Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 3.25 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 1.25 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.50 lower. No test to last week for slaughter dairy heifers. Trade was active with moderate to 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%	Average	1,492	71.76	1,071	5thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Low	1,241	79.44	986	18
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,467	62.34	915	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,476	82.48	1,217	32
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,440	75.25	1,084	5thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,483	62.75	931	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,215	103.77	1,261	99
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,086	99.75	1,083	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,333	104.52	1,393	105
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,207	96.00	1,159	21

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 Heifers	Choice	—	1,273	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	955	2
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,488	63.01/cwt	60.00–66.00	938	2
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,425	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	869	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,237	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	990	16
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,086	99.75/cwt	99.00–100.00	1,083	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,217	104.33/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,270	82
Heifers	Choice	—	1,159	98.68/cwt	95.00–101.00	1,144	13
Heifers	Choice	—	1,360	108.76/cwt	108.00–109.00	1,479	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,207	96.00/cwt	89.00–100.00	1,159	21
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,665	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,682	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,320	104.48/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,379	77
Steers	Choice	—	1,438	108.71/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,563	17
Steers	Choice	—	1,218	98.01/cwt	94.00–100.00	1,194	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,428	78.94/cwt	70.00–85.00	1,127	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,588	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	969	2
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,440	75.25/cwt	71.00–80.00	1,084	5
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,483	62.75/cwt	60.00–66.00	931	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,476	81.62/cwt	79.00–86.00	1,205	28
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,473	88.47/cwt	87.00–90.00	1,303	4

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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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,273	75.00	75.00
16	—	1,237	80.00	80.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,488	60.00–66.00	63.01
1	—	1,425	61.00	61.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,086	99.00–100.00	99.75
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,217	101.00–107.00	104.33
13	—	1,159	95.00–101.00	98.68
4	—	1,360	108.00–109.00	108.76
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,207	89.00–100.00	96.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	101.00	101.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,320	101.00–107.00	104.48
17	—	1,438	108.00–110.00	108.71
10	—	1,218	94.00–100.00	98.01
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,428	70.00–85.00	78.94
2	—	1,588	61.00	61.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,440	71.00–80.00	75.25
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,483	60.00–66.00	62.75
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,476	79.00–86.00	81.62
4	—	1,473	87.00–90.00	88.47

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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