Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 1.25 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.75 higher. Trade was active with 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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,438	94.21	1,355	2thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,352	93.55	1,265	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,438	89.58	1,288	40
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,484	80.21	1,190	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,239	102.23	1,266	117
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	963	93.46	900	2thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,318	103.07	1,358	140
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,314	93.48	1,228	7thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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
Bullocks	—	—	1,438	94.21/cwt	91.00–98.00	1,355	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	963	93.46/cwt	90.00–96.00	900	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,235	102.60/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,267	109
Heifers	Choice	—	1,283	93.91/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,205	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,303	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,394	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,215	95.11/cwt	93.00–98.00	1,156	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,314	93.48/cwt	86.00–98.00	1,228	7
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,620	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,555	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,317	103.20/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,359	128
Steers	Choice	—	1,376	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,486	6
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,352	93.55/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,265	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,439	89.69/cwt	86.00–92.00	1,291	38
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,560	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,248	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,275	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,211	1
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,484	80.21/cwt	80.00–81.00	1,190	4

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 23, 2020

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

Receipts 507Last week 399Year ago 447

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 1.25 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.75 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,438	91.00–98.00	94.21
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	963	90.00–96.00	93.46
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	1,235	100.00–106.00	102.60
6	—	1,283	90.00–95.00	93.91
2	—	1,303	107.00	107.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,215	93.00–98.00	95.11
128	—	1,317	100.00–106.00	103.20
6	—	1,376	108.00	108.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,314	86.00–98.00	93.48
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,620	96.00	96.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,352	90.00–96.00	93.55
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,439	86.00–92.00	89.69
1	—	1,560	80.00	80.00
1	—	1,275	95.00	95.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,484	80.00–81.00	80.21

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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