Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2025-11-05

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Nov 5
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,366 head
442 vs last sale 924 322 vs year ago 1,688 · 19.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
169 head
99 vs last sale 70 44 vs year ago 125 · +35.2%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Very slim comparisons to the last tested market five weeks ago but some similar sales of steers and heifers sold 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Outstanding quality from top to bottom this week with a good mix of yearling cattle and calves, the majority of the calves coming right off the cow but with at least one if not two rounds of shots. Volatility has run rampant throughout the industry the past couple weeks and the local cash trade had a bit of course correction today to adjust to the sharp losses experienced around the circuit in that time. Still some optimism throughout the cattle sector for sure with one group of heifers bought for replacement bringing just over $2500/head suggesting that maybe expansion isn't completely out of the question. Supply and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $396.57/cwt on 128 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits 100.45 against this barn's trailing median of $497.02.
Average price
$396.57
128 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,225
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$145
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$32.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.56
vs MO average
22.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558406.232,26890
Medium and Large 1-2568373.702,12338
One grade step is worth $32.53/cwt here — about $145 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
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 sale128 hd
396.57
MO average19 barns · 2,607 hd
397.14
−0.56
National average195 barns · 36,957 hd
419.10
−22.53
This barn, trailing median11 sales
497.02
−100.45
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
BullsAverage1,875202.023,7882thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,469160.022,35122
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,174156.681,83930
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,041144.721,50730

Every lot, as filed

46 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,030148.16/cwt140.00–153.001,52620
CowsLean 85-90%1,063137.83/cwt136.00–138.001,46510
Bulls1,875202.02/cwt198.00–206.003,7882
CowsBoner 80-85%1,174156.68/cwt152.00–161.001,83930
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,469160.02/cwt157.00–164.002,35122
SteersLarge 1-2Fleshy900–950910308.50/cwt308.50–308.502,80719
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400396485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,9216
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550537366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,96530
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600564350.01/cwt346.00–353.001,97416
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850834347.51/cwt345.00–353.002,89895
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement600–650611411.00/cwt411.00–411.002,51120
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750728341.50/cwt341.50–341.502,486134
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450432464.08/cwt450.00–477.502,00517
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900899333.50/cwt333.50–333.502,99860
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800767360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,7614
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550548372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,03929
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750719358.50/cwt358.00–359.002,57826
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600561370.02/cwt360.00–383.002,07619
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550536364.71/cwt362.50–372.501,95517
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700673343.43/cwt339.50–345.502,31121
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550503407.50/cwt407.50–407.502,0504
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650625379.46/cwt369.00–397.002,372124
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700660358.53/cwt350.00–360.002,36637
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned700–750729333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,42837
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550535354.51/cwt344.00–363.001,8979
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700688357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,4606
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy700–750725300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1753
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy750–800791286.00/cwt286.00–286.002,2626
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500460381.00/cwt381.00–381.001,7539
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned650–700680320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1768
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500492417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,0546
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600594380.98/cwt369.00–387.002,26321
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900880336.08/cwt335.50–341.002,958127
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600555340.93/cwt337.00–347.001,89236
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500481371.97/cwt363.00–376.001,78921
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500482440.36/cwt427.50–447.502,12339
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750719329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,36612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400390428.00/cwt428.00–428.001,6693
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650640357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,28522
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy650–700693266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,8437
SteersLarge 1-2950–1000986290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,8594
SteersLarge 1-2Fleshy950–1000953296.50/cwt296.50–296.502,82618
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450420404.86/cwt400.00–410.001,7008
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600562421.22/cwt393.00–436.002,36752
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550506397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,0119
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600578378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,18525

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.