Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 4.00 to 4.25 lower. Slaughter Holstein steers traded nearly steady to .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	Low	1,451	87.31	1,267	74
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,429	75.38	1,077	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,195	106.53	1,273	73
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,110	102.00	1,132	2thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,329	105.48	1,401	91

Every lot, as filed

11 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	Choice	—	1,460	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,475	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,195	106.69/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,275	71
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,110	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,132	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,378	110.23/cwt	110.00–111.00	1,519	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,297	106.13/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,377	81
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,565	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,252	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,627	98.77/cwt	91.00–100.00	1,607	9
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,422	85.90/cwt	83.00–90.00	1,221	63
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,429	75.38/cwt	70.00–82.00	1,077	8
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,724	93.48/cwt	83.00–101.00	1,612	6
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	920	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	929	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

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Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 4.00 to 4.25 lower. Slaughter Holstein steers traded nearly steady to .25 lower. Trade was active with moderate demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	101.00	101.00
71	—	1,195	103.00–109.00	106.69
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,110	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	101.00	101.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,378	110.00–111.00	110.23
81	—	1,297	103.00–109.00	106.13
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,724	83.00–101.00	93.48
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,565	80.00	80.00
9	—	1,627	91.00–100.00	98.77
63	—	1,422	83.00–90.00	85.90
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,429	70.00–82.00	75.38

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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