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy450–500495275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3616
SteersLarge 1-2Fleshy850–900872246.25/cwt246.25–246.252,14768
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550526368.62/cwt354.00–377.001,93995
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850808280.88/cwt272.00–286.252,270188
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700682311.26/cwt296.50–337.002,123296
HeifersMedium 1-2500–550518277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,4359
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900873231.50/cwt231.50–231.502,02113
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650623299.90/cwt290.00–317.501,868162
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750730299.80/cwt295.50–310.502,189270
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800766279.22/cwt275.00–287.752,139156
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800756269.50/cwt269.50–269.502,0377
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700676283.10/cwt277.50–296.001,914187
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500484300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,45224
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400385418.00/cwt418.00–418.001,60912
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650630318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,00314
SteersLarge 1950–1000962248.00/cwt248.00–248.002,3865
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600592287.45/cwt272.50–306.001,70231
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650606266.75/cwt266.75–266.751,617102
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700688271.42/cwt268.00–276.001,86725
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750704274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,92910
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement650–700696289.56/cwt281.00–305.002,01542
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement700–750723301.52/cwt289.00–311.002,18091
Bulls1,695165.64/cwt165.00–167.002,8083
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,553136.72/cwt134.00–141.002,1238
CowsLean 85-90%1,122112.36/cwt109.00–114.001,2613
CowsBoner 80-85%1,197120.77/cwt113.00–131.001,44616
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,504128.03/cwt121.00–133.001,92615

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.