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. That ranks 4 of 9 comparable sales and sits −38.61 against this barn's trailing median of $505.69.
Average price
$467.08
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

9 sales
547497447397median 505.6902/0403/1805/0606/2909/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $532.87, low $411.44, median $505.69 across 9 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 median9 sales
505.69
−38.61
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
Bulls—Average1,400190.002,6601thin
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
Bulls——1,400190.00/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.