Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.75 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold .50 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	1,389	87.76	1,219	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,435	78.97	1,134	7thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	High	1,435	85.40	1,225	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Low	1,406	91.04	1,280	66
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,475	81.17	1,197	22
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,235	65.00	803	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,240	104.27	1,293	146
Steers	Choice	Low	1,361	105.30	1,433	212
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,353	96.71	1,308	3thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,557	83.41	1,299	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 Steers	Choice	—	1,508	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,267	2
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	935	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	842	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,500	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,242	104.45/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,297	126
Heifers	Choice	—	1,279	107.29/cwt	107.00–109.00	1,372	14
Heifers	Choice	—	1,136	94.26/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,071	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,330	100.13/cwt	93.00–104.00	1,332	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,464	99.45/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,456	7
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,413	83.20/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,176	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,408	84.08/cwt	76.00–90.00	1,184	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,472	72.16/cwt	70.00–77.00	1,062	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,356	104.97/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,423	176
Steers	Choice	—	1,363	108.75/cwt	108.00–112.00	1,482	29
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,475	81.17/cwt	75.00–84.00	1,197	22
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,353	96.71/cwt	93.00–100.00	1,308	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,412	90.17/cwt	85.00–92.00	1,273	57
Steers	Standard	—	1,557	83.41/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,299	5
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,235	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	803	2
Bullocks	—	—	1,389	87.76/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,219	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

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

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Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.75 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold .50 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,508	84.00	84.00
7	—	1,330	93.00–104.00	100.13
57	—	1,412	85.00–92.00	90.17
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,475	75.00–84.00	81.17
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,235	65.00	65.00
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	1,242	100.00–106.00	104.45
14	—	1,279	107.00–109.00	107.29
5	—	1,136	90.00–97.00	94.26
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	92.00	92.00
3	—	1,413	80.00–86.00	83.20
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,464	95.00–100.00	99.45
176	—	1,356	101.00–107.00	104.97
29	—	1,363	108.00–112.00	108.75
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,353	93.00–100.00	96.71
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,557	80.00–85.00	83.41
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,408	76.00–90.00	84.08
3	—	1,472	70.00–77.00	72.16
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,389	85.00–91.00	87.76

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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