Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price comparisons to the last two weeks. 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	1,402	78.20	1,096	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,520	75.74	1,151	103
Dairy Steers	Standard	Average	1,785	68.32	1,220	3thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,559	65.11	1,015	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,331	98.28	1,308	114
Heifers	Select and Choice	Low	1,157	91.08	1,054	9thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,463	97.83	1,431	106
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,319	91.62	1,208	22
Steers	Standard	Average	1,499	81.51	1,222	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,273	67.77	863	2thin

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
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,063	83.29/cwt	80.00–86.00	885	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,338	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	977	3
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,465	83.39/cwt	80.00–91.00	1,222	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,352	100.03/cwt	97.00–103.00	1,352	75
Heifers	Choice	—	1,277	93.40/cwt	81.00–96.00	1,193	34
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,184	93.31/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,105	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,390	105.23/cwt	104.00–106.00	1,463	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,414	94.28/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,333	38
Steers	Select	—	1,273	67.77/cwt	61.00–74.00	863	2
Steers	Standard	—	1,458	77.27/cwt	70.00–86.00	1,127	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,483	100.24/cwt	97.00–103.00	1,487	66
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,319	91.62/cwt	84.00–96.00	1,208	22
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,723	85.51/cwt	85.00–86.00	1,473	2
Steers	Standard	—	1,580	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,422	1
Dairy Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	2,068	65.51/cwt	65.00–66.00	1,355	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,511	75.03/cwt	70.00–77.00	1,134	89
Dairy Steers	Standard	—	1,785	68.32/cwt	65.00–70.00	1,220	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,495	82.72/cwt	78.00–95.00	1,237	12
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,559	65.11/cwt	60.00–68.00	1,015	9

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 May 6, 2020

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No price comparisons to the last two weeks. Trade was active with moderate demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,063	80.00–86.00	83.29
7	—	1,184	90.00–95.00	93.31
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,352	97.00–103.00	100.03
34	—	1,277	81.00–96.00	93.40
5	—	1,390	104.00–106.00	105.23
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,338	73.00	73.00
3	—	1,465	80.00–91.00	83.39
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,414	90.00–96.00	94.28
66	—	1,483	97.00–103.00	100.24
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,273	61.00–74.00	67.77
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,458	70.00–86.00	77.27
1	—	1,580	90.00	90.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,319	84.00–96.00	91.62
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,723	85.00–86.00	85.51
Dairy Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,068	65.00–66.00	65.51
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	1,511	70.00–77.00	75.03
12	—	1,495	78.00–95.00	82.72
Dairy Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,785	65.00–70.00	68.32
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,559	60.00–68.00	65.11

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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