Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 1.50 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 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
Bulls	—	High	1,435	94.18	1,351	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,492	90.30	1,347	50
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,601	75.71	1,212	13
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,370	60.15	824	5thin
Heifers	Choice	High	1,258	118.65	1,493	94
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,065	112.46	1,198	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	880	100.03	881	3thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,395	117.91	1,644	165
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,265	107.98	1,366	3thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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	Select	—	893	90.04/cwt	89.00–91.00	804	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	855	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,026	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,370	122.24/cwt	122.00–123.00	1,675	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,065	112.46/cwt	111.00–114.00	1,198	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,253	118.49/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,485	90
Bulls	—	—	1,435	94.18/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,351	3
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,601	75.71/cwt	70.00–80.00	1,212	13
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,677	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,677	9
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,370	60.15/cwt	50.00–65.00	824	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,315	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	999	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,455	88.47/cwt	85.00–92.00	1,287	40
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,265	107.98/cwt	103.00–113.00	1,366	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,280	108.84/cwt	106.00–111.00	1,393	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,474	123.27/cwt	122.00–125.00	1,817	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,394	117.89/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,643	159

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 Feb 26, 2020

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Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 1.50 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	893	89.00–91.00	90.04
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,370	122.00–123.00	122.24
90	—	1,253	115.00–121.00	118.49
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,065	111.00–114.00	112.46
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,435	90.00–96.00	94.18
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,601	70.00–80.00	75.71
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,677	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,315	76.00	76.00
40	—	1,455	85.00–92.00	88.47
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,370	50.00–65.00	60.15
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,265	103.00–113.00	107.98
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,280	106.00–111.00	108.84
4	—	1,474	122.00–125.00	123.27
159	—	1,394	115.00–121.00	117.89

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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