Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2026-01-14

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Jan 14
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
508 head
2,070 vs last sale 2,578 508 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
1 vs last sale 76 77 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

Compared to last week, steers and heifers traded in a very uneven manner, from sharply lower for some midweight steers to a few weights of heifers 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Little different offering this week with overall quality not as attractive and a lot more flesh on the cattle this week. Supply light, demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $467.08/cwt on 43 head, down $29.94 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 11 comparable sales and sits 29.94 against this barn's trailing median of $497.02.
Average price
$467.08
29.94 vs prior sale
43 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,672
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$0
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.17
vs MO average
4.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559478.002,6726thin
Medium and Large 1-2574465.312,67237
One grade step is worth $12.69/cwt here — about $0 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

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 sale43 hd
467.08
MO average21 barns · 6,655 hd
461.91
+5.17
National average187 barns · 29,067 hd
471.98
−4.90
This barn, trailing median11 sales
497.02
−29.94
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
BullsAverage1,400190.002,6601thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,423154.202,19413
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,338151.852,03218
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,101138.891,5299thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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 1650–700661376.98/cwt373.00–381.002,49218
HeifersLarge 1-2900–950920322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,96740
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800783326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,5533
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750746344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,5664
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600575410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,3588
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650631382.32/cwt377.00–385.002,41228
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900865348.81/cwt342.50–350.253,01743
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750718379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,7217
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850829334.90/cwt331.00–340.002,77610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550522477.50/cwt477.50–477.502,4934
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy550–600577452.50/cwt452.50–452.502,6114
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750717393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,81871
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600581465.39/cwt445.00–469.002,70429
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700670397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,6633
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650638431.23/cwt426.50–447.002,75136
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500478418.00/cwt418.00–418.001,9985
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700687405.20/cwt393.00–434.002,78441
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850808310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,5056
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600581393.33/cwt390.00–399.002,28523
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy800–850801341.50/cwt341.50–341.502,73510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy700–750711365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,5953
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy500–550549402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,2077
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600559478.00/cwt478.00–478.002,6726
Bulls1,400190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,6601
CowsBoner 80-85%1,345152.14/cwt149.00–158.002,04617
CowsBoner 80-85%1,220147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,7931
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,399153.38/cwt150.00–157.002,14612
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,710164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,8041
CowsLean 85-90%1,101138.89/cwt137.00–141.001,5299

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.