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 3 of 9 comparable sales and sits −87.01 against this barn's trailing median of $505.69.

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

9 sales

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 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 median9 sales

505.69

−87.01

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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