Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 to 3.25 higher. Slaughter Holstein steers sold 4.50 higher. 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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,173	71.86	843	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,418	87.59	1,242	55
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,350	74.71	1,009	10
Dairy Steers	Select	Low	1,150	59.48	684	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,233	117.08	1,443	57
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,085	108.88	1,181	12
Heifers	Select	Average	990	62.45	618	2thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,300	117.32	1,525	193
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,198	109.93	1,317	23
Steers	Select	Average	1,220	84.26	1,028	3thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,433	97.10/cwt	92.00–102.00	1,391	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,410	87.28/cwt	83.00–90.00	1,231	47
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,065	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	533	1
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,161	60.66/cwt	59.00–65.00	704	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,523	76.67/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,168	3
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,350	74.71/cwt	70.00–80.00	1,009	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,325	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	835	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,142	73.63/cwt	71.00–75.00	841	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,085	108.88/cwt	96.00–113.00	1,181	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,272	111.18/cwt	109.00–113.00	1,414	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,341	121.40/cwt	121.00–122.00	1,628	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,217	117.25/cwt	114.00–120.00	1,427	47
Heifers	Select	—	990	62.45/cwt	60.00–65.00	618	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,198	109.93/cwt	101.00–114.00	1,317	23
Steers	Choice	—	1,375	122.51/cwt	122.00–123.00	1,685	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,268	111.92/cwt	106.00–114.00	1,419	18
Steers	Choice	—	1,303	117.84/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,535	170
Steers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	970	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,019	1
Steers	Select	—	1,220	84.26/cwt	70.00–94.00	1,028	3

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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Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 to 3.25 higher. Slaughter Holstein steers sold 4.50 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,433	92.00–102.00	97.10
47	—	1,410	83.00–90.00	87.28
3	—	1,523	75.00–81.00	76.67
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	50.00	50.00
8	—	1,161	59.00–65.00	60.66
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,350	70.00–80.00	74.71
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	63.00	63.00
5	—	1,142	71.00–75.00	73.63
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,085	96.00–113.00	108.88
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,272	109.00–113.00	111.18
5	—	1,341	121.00–122.00	121.40
47	—	1,217	114.00–120.00	117.25
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	990	60.00–65.00	62.45
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,198	101.00–114.00	109.93
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,375	122.00–123.00	122.51
18	—	1,268	106.00–114.00	111.92
170	—	1,303	115.00–121.00	117.84
Steers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	105.00	105.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,220	70.00–94.00	84.26

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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