Green City Livestock Auction Market Report

Green City, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 6, 2026

2,640 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $484.74/cwt +19.16 vs last sale · ≈ $2,565/hd at 529 lb · 175 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $375.75/cwt -5.69 vs last sale · ≈ $2,735/hd at 728 lb · 161 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $469.29/cwt +21.19 vs last sale · ≈ $2,944/hd at 627 lb · 152 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,640	2,479	2,654
Feeder cattle	2,435	2,393	2,499
Slaughter cattle	205	86	155

Market comments — USDA reporter

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.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	4	610.00	$610.00	$2,330	—
400–447	433	39	590.00–622.50	$608.36	$2,634	+8.69
450–494	480	21	550.00–587.50	$568.74	$2,730	-13.07
504–533	515	150	532.50–565.00	$546.53	$2,815	+9.79
559–599	582	137	450.00–513.00	$478.52	$2,785	-21.07
610–649	627	149	465.00–473.00	$470.08	$2,947	+21.98
648 unweaned	648	3	430.00	$430.00	$2,786	—
680–694	691	46	424.00–439.00	$427.53	$2,954	-16.06
711–738	719	26	412.50–434.00	$421.62	$3,031	+11.24
757	757	25	420.00	$420.00	$3,179	+22.77
879	879	20	368.50	$368.50	$3,239	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	6	565.00	$565.00	$2,469	—
511–547	535	70	516.00–539.00	$522.88	$2,797	+29.88
562	562	100	503.50	$503.50	$2,830	—
616–647	646	85	458.75–472.50	$459.37	$2,968	+53.37
740	740	20	388.50	$388.50	$2,875	—
842	842	8	366.00	$366.00	$3,082	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
836–840	838	19	345.00–365.50	$354.69	$2,972	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456 unweaned	456	3	545.00	$545.00	$2,485	—
530 unweaned	530	8	499.00	$499.00	$2,645	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
387–399	396	18	510.00–515.00	$513.64	$2,034	-62.82
405 unweaned	405	8	509.00	$509.00	$2,061	—
406–425	416	11	517.50–537.50	$524.93	$2,184	—
452–494	481	146	453.00–507.50	$478.65	$2,302	-24.33
508 unweaned	508	7	487.50	$487.50	$2,476	—
506–549	530	168	460.00–508.00	$484.63	$2,569	+19.05
551–592	579	75	423.00–477.50	$439.18	$2,543	+16.55
596	596	32	432.50	$432.50	$2,578	+9.87
610	610	6	432.50	$432.50	$2,638	+7.92
652	652	8	430.00	$430.00	$2,804	+29.33
675–698	677	86	380.00–406.00	$404.13	$2,736	+3.46
724–733	728	161	372.50–379.00	$375.75	$2,735	-5.69
760	760	65	350.00	$350.00	$2,660	-20.00
774	774	15	376.00	$376.00	$2,910	+6.00
805	805	71	359.75	$359.75	$2,896	-1.97

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
446	446	6	495.00	$495.00	$2,208	+30.00
482 unweaned	482	6	449.00	$449.00	$2,164	—
508–548	523	11	424.00–453.00	$441.94	$2,311	+30.94
637	637	5	375.00	$375.00	$2,389	-12.16
657	657	6	386.00	$386.00	$2,536	+3.00
722	722	10	360.00	$360.00	$2,599	+5.00
799	799	21	344.50	$344.50	$2,753	+10.50

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1290	1166	80-85%	13	178.00–190.00	$182.80	$2,131	+20.63
1090–1650	1265	80-85%	26	166.00–184.00	$174.72	$2,210	—
1225–1485	1322	80-85%	7	157.00–166.00	$162.73	$2,151	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1625	1433	75-80%	12	178.00–191.00	$182.75	$2,619	—
1190–1630	1440	75-80%	24	170.00–179.00	$174.85	$2,518	—
1365–1545	1485	75-80%	3	162.00–165.00	$162.92	$2,419	-2.37

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1170	1024	85-90%	15	160.00–168.00	$164.32	$1,683	—
925–1185	1055	85-90%	2	155.00–158.00	$156.68	$1,653	+3.68
1020–1160	1082	85-90%	3	169.00–176.00	$173.39	$1,876	+20.39

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450–2180	1785	10	202.00–216.00	$209.92	$3,747	+5.78
1845–1975	1932	3	227.00–245.00	$235.04	$4,541	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

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.