Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers, slaughter dairy steers, and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 1.50 lower. Slaughter dairy heifers were lightly tested. Trade was active with moderate 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 Heifers	Choice	Average	1,465	84.00	1,231	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,446	86.43	1,250	53
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,440	75.80	1,091	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,258	112.22	1,412	102
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,100	101.49	1,116	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,333	111.10	1,481	78
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,117	105.66	1,180	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	965	91.61	884	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
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,437	76.88/cwt	70.00–81.00	1,105	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,450	91.52/cwt	91.00–92.00	1,327	2
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,465	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	952	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,655	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,241	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,442	86.45/cwt	83.00–90.00	1,247	50
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,003	98.92/cwt	97.00–101.00	992	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,324	112.92/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,495	55
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,123	104.94/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,178	6
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,705	90.51/cwt	90.00–91.00	1,543	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,503	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,759	2
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,080	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,188	1
Steers	Select	—	890	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	685	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,303	107.38/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,399	19
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,465	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,231	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,098	104.04/cwt	99.00–108.00	1,142	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,272	113.06/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,438	85
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	995	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,045	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,345	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,574	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,108	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	997	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,170	106.18/cwt	91.00–109.00	1,242	13

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 Mar 11, 2020

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,437	70.00–81.00	76.88
1	—	1,465	65.00	65.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,450	91.00–92.00	91.52
1	—	1,655	75.00	75.00
50	—	1,442	83.00–90.00	86.45
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,003	97.00–101.00	98.92
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,324	110.00–116.00	112.92
2	—	1,503	117.00	117.00
19	—	1,303	100.00–109.00	107.38
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,123	100.00–109.00	104.94
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,705	90.00–91.00	90.51
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	110.00	110.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	77.00	77.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,465	84.00	84.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,098	99.00–108.00	104.04
2	—	1,108	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,272	110.00–116.00	113.06
3	—	1,345	117.00	117.00
13	—	1,170	91.00–109.00	106.18
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	105.00	105.00

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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