Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.75 to 4.50 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 5.25 lower. Slaughter dairy heifers were lightly tested. Trade was active with soft 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	1,437	88.78	1,276	6thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,396	73.57	1,027	7thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,373	67.55	927	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,538	81.49	1,254	31
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,560	72.22	1,127	7thin
Heifers	Choice	High	1,225	109.95	1,347	32
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,240	105.00	1,302	2thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,440	106.95	1,540	68
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,331	102.90	1,370	5thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,254	100.46/cwt	100.00–101.00	1,260	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,803	65.42/cwt	60.00–71.00	1,180	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,180	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,369	1
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,634	93.53/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,528	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,418	102.55/cwt	95.00–105.00	1,454	8
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,395	98.38/cwt	95.00–105.00	1,372	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,422	109.26/cwt	107.00–112.00	1,554	52
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,075	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,301	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,547	81.34/cwt	78.00–85.00	1,258	27
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,485	76.51/cwt	76.00–77.00	1,136	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,475	88.44/cwt	87.00–90.00	1,304	2
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,560	72.22/cwt	65.00–75.00	1,127	7
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,373	67.55/cwt	65.00–70.00	927	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,350	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,013	5
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,510	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,057	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,180	116.71/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,377	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,232	108.55/cwt	107.00–113.00	1,337	22
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,240	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,302	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,335	98.25/cwt	95.00–102.00	1,312	2

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,254	100.00–101.00	100.46
2	—	1,803	60.00–71.00	65.42
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	116.00	116.00
8	—	1,418	95.00–105.00	102.55
52	—	1,422	107.00–112.00	109.26
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,634	90.00–95.00	93.53
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,395	95.00–105.00	98.38
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	121.00	121.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,547	78.00–85.00	81.34
2	—	1,485	76.00–77.00	76.51
2	—	1,475	87.00–90.00	88.44
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,560	65.00–75.00	72.22
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,373	65.00–70.00	67.55
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,350	75.00	75.00
2	—	1,510	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,180	115.00–120.00	116.71
22	—	1,232	107.00–113.00	108.55
2	—	1,335	95.00–102.00	98.25
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,240	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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