Sale reports / Missouri / Green City Livestock Auction / 2026-04-01

Green City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Green City, Missouri · Wed, Apr 1
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1254
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,393 head
1,702 vs last sale 691 715 vs year ago 1,678 · +42.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
36 vs last sale 50 2 vs year ago 84 · +2.4%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Feb 14, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher with some spots as much as 30.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Really good quality on hand for this Annual April Grass Sale, most long time weaned with a health history and in attractive condition. Buyers were aggressive for all weights and classes of what was a very balanced offering, with a nice selection of yearling load lots, new crop calves and everything in between. Supply heavy demand good to very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $511.48/cwt on 240 head, down $1.44 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 11 comparable sales and sits +14.46 against this barn's trailing median of $497.02.
Average price
$511.48
1.44 vs prior sale
240 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,882
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$201
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+28.06
vs MO average
+28.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565512.982,897222
Medium and Large 1-2547493.002,69718thin
One grade step is worth $19.98/cwt here — about $201 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 sale240 hd
511.48
MO average19 barns · 2,820 hd
483.42
+28.06
National average169 barns · 10,003 hd
483.18
+28.30
This barn, trailing median11 sales
497.02
+14.46
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
BullsAverage1,772204.143,6176thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,493166.132,48114
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,161163.881,90317
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,066153.001,6319thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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 1-2450–500486416.44/cwt410.00–417.502,02427
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650619387.16/cwt379.00–396.002,39729
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850819361.72/cwt359.00–365.002,96233
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500477502.98/cwt489.00–519.002,39971
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750709355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,5175
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800794334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,65210
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600585499.59/cwt474.00–516.002,923142
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950920354.00/cwt354.00–354.003,25764
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550529536.74/cwt514.00–557.502,83980
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650646406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,6233
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700680443.59/cwt417.50–457.003,016122
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800769397.23/cwt392.50–402.503,055168
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed400–450432610.00/cwt610.00–610.002,6358
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550547493.00/cwt493.00–493.002,69718
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450433599.67/cwt585.00–610.002,59713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900888337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,9979
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700685405.10/cwt387.50–422.502,77533
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750734410.38/cwt403.00–412.503,01290
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800772384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,96415
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550549411.00/cwt411.00–411.002,2567
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350345625.00/cwt625.00–625.002,1563
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650634448.10/cwt435.00–458.002,84150
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500472581.81/cwt572.50–610.002,74677
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000981332.66/cwt325.00–335.503,26378
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850815372.54/cwt361.50–376.003,03681
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400382576.46/cwt567.50–582.502,20224
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500490535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,6228
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550527465.58/cwt436.00–482.502,45439
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600572422.63/cwt417.00–426.002,417124
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900–950943315.73/cwt315.00–316.002,97711
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650627424.58/cwt410.00–433.002,662184
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700670383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,5664
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800763370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,8239
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600559383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,1416
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700662400.67/cwt398.00–408.002,65299
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750731381.44/cwt375.00–384.502,788153
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450440465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,0463
Bulls1,772204.14/cwt185.00–223.003,6176
CowsBoner 80-85%1,169162.17/cwt157.50–168.001,89615
CowsBoner 80-85%1,105176.68/cwt174.00–179.001,9522
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,600177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,8321
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,485165.29/cwt161.00–169.002,45513
CowsLean 85-90%1,066153.00/cwt147.00–158.001,6319

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.