Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 1.25 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold .25 lower. 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%	Low	1,480	70.00	1,036	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Low	1,245	76.42	951	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Low	1,488	86.20	1,283	29
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,323	77.25	1,022	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,272	107.54	1,368	85
Steers	Choice	Low	1,373	106.38	1,460	66

Every lot, as filed

12 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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,480	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,036	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,402	100.62/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,411	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,425	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,425	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,505	80.92/cwt	80.00–82.00	1,218	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,245	76.42/cwt	75.00–78.00	951	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,377	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,515	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,408	110.38/cwt	110.00–112.00	1,554	13
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,645	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,661	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,365	106.79/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,458	57
Heifers	Choice	—	1,242	107.23/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,332	70
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,323	77.25/cwt	74.00–82.00	1,022	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,487	86.59/cwt	83.00–90.00	1,288	27

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 14, 2020

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 sold 1.25 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold .25 lower. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,480	70.00	70.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,402	100.00–102.00	100.62
3	—	1,377	110.00	110.00
57	—	1,365	103.00–109.00	106.79
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,645	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,425	100.00	100.00
13	—	1,408	110.00–112.00	110.38
70	—	1,242	103.00–109.00	107.23
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,505	80.00–82.00	80.92
27	—	1,487	83.00–90.00	86.59
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,323	74.00–82.00	77.25
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,245	75.00–78.00	76.42

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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