heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers$288.02/cwt+1.62 vs last sale · ≈ $1,672/hd at 581 lb · 156 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers$302.38/cwt+12.38 vs last sale · ≈ $1,754/hd at 580 lb · 153 head
heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers$310.59/cwt≈ $1,513/hd at 487 lb · 123 head
Receipts
Head
This sale
Last sale
Last year
Total receipts
2,663
2,954
3,381
Feeder cattle
2,552
2,954
3,330
Slaughter cattle
111
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51
Market comments — USDA reporter
Friday was the second day of Green City Livestock's Annual Customer Appreciation Sale, featuring strings of home raised cattle, mostly calves with a few yearlings. The calf market picked up right where Wednesday's yearling trade left off, with steers trading 10.00 to 20.00 higher and heifers mostly 6.00 to 10.00 higher than the last tested calf market four weeks ago. Good quality throughout the day with most of the cattle in pretty green condition. Buyers were aggressive from the start, in many cases digging deeper than they normally would as pen space is readily available even for cattle looking at a lot of days on feed. With several extra buyers in the seats most of the cattle had very little trouble finding a ride to a new location. Producers continue to market their stock earlier than normal but even with large numbers moving the feeder market surge that began several months ago has experienced very little correction since the start. Cattlemen that find themselves short feed and forage have at least found solace on sale day with some new historic prices reached what seems like every week. In another interesting comparison to last year's Customer Appreciation Sale, a 580 lb steer on Friday brought a weighted average price of 302.38; a similar steer last year averaged 205.43. The trade area received a short but very welcome rain in the middle of what was already an unseasonably cool day in Missouri in July. Supply heavy, demand very good.
USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of
the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is
muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle
scores — common across the Southeast.
What is $/cwt?
Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at
$450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per
cwt but less per head.
Why are some prices per head?
Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the
head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a
$/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.
Where do these numbers come from?
From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News —
federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the
official USDA document at the top of the page.
Cattle Market
Friday was the second day of Green City Livestock's Annual Customer Appreciation Sale, featuring strings of home raised cattle, mostly calves with a few yearlings. The calf market picked up right where Wednesday's yearling trade left off, with steers trading 10.00 to 20.00 higher and heifers mostly 6.00 to 10.00 higher than the last tested calf market four weeks ago. Good quality throughout the day with most of the cattle in pretty green condition. Buyers were aggressive from the start, in many cases digging deeper than they normally would as pen space is readily available even for cattle looking at a lot of days on feed. With several extra buyers in the seats most of the cattle had very little trouble finding a ride to a new location. Producers continue to market their stock earlier than normal but even with large numbers moving the feeder market surge that began several months ago has experienced very little correction since the start. Cattlemen that find themselves short feed and forage have at least found solace on sale day with some new historic prices reached what seems like every week. In another interesting comparison to last year's Customer Appreciation Sale, a 580 lb steer on Friday brought a weighted average price of 302.38; a similar steer last year averaged 205.43. The trade area received a short but very welcome rain in the middle of what was already an unseasonably cool day in Missouri in July. Supply heavy, demand very good.