Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold .25 to .50 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.50 lower. Trade was active with moderate to 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	1,368	65.97	903	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,549	86.02	1,333	32
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,595	62.98	1,005	3thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,375	45.36	624	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,285	116.91	1,502	147
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,083	100.81	1,092	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,005	80.61	810	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,382	114.33	1,580	92
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,237	108.89	1,347	12
Steers	Select	Average	1,123	80.53	904	3thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,358	61.00	828	3thin

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
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,623	107.31/cwt	106.00–110.00	1,742	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,279	117.21/cwt	114.00–120.00	1,499	121
Heifers	Choice	—	1,221	112.28/cwt	110.00–113.00	1,371	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,326	121.29/cwt	121.00–122.00	1,608	11
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,083	100.81/cwt	91.00–113.00	1,092	7
Heifers	Select	—	1,005	80.61/cwt	70.00–86.00	810	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,366	53.46/cwt	51.00–56.00	730	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,373	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,249	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,375	45.36/cwt	40.00–50.00	624	2
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,595	62.98/cwt	50.00–75.00	1,005	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,559	83.57/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,303	19
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,516	90.83/cwt	88.00–95.00	1,377	12
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,770	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,328	1
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,645	101.52/cwt	91.00–112.00	1,670	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,364	117.26/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,599	57
Steers	Choice	—	1,357	110.34/cwt	95.00–114.00	1,497	27
Steers	Choice	—	1,450	123.00/cwt	122.00–124.00	1,784	2
Steers	Standard	—	1,358	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	828	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,237	108.89/cwt	96.00–114.00	1,347	12
Steers	Select	—	1,123	80.53/cwt	75.00–85.00	904	3

How this sale compares

Illinois weighted averages

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Greenville Livestock Cattle Auction - Greenville, IL

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Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold .25 to .50 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.50 lower. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,623	106.00–110.00	107.31
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
121	—	1,279	114.00–120.00	117.21
12	—	1,221	110.00–113.00	112.28
11	—	1,326	121.00–122.00	121.29
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,083	91.00–113.00	100.81
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,005	70.00–86.00	80.61
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,366	51.00–56.00	53.46
2	—	1,373	91.00	91.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,375	40.00–50.00	45.36
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,595	50.00–75.00	62.98
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,559	80.00–87.00	83.57
12	—	1,516	88.00–95.00	90.83
1	—	1,770	75.00	75.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,645	91.00–112.00	101.52
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,364	115.00–121.00	117.26
27	—	1,357	95.00–114.00	110.34
2	—	1,450	122.00–124.00	123.00
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,358	61.00	61.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,237	96.00–114.00	108.89
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,123	75.00–85.00	80.53

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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