Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week. slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 1.25 higher. Slaughter Holstein steers sold 1.75 higher. No real price comparison for slaughter Holstein heifers to last weeks light test. Trade was active with good demand.

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
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,394	81.99	1,143	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,452	88.99	1,293	69
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,373	78.50	1,078	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,209	122.20	1,478	108
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,181	113.91	1,345	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,319	122.70	1,619	104
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,180	117.06	1,381	2thin

Every lot, as filed

15 lots · USDA AMS · Greenville Livestock Cattle Auction - Greenville, IL

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
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	965	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,139	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,202	122.38/cwt	119.00–125.00	1,471	91
Heifers	Choice	—	1,311	126.51/cwt	126.00–128.00	1,659	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,220	116.43/cwt	113.00–118.00	1,420	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,317	122.91/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,619	98
Steers	Choice	—	1,350	114.99/cwt	111.00–118.00	1,552	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,370	128.01/cwt	127.00–129.00	1,754	2
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,373	78.50/cwt	71.00–83.00	1,078	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,443	87.25/cwt	84.00–91.00	1,259	54
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,511	98.48/cwt	92.00–105.00	1,488	12
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,388	82.35/cwt	82.00–83.00	1,143	3
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,371	84.97/cwt	82.00–86.00	1,165	5
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,450	74.55/cwt	70.00–80.00	1,081	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,180	117.06/cwt	116.00–118.00	1,381	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,181	113.91/cwt	107.00–117.00	1,345	8

How this sale compares

Illinois weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Illinois auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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Greenville Livestock Cattle Auction - Greenville, IL

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,202	119.00–125.00	122.38
8	—	1,311	126.00–128.00	126.51
8	—	1,220	113.00–118.00	116.43
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,181	107.00–117.00	113.91
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	1,317	120.00–126.00	122.91
4	—	1,350	111.00–118.00	114.99
2	—	1,370	127.00–129.00	128.01
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,180	116.00–118.00	117.06
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,373	71.00–83.00	78.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,443	84.00–91.00	87.25
12	—	1,511	92.00–105.00	98.48
3	—	1,388	82.00–83.00	82.35
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,371	82.00–86.00	84.97
2	—	1,450	70.00–80.00	74.55

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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