Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2025-11-12

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Nov 12
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
469 head
897 vs last sale 1,366 325 vs year ago 794 · 40.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
98 vs last sale 169 32 vs year ago 103 · 31.1%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold sharply higher, gaining back all the losses from the previous sale and then some in spots. Slaughter cows 12.00 to 15.00 lower. Really good quality just light numbers ahead of the two Thanksgiving Specials scheduled for two weeks from now. The bulk of the offering was unweaned but with two rounds of shots. Supply light, demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $364.19/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits 64.86 against this barn's trailing median of $429.06.
Average price
$364.19
80 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,989
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$269
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$37.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.37
vs MO average
+0.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550371.592,04464
Medium and Large 1-2531334.591,77516thin
One grade step is worth $37.00/cwt here — about $269 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

10 sales
487450414377median 429.0612/1701/1403/1805/0607/01
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 sale80 hd
364.19
MO average20 barns · 2,935 hd
354.82
+9.37
National average183 barns · 20,348 hd
363.96
+0.23
This barn, trailing median10 sales
429.06
−64.86
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
BullsLow1,783173.693,0972thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,350147.181,9878thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,267140.371,77824
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,061124.581,3218thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400355402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,4297
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600559355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,98410
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700663345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,28720
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy550–600585322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,8843
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy450–500495365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,8075
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550527445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,3455
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450415503.43/cwt500.00–517.502,08915
CowsBoner 80-85%1,245130.69/cwt128.00–137.501,6277
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,350147.18/cwt145.00–153.001,9878
CowsLean 85-90%1,085129.84/cwt128.00–131.001,4095
CowsLean 85-90%1,020115.80/cwt110.00–126.001,1813
Bulls1,783173.69/cwt168.50–181.003,0972
CowsBoner 80-85%1,276144.36/cwt141.00–146.001,84217
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500474387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,83710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550518389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,01510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500476352.26/cwt337.50–360.001,6779
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650629330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,07610
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500457419.81/cwt417.00–421.001,91947
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600557432.50/cwt432.50–432.502,40911
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650615399.64/cwt391.00–406.002,45836
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500462476.00/cwt476.00–476.002,19931
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650643329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,1157
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550532437.00/cwt437.00–437.002,32538
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550530364.50/cwt364.50–364.501,93236
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400391520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,0333
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450414400.80/cwt400.00–402.501,65910
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400393416.00/cwt416.00–416.001,63516
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600585395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,31118
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450421420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7688
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550518337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,74813
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600595391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,3263
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500497429.00/cwt429.00–429.002,13214
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy550–600589355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0915
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500477417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,9919

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.