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 11 comparable sales and sits 125.45 against this barn's trailing median of $497.02.
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

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 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 median11 sales
497.02
−125.45
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
BullsLow1,815158.942,8857thin
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
Bulls1,708151.31/cwt149.00–153.502,5842
Bulls1,858161.99/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.