Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 1.25 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 3.25 lower. Slaughter heifers sold .50 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,486	82.76	1,230	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,486	84.15	1,250	41
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,424	73.65	1,049	9thin
Heifers	Choice	High	1,276	108.06	1,379	89
Heifers	Select and Choice	Low	1,126	93.94	1,058	7thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,397	107.70	1,505	199
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,234	96.55	1,191	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,133	75.50	855	2thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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
Bulls	—	—	1,486	82.76/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,230	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,333	112.35/cwt	112.00–114.00	1,498	11
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,000	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	780	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,180	100.30/cwt	94.00–104.00	1,184	4
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	955	92.50/cwt	91.00–94.00	883	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,282	108.27/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,388	72
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,147	96.60/cwt	90.00–103.00	1,108	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,432	112.36/cwt	112.00–114.00	1,609	16
Steers	Select	—	1,245	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	759	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,376	102.85/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,415	16
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,735	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,735	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,234	96.55/cwt	90.00–102.00	1,191	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,394	107.77/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,502	166
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,020	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	918	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,493	82.92/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,238	33
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,424	73.65/cwt	70.00–80.00	1,049	9
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,456	89.24/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,299	8

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 30, 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 sold 1.25 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 3.25 lower. Slaughter heifers sold .50 lower. Trade was active with moderate demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,486	80.00–86.00	82.76
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,333	112.00–114.00	112.35
4	—	1,180	94.00–104.00	100.30
72	—	1,282	105.00–111.00	108.27
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	78.00	78.00
6	—	1,147	90.00–103.00	96.60
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	955	91.00–94.00	92.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,432	112.00–114.00	112.36
16	—	1,376	100.00–104.00	102.85
166	—	1,394	105.00–111.00	107.77
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	61.00	61.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,735	100.00	100.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,234	90.00–102.00	96.55
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	90.00	90.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,493	80.00–87.00	82.92
8	—	1,456	88.00–90.00	89.24
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,424	70.00–80.00	73.65

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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