Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.75 to 5.25 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter dairy heifers 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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,333	73.99	986	6thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Low	1,419	85.56	1,214	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,450	88.18	1,279	26
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,238	80.50	997	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,248	115.45	1,441	223
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,160	105.40	1,223	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,394	113.04	1,575	226
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,250	105.85	1,323	13
Steers	Select	Average	1,011	81.30	822	4thin

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
Heifers	Choice	—	1,243	115.03/cwt	111.00–117.00	1,430	170
Heifers	Choice	—	1,266	118.82/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,504	43
Heifers	Choice	—	1,261	108.00/cwt	97.00–110.00	1,362	10
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,160	105.40/cwt	95.00–110.00	1,223	5
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,445	78.62/cwt	75.00–82.00	1,136	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,408	88.33/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,244	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,443	60.66/cwt	55.00–75.00	875	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,253	85.47/cwt	85.00–86.00	1,071	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,165	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,060	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,371	114.87/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,575	176
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,250	105.85/cwt	91.00–111.00	1,323	13
Steers	Choice	—	1,389	119.80/cwt	119.00–120.00	1,664	5
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,645	102.39/cwt	90.00–111.00	1,684	18
Steers	Choice	—	1,374	106.95/cwt	91.00–111.00	1,469	27
Steers	Select	—	1,011	81.30/cwt	75.00–86.00	822	4
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,238	80.50/cwt	73.00–84.00	997	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,450	88.18/cwt	85.00–92.00	1,279	26

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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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
170	—	1,243	111.00–117.00	115.03
43	—	1,266	118.00–120.00	118.82
10	—	1,261	97.00–110.00	108.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,160	95.00–110.00	105.40
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,445	75.00–82.00	78.62
5	—	1,408	84.00–90.00	88.33
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,443	55.00–75.00	60.66
2	—	1,253	85.00–86.00	85.47
1	—	1,165	91.00	91.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
176	—	1,371	112.00–118.00	114.87
5	—	1,389	119.00–120.00	119.80
27	—	1,374	91.00–111.00	106.95
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,250	91.00–111.00	105.85
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,645	90.00–111.00	102.39
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,011	75.00–86.00	81.30
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,238	73.00–84.00	80.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,450	85.00–92.00	88.18

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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