Name: Green City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent sale for a price comparison. Really an attractive offering this week coming from a long list of reputation consignors, with everything from short or unweaned fall calves to several loads of wrung out yearling cattle. Pretty quiet day for cattle futures but the local cash trade found plenty of support elsewhere based on quality alone as well as numbers growing increasingly tight. Supply heavy, demand very good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $465.77/cwt on 293 head, up $35.43 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 10 comparable sales and sits +36.71 against this barn's trailing median of $429.06.

Average price

$465.77

▲ 35.43 vs prior sale

293 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,557

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$255

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

$24.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.78

vs MO average

+37.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	466.70	2,567	282
Medium and Large 1-2	523	441.94	2,311	11thin

One grade step is worth $24.76/cwt here — about $255 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

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 sale293 hd

465.77

—

MO average20 barns · 2,828 hd

439.99

+25.78

National average182 barns · 12,459 hd

427.90

+37.87

This barn, trailing median10 sales

429.06

+36.71

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	—	High	1,819	215.72	3,924	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,441	176.36	2,542	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,246	175.18	2,182	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,036	164.92	1,708	20

Every lot, as filed

53 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	Large 1-2	800–850	838	354.69/cwt	345.00–365.50	2,972	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	182.80/cwt	178.00–190.00	2,131	13
Bulls	—	—	1,932	235.04/cwt	227.00–245.00	4,541	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,433	182.75/cwt	178.00–191.00	2,619	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	174.85/cwt	170.00–179.00	2,518	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,322	162.73/cwt	157.00–166.00	2,151	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	484.63/cwt	460.00–508.00	2,569	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	375.75/cwt	372.50–379.00	2,735	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	478.65/cwt	453.00–507.50	2,302	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,638	6
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	450–500	456	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,485	3
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	500–550	530	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	2,645	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,599	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	459.37/cwt	458.75–472.50	2,968	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	503.50/cwt	503.50–503.50	2,830	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,208	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	359.75/cwt	359.75–359.75	2,896	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	524.93/cwt	517.50–537.50	2,184	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	482	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,164	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	842	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	3,082	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	799	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	2,753	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	427.53/cwt	424.00–439.00	2,954	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	441.94/cwt	424.00–453.00	2,311	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,469	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	508	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,477	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,536	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,389	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	421.62/cwt	412.50–434.00	3,031	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	388.50/cwt	388.50–388.50	2,875	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	522.88/cwt	516.00–539.00	2,797	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	478.52/cwt	450.00–513.00	2,785	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	439.18/cwt	423.00–477.50	2,543	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	596	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,578	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	774	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,910	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	470.08/cwt	465.00–473.00	2,947	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	405	509.00/cwt	509.00–509.00	2,061	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	652	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,804	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	396	513.64/cwt	510.00–515.00	2,034	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	3,179	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	368.50/cwt	368.50–368.50	3,239	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,330	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	648	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,786	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	404.13/cwt	380.00–406.00	2,736	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,660	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	568.74/cwt	550.00–587.50	2,730	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	608.36/cwt	590.00–622.50	2,634	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	546.53/cwt	532.50–565.00	2,815	150
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	174.72/cwt	166.00–184.00	2,210	26
Bulls	—	—	1,785	209.92/cwt	202.00–216.00	3,747	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	173.39/cwt	169.00–176.00	1,876	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,024	164.32/cwt	160.00–168.00	1,683	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	156.68/cwt	155.00–158.00	1,653	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	162.92/cwt	162.00–165.00	2,419	3

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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