Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold .50 to 1.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sod 1.50 higher. Trade was active with moderate to good 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	1,199	82.67	991	4thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,405	85.00	1,194	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Low	1,423	86.78	1,235	35
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,445	72.69	1,050	3thin
Heifers	Choice	High	1,217	101.57	1,236	91
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,057	92.61	979	7thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,366	101.72	1,389	96
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,199	95.31	1,143	8thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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 Steers	Choice	—	1,548	81.50/cwt	80.00–82.00	1,262	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,415	86.94/cwt	83.00–90.00	1,230	28
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,445	72.69/cwt	70.00–75.00	1,050	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,430	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,258	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,280	94.51/cwt	94.00–95.00	1,210	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,199	82.67/cwt	80.00–85.00	991	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,460	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,577	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,183	92.03/cwt	87.00–98.00	1,089	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,211	102.20/cwt	99.00–105.00	1,238	84
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,660	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,494	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,057	92.61/cwt	80.00–98.00	979	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,438	107.05/cwt	106.00–108.00	1,539	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,464	92.93/cwt	86.00–96.00	1,360	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,356	102.31/cwt	99.00–105.00	1,387	87
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,199	95.31/cwt	91.00–98.00	1,143	8
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,405	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,194	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 16, 2020

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

Receipts 399Last week 413Year ago 284

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold .50 to 1.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sod 1.50 higher. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,548	80.00–82.00	81.50
28	—	1,415	83.00–90.00	86.94
1	—	1,430	88.00	88.00
2	—	1,280	94.00–95.00	94.51
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,445	70.00–75.00	72.69
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,199	80.00–85.00	82.67
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	108.00	108.00
5	—	1,183	87.00–98.00	92.03
84	—	1,211	99.00–105.00	102.20
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,660	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,057	80.00–98.00	92.61
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,438	106.00–108.00	107.05
7	—	1,464	86.00–96.00	92.93
87	—	1,356	99.00–105.00	102.31
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,199	91.00–98.00	95.31
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,405	85.00	85.00

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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