Name: Green City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough cattle on offer for a price comparison. Supply light, demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $313.50/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −115.56 against this barn's trailing median of $429.06.

Average price

$313.50

42 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,787

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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single grade reported

vs the market

−9.99

vs MO average

−7.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	313.50	1,787	42

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

10 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $472.99, low $391.10, median $429.06 across 10 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 sale42 hd

313.50

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MO average17 barns · 2,614 hd

323.49

−9.99

National average175 barns · 12,815 hd

321.18

−7.68

This barn, trailing median10 sales

429.06

−115.56

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

8 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	570	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	1,787	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	284.75/cwt	284.75–284.75	2,184	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,849	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	362.99/cwt	362.50–364.00	1,898	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	2,084	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,859	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,414	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	340.93/cwt	340.00–344.00	1,671	25

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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