Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.75 lower. 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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,350	74.33	1,003	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,405	88.48	1,243	35
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,202	107.50	1,292	79
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,063	97.76	1,039	2thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,355	107.71	1,460	163
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,255	97.92	1,229	7thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,412	87.82	1,240	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,084	68.77	745	3thin

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	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,085	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,042	1
Steers	Select	—	1,083	55.15/cwt	50.00–60.00	597	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,405	88.48/cwt	85.00–92.00	1,243	35
Steers	Standard	—	1,412	87.82/cwt	80.00–95.00	1,240	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,063	97.76/cwt	94.00–102.00	1,039	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,255	97.92/cwt	90.00–105.00	1,229	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,428	100.47/cwt	90.00–103.00	1,435	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,495	62.37/cwt	60.00–65.00	932	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,352	108.03/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,461	156
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,305	75.39/cwt	70.00–80.00	984	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,197	107.40/cwt	104.00–110.00	1,286	77
Heifers	Choice	—	1,395	111.51/cwt	111.00–112.00	1,556	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,240	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,166	1

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 Oct 7, 2020

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

Receipts 403Last week 652Year ago 617

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.75 lower. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	96.00	96.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,083	50.00–60.00	55.15
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,412	80.00–95.00	87.82
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,255	90.00–105.00	97.92
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,428	90.00–103.00	100.47
156	—	1,352	105.00–111.00	108.03
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,405	85.00–92.00	88.48
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,063	94.00–102.00	97.76
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,197	104.00–110.00	107.40
2	—	1,395	111.00–112.00	111.51
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,495	60.00–65.00	62.37
4	—	1,305	70.00–80.00	75.39
1	—	1,240	94.00	94.00

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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