Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 3.50 lower. Slaughter Holstein steers sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 2.25 lower. Trade was active with moderate 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 Steers	Choice	Average	1,417	86.59	1,227	41
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,170	119.70	1,400	74
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,051	107.19	1,127	15
Steers	Choice	Average	1,319	120.44	1,588	181
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,158	110.74	1,282	10

Every lot, as filed

12 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	—	983	109.51/cwt	106.00–113.00	1,076	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,156	119.93/cwt	116.00–122.00	1,386	49
Heifers	Choice	—	1,269	123.77/cwt	123.00–126.00	1,571	15
Heifers	Choice	—	1,115	113.19/cwt	111.00–115.00	1,262	8
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,643	112.97/cwt	111.00–115.00	1,856	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,305	119.61/cwt	116.00–122.00	1,561	134
Steers	Choice	—	1,343	123.66/cwt	123.00–125.00	1,661	43
Steers	Choice	—	1,140	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,311	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,418	86.25/cwt	83.00–89.00	1,223	40
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,360	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,360	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,158	110.74/cwt	100.00–115.00	1,282	10
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,051	107.19/cwt	91.00–115.00	1,127	15

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

Wed May 29, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Springfield, IL (LS-GX)

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Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 3.50 lower. Slaughter Holstein steers sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 2.25 lower. Trade was active with moderate demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	983	106.00–113.00	109.51
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,156	116.00–122.00	119.93
15	—	1,269	123.00–126.00	123.77
8	—	1,115	111.00–115.00	113.19
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,051	91.00–115.00	107.19
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,643	111.00–115.00	112.97
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
134	—	1,305	116.00–122.00	119.61
43	—	1,343	123.00–125.00	123.66
1	—	1,140	115.00	115.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,158	100.00–115.00	110.74
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,418	83.00–89.00	86.25
1	—	1,360	100.00	100.00

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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