Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.75 to 3.25 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 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
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,452	85.35	1,239	79
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,257	65.81	827	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,206	108.35	1,307	132
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,218	94.48	1,151	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,331	108.59	1,445	156
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,228	102.01	1,253	24
Steers	Select	Average	1,098	78.08	857	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	—	1,314	108.13/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,421	130
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,257	65.81/cwt	60.00–70.00	827	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,443	112.82/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,628	22
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,453	84.96/cwt	81.00–87.00	1,234	69
Steers	Choice	—	1,263	100.29/cwt	97.00–103.00	1,267	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,451	89.45/cwt	88.00–91.00	1,298	9
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,218	94.48/cwt	94.00–95.00	1,151	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,400	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,050	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,182	107.65/cwt	104.00–110.00	1,272	109
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,228	102.01/cwt	89.00–104.00	1,253	24
Heifers	Choice	—	1,319	111.69/cwt	111.00–114.00	1,473	23
Steers	Select	—	1,098	78.08/cwt	70.00–81.00	857	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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Greenville Livestock Cattle Auction - Greenville, IL

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Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.75 to 3.25 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	1,314	105.00–111.00	108.13
22	—	1,443	112.00–115.00	112.82
4	—	1,263	97.00–103.00	100.29
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,228	89.00–104.00	102.01
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,098	70.00–81.00	78.08
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,257	60.00–70.00	65.81
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,453	81.00–87.00	84.96
9	—	1,451	88.00–91.00	89.45
1	—	1,400	75.00	75.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,218	94.00–95.00	94.48
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	1,182	104.00–110.00	107.65
23	—	1,319	111.00–114.00	111.69

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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