Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 1.50 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.25 lower. 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%	High	1,550	85.50	1,325	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Low	1,549	84.79	1,313	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,490	86.12	1,283	56
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,515	74.29	1,125	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,284	123.65	1,588	159
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,201	112.96	1,357	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,395	123.21	1,718	184
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,279	116.03	1,484	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,080	66.27	716	2thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,673	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,974	2
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,675	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,926	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,590	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,272	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,279	116.03/cwt	115.00–118.00	1,484	5
Steers	Select	—	1,080	66.27/cwt	61.00–72.00	716	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,393	123.45/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,720	169
Steers	Choice	—	1,318	116.47/cwt	111.00–119.00	1,535	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,466	127.98/cwt	127.00–130.00	1,876	5
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,515	74.29/cwt	70.00–80.00	1,125	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,471	86.59/cwt	84.00–91.00	1,274	52
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,736	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,389	4
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,528	87.19/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,332	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,201	112.96/cwt	109.00–116.00	1,357	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,271	123.37/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,568	134
Heifers	Choice	—	1,371	128.20/cwt	127.00–131.00	1,758	18
Heifers	Choice	—	1,258	117.59/cwt	116.00–119.00	1,479	6
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,570	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,586	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,530	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,071	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 1.00 to 1.50 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.25 lower. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,673	118.00	118.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,279	115.00–118.00	116.03
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,080	61.00–72.00	66.27
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
169	—	1,393	120.00–126.00	123.45
8	—	1,318	111.00–119.00	116.47
5	—	1,466	127.00–130.00	127.98
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,675	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,201	109.00–116.00	112.96
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
134	—	1,271	120.00–126.00	123.37
18	—	1,371	127.00–131.00	128.20
6	—	1,258	116.00–119.00	117.59
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,590	80.00	80.00
2	—	1,528	85.00–90.00	87.19
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,515	70.00–80.00	74.29
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,471	84.00–91.00	86.59
4	—	1,736	80.00	80.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	101.00	101.00
1	—	1,530	70.00	70.00

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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