Name: Green City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, a light feeder offering traded sharply higher. Slaughter cows unevenly steady. Supply light, demand good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $391.10/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −37.95 against this barn's trailing median of $429.06.

Average price

$391.10

58 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,156

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$104

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

$19.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.15

vs MO average

+1.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	395.75	2,129	44
Medium and Large 1-2	593	376.50	2,233	14thin

One grade step is worth $19.25/cwt here — about −$104 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

10 sales

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 sale58 hd

391.10

—

MO average20 barns · 3,163 hd

377.96

+13.15

National average175 barns · 15,310 hd

389.91

+1.19

This barn, trailing median10 sales

429.06

−37.95

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,952	181.06	3,534	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,408	155.85	2,194	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,241	148.48	1,843	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,094	131.90	1,443	7thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1Fleshy	700–750	711	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	2,421	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	509.74/cwt	472.50–518.00	2,365	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	466.19/cwt	455.00–467.00	2,587	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	376.09/cwt	362.50–382.50	1,790	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	376.50/cwt	376.00–377.00	2,233	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	2,835	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	395.75/cwt	372.50–399.50	2,129	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	333.06/cwt	328.00–350.00	2,065	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	317	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,308	4
Bulls	—	—	1,952	181.06/cwt	178.00–184.00	3,534	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	148.48/cwt	141.00–154.00	1,843	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	155.85/cwt	153.00–159.00	2,194	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,096	134.44/cwt	131.00–137.00	1,473	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	125.54/cwt	125.00–126.00	1,366	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	364.17/cwt	355.00–385.00	2,447	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	481.09/cwt	475.00–495.00	2,463	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	420.79/cwt	415.00–422.00	2,638	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,335	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,537	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	393	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,132	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	401.61/cwt	394.00–415.00	2,498	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	449.66/cwt	448.00–457.50	2,064	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,322	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	623	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,888	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,031	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,863	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,951	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,947	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,051	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,432	22

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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