Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold .75 higher. 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 Steers	Choice	Low	1,415	83.48	1,181	37
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,270	75.47	958	2thin
Heifers	Choice	High	1,198	99.67	1,195	88
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,100	90.52	996	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,312	99.67	1,308	117
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,164	91.45	1,064	7thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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
Steers	Choice	—	1,313	99.69/cwt	96.00–102.00	1,309	106
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,188	91.36/cwt	85.00–95.00	1,085	6
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,020	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	938	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,240	94.65/cwt	93.00–95.00	1,174	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,359	103.51/cwt	103.00–104.00	1,407	6
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,270	75.47/cwt	75.00–76.00	958	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,455	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,091	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,373	87.15/cwt	86.00–90.00	1,197	7
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,423	83.17/cwt	78.00–85.00	1,184	28
Heifers	Choice	—	1,230	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,279	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,213	94.52/cwt	93.00–95.00	1,147	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,197	100.00/cwt	97.00–102.00	1,197	81
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,100	90.52/cwt	90.00–91.00	996	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 Jul 15, 2020

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

Receipts 347Last week 336Year ago 633

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold .75 higher. Trade was active with moderate demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	1,313	96.00–102.00	99.69
5	—	1,240	93.00–95.00	94.65
6	—	1,359	103.00–104.00	103.51
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,188	85.00–95.00	91.36
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	92.00	92.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,270	75.00–76.00	75.47
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,455	75.00	75.00
7	—	1,373	86.00–90.00	87.15
28	—	1,423	78.00–85.00	83.17
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	104.00	104.00
6	—	1,213	93.00–95.00	94.52
81	—	1,197	97.00–102.00	100.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,100	90.00–91.00	90.52

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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