Name: Green City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recently tested market for a price comparison. Supply light, demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $418.67/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 2 of 11 comparable sales and sits −78.35 against this barn's trailing median of $497.02.

Average price

$418.67

35 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,396

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$280

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

$40.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.76

vs MO average

+28.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	576	431.36	2,485	24
Medium and Large 1-2	564	391.00	2,205	11thin

One grade step is worth $40.36/cwt here — about $280 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale35 hd

418.67

—

MO average12 barns · 2,058 hd

413.92

+4.76

National average145 barns · 8,057 hd

390.02

+28.65

This barn, trailing median11 sales

497.02

−78.35

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

21 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	431.98/cwt	423.00–436.50	2,505	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	375.39/cwt	357.00–384.00	2,692	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	410.24/cwt	389.00–419.00	2,580	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,912	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,340	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	470.32/cwt	468.00–472.50	2,276	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	374.14/cwt	370.50–385.00	2,552	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	2,959	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,449	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,940	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	335.78/cwt	332.50–336.50	3,146	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,091	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	385.18/cwt	364.00–401.00	2,034	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	894	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,745	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	941	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,752	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	338.18/cwt	336.00–340.00	2,235	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	370.25/cwt	350.00–384.50	2,088	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,674	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,175	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,215	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,213	6

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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