Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold .50 to 1.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 3.50 higher. 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%	Average	1,232	82.42	1,015	12
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,477	87.17	1,287	26
Heifers	Choice	High	1,284	117.33	1,507	118
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,182	100.43	1,187	11
Heifers	Select	Low	1,020	69.98	714	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,361	116.82	1,590	111
Steers	Select and Choice	Low	1,235	101.89	1,258	10
Steers	Select	Low	1,178	69.04	813	17
Steers	Standard	Average	1,440	53.59	772	3thin

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
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,470	86.90/cwt	85.00–92.00	1,277	19
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,221	74.84/cwt	70.00–80.00	914	6
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,243	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,119	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,407	122.52/cwt	122.00–124.00	1,724	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,261	109.04/cwt	100.00–114.00	1,375	13
Heifers	Choice	—	1,283	118.24/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,517	98
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,182	100.43/cwt	90.00–112.00	1,187	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,356	117.84/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,598	87
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,235	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	988	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,235	104.32/cwt	100.00–113.00	1,288	9
Steers	Standard	—	1,440	53.59/cwt	51.00–60.00	772	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,443	94.30/cwt	93.00–95.00	1,361	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,534	83.12/cwt	81.00–84.00	1,275	4
Heifers	Select	—	895	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	448	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,034	72.20/cwt	70.00–80.00	747	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,385	122.99/cwt	122.00–125.00	1,703	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,306	108.19/cwt	90.00–114.00	1,413	11
Steers	Select	—	1,083	46.95/cwt	40.00–50.00	508	3
Steers	Select	—	1,198	73.77/cwt	70.00–90.00	884	14
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,632	98.30/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,604	3
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	960	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,008	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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Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold .50 to 1.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 3.50 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,470	85.00–92.00	86.90
3	—	1,443	93.00–95.00	94.30
4	—	1,534	81.00–84.00	83.12
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,221	70.00–80.00	74.84
6	—	1,243	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,407	122.00–124.00	122.52
13	—	1,261	100.00–114.00	109.04
98	—	1,283	115.00–121.00	118.24
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,182	90.00–112.00	100.43
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	895	50.00	50.00
9	—	1,034	70.00–80.00	72.20
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	105.00	105.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,356	115.00–121.00	117.84
10	—	1,385	122.00–125.00	122.99
11	—	1,306	90.00–114.00	108.19
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	80.00	80.00
9	—	1,235	100.00–113.00	104.32
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,440	51.00–60.00	53.59
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,083	40.00–50.00	46.95
14	—	1,198	70.00–90.00	73.77
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,632	95.00–100.00	98.30

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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