Name: Green City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent sale for a true price comparison, undertone lower. Quality ran up and down throughout the day and the buyer crowd was a little lighter than normal with those in attendance less aggressive than the last couple sales. Supply and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $460.60/cwt on 121 head, down $52.26 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 9 comparable sales and sits −45.09 against this barn's trailing median of $505.69.

Average price

$460.60

▼ 52.26 vs prior sale

121 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,616

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$914

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

$121.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.31

vs MO average

+1.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	565	472.92	2,673	80
Medium and Large 1	586	451.23	2,644	35
Medium and Large 2	501	351.00	1,759	6thin

One grade step is worth $121.92/cwt here — about $914 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

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 sale121 hd

460.60

—

MO average19 barns · 4,492 hd

465.91

−5.31

National average164 barns · 12,433 hd

459.19

+1.41

This barn, trailing median9 sales

505.69

−45.09

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	1,449	209.19	3,031	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,404	175.67	2,466	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,161	172.93	2,008	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,052	161.41	1,698	13

Every lot, as filed

36 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
Bulls	—	—	1,449	209.19/cwt	204.00–215.00	3,031	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,161	172.93/cwt	165.00–179.00	2,008	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,411	174.88/cwt	158.00–183.00	2,468	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,357	180.64/cwt	180.00–181.00	2,451	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	159.30/cwt	157.00–163.00	1,720	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	168.46/cwt	165.00–171.00	1,614	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,597	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	401.47/cwt	396.00–408.00	2,903	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	451.23/cwt	443.00–460.00	2,644	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	697	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,203	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	438.22/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,309	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,870	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	496	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,592	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	606	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,491	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	684	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,599	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	452.98/cwt	440.00–469.00	1,903	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	359.29/cwt	345.00–382.00	2,195	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,588	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	497.33/cwt	492.50–505.00	2,308	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	507.40/cwt	486.00–518.00	2,628	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,434	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,065	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	655	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,109	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	460	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,036	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	463.47/cwt	429.00–472.00	2,841	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	398.41/cwt	392.50–408.00	2,725	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	464.30/cwt	414.00–500.00	2,679	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,079	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	439.06/cwt	429.00–467.50	2,463	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	501	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,759	6
Steers	Large 1-2	950–1000	953	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	3,254	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,030	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,315	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	385.20/cwt	364.00–404.50	2,280	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	358.82/cwt	356.00–363.00	2,296	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	420.81/cwt	407.50–426.00	2,811	30

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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