Name: Green City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale three weeks ago, steers under 600 lbs sold sharply higher, with the top quality grazers seeing 10.00 to 20.00 gains, heavier weights steady to 8.00 higher with the sharpest advance on light 7 wt steers. Heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows 10.00 to 15.00 higher. The bulk of the offering consisted of medium to large drafts of long time weaned, home raised cattle. Light weight grazers spiked the market, again, as numbers continue to grow tight. Locally, producers are fighting a little mud, but without much complaint after the sub zero temperatures a week ago. Supply moderate, demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $380.17/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −116.86 against this barn's trailing median of $497.02.

Average price

$380.17

64 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,066

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$29.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+36.12

vs MO average

+31.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	382.98	2,083	58
Medium and Large 1-2	539	353.00	1,903	6thin

One grade step is worth $29.98/cwt here — about $180 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale64 hd

380.17

—

MO average15 barns · 2,229 hd

344.04

+36.12

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

+31.93

This barn, trailing median11 sales

497.02

−116.86

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,395	144.92	2,021	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,284	139.31	1,789	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,077	118.48	1,276	12

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	859	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,812	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	280.74/cwt	276.00–288.50	1,892	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	271.48/cwt	260.00–275.25	1,914	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	361.60/cwt	345.00–374.00	1,551	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	694	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,770	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,716	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	386.24/cwt	371.00–396.00	2,063	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	849	278.25/cwt	278.25–278.25	2,362	61
Steers	Large 1-2	900–950	903	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,370	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,316	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	417.10/cwt	401.50–437.00	1,969	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	308.35/cwt	307.00–309.50	2,223	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	378.35/cwt	366.00–386.00	2,111	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	317.01/cwt	314.00–329.00	2,191	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,790	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,903	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,030	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	2,183	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	337.01/cwt	335.00–337.50	2,056	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	1,862	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,761	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	312.58/cwt	308.00–314.00	1,682	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,565	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,699	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	489	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,809	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,929	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	296.78/cwt	287.00–308.00	1,870	171
Heifers	Large 1-2	750–800	781	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,828	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	709	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,900	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	851	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	2,055	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,463	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	143.38/cwt	133.00–147.50	2,083	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	103.00/cwt	98.00–107.00	1,061	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	122.35/cwt	117.00–132.00	1,335	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	135.98/cwt	133.00–142.00	1,639	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,386	146.28/cwt	144.50–152.00	2,027	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,341	146.34/cwt	143.00–148.50	1,962	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,481	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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