Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.25 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,310	88.40	1,158	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,385	88.68	1,228	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,356	87.62	1,188	24
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,412	79.10	1,117	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,242	104.99	1,304	147
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,063	100.63	1,070	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,355	105.22	1,426	232
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,228	98.37	1,208	14
Steers	Select	Average	1,060	90.00	954	2thin

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	—	—	1,310	88.40/cwt	81.00–95.00	1,158	2
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,060	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	954	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,063	100.63/cwt	100.00–101.00	1,070	3
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,412	79.10/cwt	75.00–82.00	1,117	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,228	98.37/cwt	91.00–102.00	1,208	14
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,385	88.68/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,228	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,354	87.43/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,184	23
Heifers	Choice	—	1,244	105.35/cwt	102.00–108.00	1,311	139
Steers	Choice	—	1,354	105.54/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,429	214
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,601	101.01/cwt	100.00–103.00	1,617	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,405	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,293	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,505	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,656	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,425	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,164	97.18/cwt	90.00–101.00	1,131	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,298	100.89/cwt	96.00–102.00	1,310	13

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 21, 2020

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

Receipts 594Last week 301Year ago 571

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.25 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 higher. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,310	81.00–95.00	88.40
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,060	90.00	90.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,228	91.00–102.00	98.37
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
214	—	1,354	103.00–109.00	105.54
1	—	1,425	110.00	110.00
13	—	1,298	96.00–102.00	100.89
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,601	100.00–103.00	101.01
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,063	100.00–101.00	100.63
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
139	—	1,244	102.00–108.00	105.35
1	—	1,505	110.00	110.00
7	—	1,164	90.00–101.00	97.18
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,412	75.00–82.00	79.10
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,354	84.00–90.00	87.43
1	—	1,405	92.00	92.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,385	88.00–90.00	88.68

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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