Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 higher. No real price comparison for dairy steers to last weeks light run. 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	1,215	94.00	1,142	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,385	87.00	1,205	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,175	51.00	599	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Low	1,522	86.40	1,315	52
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,620	80.00	1,296	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,338	46.73	625	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,260	108.91	1,372	112
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,074	98.81	1,061	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	910	80.00	728	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,400	108.95	1,525	166
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,311	102.01	1,337	23

Every lot, as filed

21 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	—	1,257	108.79/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,367	95
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,089	102.21/cwt	97.00–104.00	1,113	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,320	112.43/cwt	112.00–114.00	1,484	12
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	970	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	728	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,169	102.80/cwt	101.00–104.00	1,202	5
Heifers	Select	—	910	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	728	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,385	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,205	2
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,175	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	599	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,398	108.92/cwt	106.00–112.00	1,523	145
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,319	103.01/cwt	91.00–105.00	1,359	22
Steers	Choice	—	1,408	113.43/cwt	113.00–114.00	1,597	12
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,135	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	908	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,317	104.42/cwt	104.00–105.00	1,375	7
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,753	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,753	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,699	81.39/cwt	80.00–82.00	1,383	10
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,358	48.69/cwt	41.00–51.00	661	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,476	86.28/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,273	38
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,620	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,296	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,520	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,520	4
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,215	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	425	1
Bullocks	—	—	1,215	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,142	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 Oct 23, 2019

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

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Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 higher. No real price comparison for dairy steers to last weeks light run. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	1,257	105.00–111.00	108.79
12	—	1,320	112.00–114.00	112.43
5	—	1,169	101.00–104.00	102.80
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,089	97.00–104.00	102.21
1	—	970	75.00	75.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	80.00	80.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,385	87.00	87.00
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	51.00	51.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
145	—	1,398	106.00–112.00	108.92
12	—	1,408	113.00–114.00	113.43
7	—	1,317	104.00–105.00	104.42
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,319	91.00–105.00	103.01
1	—	1,135	80.00	80.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,753	100.00	100.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,699	80.00–82.00	81.39
38	—	1,476	84.00–90.00	86.28
4	—	1,520	100.00	100.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,358	41.00–51.00	48.69
1	—	1,215	35.00	35.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,620	80.00	80.00
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	94.00	94.00

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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