Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2025-03-19

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Mar 19
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
498 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 542▼ 230 vs year ago 728 · −31.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
▲ 61 vs last sale 18▼ 10 vs year ago 89 · −11.2%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, a light test traded in a fairly sporadic manner depending on quality and availability, but some similar sales of steers sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher including 2 loads of yearlings weighing right at 800 lbs. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Supply light, demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $371.57/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −134.12 against this barn's trailing median of $505.69.
Average price
$371.57
49 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,047
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$80
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$31.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.42
vs MO average
+14.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542381.792,07133
Medium and Large 1-2568350.491,99116thin
One grade step is worth $31.30/cwt here — about $80 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales
547497447397median 505.6902/0403/1805/0606/2909/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $532.87, low $411.44, median $505.69 across 9 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 sale49 hd
371.57
—
MO average16 barns · 2,679 hd
357.15
+14.42
National average170 barns · 10,920 hd
357.16
+14.41
This barn, trailing median9 sales
505.69
−134.12
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
Bulls—Low1,815158.942,8857thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,442128.091,84711
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,228120.441,47914
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,096103.491,1348thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1850–900885258.50/cwt258.50–258.502,2883
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500485398.00/cwt398.00–398.001,9306
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750706322.14/cwt318.00–323.502,27416
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800793260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0624
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700683322.47/cwt320.50–327.002,20240
SteersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000972255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,4794
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500481369.51/cwt357.50–379.001,77712
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550517394.79/cwt375.00–400.002,04119
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600577364.15/cwt349.00–373.002,10114
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700650271.50/cwt271.50–271.501,76513
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600584290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6947
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700666272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,8155
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800792245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,9403
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy550–600555286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,5873
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700680318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,1624
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850800294.25/cwt294.25–294.252,35469
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800799295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,35769
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400362401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,4523
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600554311.69/cwt306.50–314.501,72717
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500491325.71/cwt321.00–329.001,59918
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650634268.21/cwt263.00–273.001,70024
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550527305.97/cwt302.50–316.001,61212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600568350.49/cwt349.00–351.001,99116
Bulls——1,708151.31/cwt149.00–153.502,5842
Bulls——1,858161.99/cwt152.00–181.003,0105
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,231112.62/cwt105.00–116.001,3864
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,535149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,2871
CowsLean 85-90%—1,090114.33/cwt113.00–116.001,2462
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09899.87/cwt95.00–108.001,0976
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,227123.57/cwt117.00–130.001,51610
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,453116.18/cwt110.00–121.001,6883
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,424130.21/cwt124.00–139.001,8547

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.