Name: Green City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher with a few weights of steers and all the heifers sharply higher. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Really attractive quality on hand for the Annual April Grass Special with most consignments long time weaned with all the work done and in good grazing condition. The beef sector as a whole continues to be all go and no whoa with futures in the green Wednesday, positive choice cutout performance and a cash market on fire. Supply moderate, demand very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $381.51/cwt on 162 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −115.51 against this barn's trailing median of $497.02.

Average price

$381.51

162 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,171

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$213

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

$53.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.25

vs MO average

+12.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	386.43	2,190	147
Medium and Large 1-2	593	333.35	1,977	15thin

One grade step is worth $53.08/cwt here — about $213 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 sale162 hd

381.51

—

MO average17 barns · 2,571 hd

368.27

+13.25

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

+12.50

This barn, trailing median11 sales

497.02

−115.51

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
Bulls	—	Average	2,004	174.77	3,502	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,420	133.40	1,894	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,239	128.25	1,589	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,121	115.54	1,296	5thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	325.88/cwt	315.00–329.50	1,910	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	358.02/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,711	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,592	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	284.57/cwt	278.50–286.00	2,183	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	458	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,658	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	277.90/cwt	272.50–289.00	1,892	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	600	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,370	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	333.35/cwt	331.00–340.00	1,977	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	342.49/cwt	298.00–347.50	2,319	87
Steers	Large 1	900–950	946	269.75/cwt	269.75–269.75	2,552	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,175	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	408.87/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,971	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,584	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	882	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	2,324	6
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	689	324.50/cwt	324.50–324.50	2,236	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	346.68/cwt	335.50–360.00	2,323	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	415.43/cwt	409.00–427.00	1,803	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	364.36/cwt	355.00–369.00	2,292	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	318.44/cwt	315.00–319.00	2,356	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	325.29/cwt	321.00–332.50	2,095	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	564	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,355	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	382.03/cwt	372.50–407.00	2,029	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	290.97/cwt	287.00–293.50	2,144	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	350.54/cwt	323.50–372.50	1,868	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,859	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	280.72/cwt	267.00–291.00	1,656	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	369.82/cwt	366.50–383.00	2,160	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	2,386	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	318.47/cwt	305.00–324.00	1,968	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	308.51/cwt	287.50–397.50	1,320	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	851	268.99/cwt	260.00–270.00	2,289	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	300.66/cwt	250.00–305.00	2,008	76
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	865	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,387	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	296.63/cwt	291.50–302.00	2,426	148
Bulls	—	—	1,921	171.46/cwt	165.00–179.00	3,294	4
Bulls	—	—	2,335	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	4,390	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	127.78/cwt	118.00–137.00	1,590	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,553	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,606	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,393	135.92/cwt	130.00–142.00	1,893	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,052	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,506	123.03/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,853	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	117.67/cwt	113.00–119.00	1,316	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,214	1

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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