Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, all classes of slaughter cattle reported sold .75 to 1.00 higher. Trade was active with moderate demand. The Tyson plant closure continues to affect the market.

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	1,411	86.31	1,218	48
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,370	72.75	997	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,139	107.76	1,227	71
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,015	99.66	1,012	3thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,283	108.67	1,394	61
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,157	99.50	1,151	3thin

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
Steers	Choice	—	1,263	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,415	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,235	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,272	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,157	99.50/cwt	91.00–104.00	1,151	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,285	108.53/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,395	56
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,015	99.66/cwt	98.00–101.00	1,012	3
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	948	100.50/cwt	100.00–101.00	953	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,143	107.82/cwt	104.00–110.00	1,232	66
Heifers	Choice	—	1,180	111.35/cwt	111.00–112.00	1,314	3
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,370	72.75/cwt	65.00–80.00	997	7
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,415	86.39/cwt	83.00–90.00	1,222	46
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,330	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	984	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,325	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,259	1

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 Aug 21, 2019

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

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Compared to last week, all classes of slaughter cattle reported sold .75 to 1.00 higher. Trade was active with moderate demand. The Tyson plant closure continues to affect the market.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,263	112.00	112.00
1	—	1,235	103.00	103.00
56	—	1,285	105.00–111.00	108.53
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,157	91.00–104.00	99.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,015	98.00–101.00	99.66
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	948	100.00–101.00	100.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,143	104.00–110.00	107.82
3	—	1,180	111.00–112.00	111.35
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,370	65.00–80.00	72.75
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,415	83.00–90.00	86.39
1	—	1,330	74.00	74.00
1	—	1,325	95.00	95.00

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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