Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-27

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 .25 lower. No real price comparison to last week for slaughter dairy heifers. 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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,376	87.97	1,211	5thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,378	78.55	1,082	9thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,198	66.80	800	3thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,125	60.54	681	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Low	1,481	82.36	1,220	95
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,392	71.91	1,001	5thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,357	60.65	823	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,257	111.51	1,402	72
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,097	104.63	1,148	3thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,346	110.52	1,487	60
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,211	96.23	1,165	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
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,372	80.73/cwt	80.00–82.00	1,108	7
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,398	70.92/cwt	70.00–72.00	991	2
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,198	66.80/cwt	65.00–70.00	800	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,274	102.83/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,310	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,413	115.32/cwt	114.00–118.00	1,629	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,342	110.65/cwt	107.00–113.00	1,485	43
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,211	96.23/cwt	91.00–102.00	1,165	5
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,392	71.91/cwt	68.00–77.00	1,001	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,265	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	974	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,404	90.71/cwt	90.00–91.00	1,274	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,500	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,155	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,395	87.92/cwt	86.00–90.00	1,226	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,489	81.90/cwt	78.00–85.00	1,219	86
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,357	60.65/cwt	57.00–65.00	823	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,201	105.14/cwt	101.00–106.00	1,263	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,251	115.77/cwt	114.00–120.00	1,448	21
Heifers	Choice	—	1,271	110.62/cwt	107.00–113.00	1,406	43
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,097	104.63/cwt	104.00–105.00	1,148	3
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,125	60.54/cwt	60.00–61.00	681	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

Wed May 27, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Springfield, IL (LS-GX)

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,372	80.00–82.00	80.73
2	—	1,398	70.00–72.00	70.92
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,198	65.00–70.00	66.80
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,125	60.00–61.00	60.54
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,274	100.00–106.00	102.83
10	—	1,413	114.00–118.00	115.32
43	—	1,342	107.00–113.00	110.65
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,211	91.00–102.00	96.23
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,392	68.00–77.00	71.91
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	77.00	77.00
8	—	1,395	86.00–90.00	87.92
86	—	1,489	78.00–85.00	81.90
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,357	57.00–65.00	60.65
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	77.00	77.00
4	—	1,404	90.00–91.00	90.71
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,201	101.00–106.00	105.14
21	—	1,251	114.00–120.00	115.77
43	—	1,271	107.00–113.00	110.62
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,097	104.00–105.00	104.63

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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