Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers, slaughter heifers, and slaughter dairy steers sold 1.25 to 1.50 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
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,562	89.98	1,405	55
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,483	80.47	1,193	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,272	124.50	1,584	86
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,240	115.10	1,427	6thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,013	103.50	1,048	2thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,380	124.62	1,719	90
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,295	110.89	1,436	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,073	77.48	831	3thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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	Choice	—	1,322	119.97/cwt	118.00–121.00	1,586	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,243	120.33/cwt	120.00–121.00	1,496	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,463	129.67/cwt	129.00–130.00	1,897	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,256	124.71/cwt	122.00–128.00	1,566	78
Heifers	Select	—	1,070	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	952	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,240	115.10/cwt	105.00–121.00	1,427	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,517	87.88/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,333	44
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,483	80.47/cwt	80.00–82.00	1,193	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,383	124.84/cwt	122.00–128.00	1,727	82
Steers	Select	—	1,073	77.48/cwt	72.00–86.00	831	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,295	110.89/cwt	90.00–121.00	1,436	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,420	129.50/cwt	129.00–130.00	1,839	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,500	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,230	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,765	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,765	10
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,670	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,921	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	955	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,127	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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Greenville Livestock Cattle Auction - Greenville, IL

Wed Jan 22, 2020

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Compared to last week, slaughter steers, slaughter heifers, and slaughter dairy steers sold 1.25 to 1.50 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,322	118.00–121.00	119.97
82	—	1,383	122.00–128.00	124.84
2	—	1,420	129.00–130.00	129.50
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,073	72.00–86.00	77.48
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,295	90.00–121.00	110.89
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,243	120.00–121.00	120.33
3	—	1,463	129.00–130.00	129.67
78	—	1,256	122.00–128.00	124.71
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	89.00	89.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,240	105.00–121.00	115.10
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,670	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	118.00	118.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,517	84.00–90.00	87.88
1	—	1,500	82.00	82.00
10	—	1,765	100.00	100.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,483	80.00–82.00	80.47

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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