Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.75 to 2.25 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 3.50 lower. 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	1,318	88.98	1,173	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,521	86.48	1,316	34
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,572	75.77	1,191	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,220	102.58	1,251	51
Steers	Choice	Low	1,353	103.09	1,395	71
Steers	Standard	Average	1,530	94.48	1,446	2thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,123	92.66	1,041	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,070	71.39	764	3thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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	ChoiceLight Weight	—	975	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	956	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,217	102.81/cwt	99.00–105.00	1,251	46
Heifers	Choice	—	1,298	95.51/cwt	95.00–96.00	1,240	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,333	106.53/cwt	106.00–107.00	1,420	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,328	97.03/cwt	91.00–99.00	1,289	5
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,125	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,148	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,123	91.49/cwt	82.00–99.00	1,027	8
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,003	87.08/cwt	85.00–89.00	873	2
Steers	Select	—	1,205	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	482	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,345	103.25/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,389	61
Steers	Choice	—	1,476	107.20/cwt	107.00–108.00	1,582	5
Steers	Standard	—	1,530	94.48/cwt	94.00–95.00	1,446	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,318	88.98/cwt	86.00–92.00	1,173	2
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,572	75.77/cwt	70.00–80.00	1,191	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,520	85.59/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,301	26
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,495	95.99/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,435	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,578	78.38/cwt	75.00–80.00	1,237	3

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 Sep 9, 2020

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

Receipts 413Last week 453Year ago 417

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.75 to 2.25 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 3.50 lower. Trade was active with moderate demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,217	99.00–105.00	102.81
2	—	1,298	95.00–96.00	95.51
2	—	1,333	106.00–107.00	106.53
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,328	91.00–99.00	97.03
61	—	1,345	100.00–106.00	103.25
5	—	1,476	107.00–108.00	107.20
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	102.00	102.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,123	82.00–99.00	91.49
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,003	85.00–89.00	87.08
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	40.00	40.00
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,530	94.00–95.00	94.48
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,318	86.00–92.00	88.98
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,572	70.00–80.00	75.77
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,520	82.00–89.00	85.59
5	—	1,495	95.00–100.00	95.99
3	—	1,578	75.00–80.00	78.38

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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