Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded steady. Slaughter dairy steers were lightly tested. 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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,300	91.00	1,183	1thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,338	76.54	1,024	5thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Low	1,413	60.50	855	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,508	82.99	1,251	6thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,422	67.22	956	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,242	107.31	1,332	105
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,095	92.50	1,013	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,357	107.98	1,465	167
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,251	96.92	1,212	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,060	83.46	885	2thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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
Bullocks	—	—	1,300	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,183	1
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,320	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	739	1
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,505	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	978	1
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	920	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	874	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,341	111.45/cwt	111.00–114.00	1,495	9
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,095	92.50/cwt	89.00–96.00	1,013	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,218	101.57/cwt	96.00–103.00	1,237	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,238	107.84/cwt	104.00–110.00	1,335	83
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,422	67.22/cwt	65.00–71.00	956	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,415	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,274	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,554	79.48/cwt	78.00–80.00	1,235	4
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,740	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,740	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,354	100.77/cwt	95.00–104.00	1,364	8
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,251	96.92/cwt	89.00–101.00	1,212	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,353	108.01/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,461	145
Steers	Select	—	1,060	83.46/cwt	81.00–86.00	885	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,376	112.64/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,550	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,315	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,262	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,168	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	993	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,520	58.34/cwt	56.00–61.00	887	2

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 traded steady. Slaughter dairy steers were lightly tested. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	91.00	91.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	56.00	56.00
1	—	1,505	65.00	65.00
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,341	111.00–114.00	111.45
12	—	1,218	96.00–103.00	101.57
83	—	1,238	104.00–110.00	107.84
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,095	89.00–96.00	92.50
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,422	65.00–71.00	67.22
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,415	90.00	90.00
4	—	1,554	78.00–80.00	79.48
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,740	100.00	100.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,354	95.00–104.00	100.77
145	—	1,353	105.00–111.00	108.01
13	—	1,376	112.00–115.00	112.64
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,251	89.00–101.00	96.92
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,060	81.00–86.00	83.46
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,315	96.00	96.00
2	—	1,168	85.00	85.00
2	—	1,520	56.00–61.00	58.34

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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