Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2025-11-28

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Fri, Nov 28
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,735 head
519 vs last sale 2,254 1,735 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
107 head
107 vs last sale 0 107 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Friday was the second day of Green City Livestock's Annual Thanksgiving Special, featuring home raised calves Friday after Tuesday's yearling sale. Compared to the last tested market three weeks ago, steer and heifer calves traded sharply higher, mostly 10.00 to 25.00 higher, with some weights tacking on even sharper advances. Recovery sure seemed to be in full effect on Friday, as if the recent set backs in the cattle sector never happened. Quality was outstanding throughout the day and for the most part condition was too, even with a high number of unweaned calves on offer. A couple extra buyers in the seats didn't hurt anything either. Supply moderate, demand good to very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $422.91/cwt on 368 head. That ranks 2 of 11 comparable sales and sits 74.11 against this barn's trailing median of $497.02.
Average price
$422.91
368 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,349
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$323
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$58.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+42.25
vs MO average
+24.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555445.252,472227
Medium and Large 1-2555386.942,149141
One grade step is worth $58.31/cwt here — about $323 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 sale368 hd
422.91
MO average9 barns · 1,802 hd
380.66
+42.25
National average33 barns · 4,299 hd
398.67
+24.24
This barn, trailing median11 sales
497.02
−74.11
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
BullsAverage1,743180.573,1473thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,497152.802,28725
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,404150.122,10819
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,068139.121,4868thin

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
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450449475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,13331
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750728332.93/cwt324.00–340.002,42416
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600587418.98/cwt418.00–420.002,45960
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550514347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,7846
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned650–700656331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,17113
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550517468.27/cwt449.00–477.002,42160
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700677358.49/cwt344.50–376.002,427224
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600559447.07/cwt431.00–466.002,499107
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement650–700674382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,57516
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement600–650628407.00/cwt407.00–407.002,55617
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800793326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,58513
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550519403.84/cwt389.00–416.002,09655
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400385432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,66516
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700687335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,30112
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500478479.27/cwt455.00–490.002,29167
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450419405.53/cwt392.50–420.001,69919
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600573383.91/cwt367.50–402.502,200128
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,495155.68/cwt150.00–163.002,32717
CowsBoner 80-85%1,373142.58/cwt139.00–147.001,9585
CowsBoner 80-85%1,415152.81/cwt147.00–159.002,16214
Bulls1,743180.57/cwt176.00–187.503,1473
CowsLean 85-90%1,068139.12/cwt136.00–141.001,4868
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,500146.67/cwt136.00–150.002,2008
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400383482.50/cwt482.50–482.501,8484
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550518370.77/cwt331.00–377.501,92136
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400388454.00/cwt454.00–454.001,7625
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy500–550511366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,87010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750710321.50/cwt321.50–321.502,2833
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600574357.97/cwt337.00–367.002,05510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned750–800760305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,3185
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550532361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,9215
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550539431.20/cwt430.00–435.002,32421
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500470445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,09216
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700654365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,3878
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600564381.32/cwt370.00–423.002,151105
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650603375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,26115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500476377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,7973
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650636327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,08321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned600–650634306.50/cwt306.50–306.501,9436
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500481418.00/cwt418.00–418.002,0114
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650630354.50/cwt345.00–363.002,23321
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650623332.25/cwt323.00–337.002,07023
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550515375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9316
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650632347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,1967
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500471416.65/cwt402.00–437.501,96274
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650618402.49/cwt370.00–422.502,487229

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.