Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.75 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.50 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	—	High	1,323	96.00	1,270	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,273	91.50	1,164	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,455	89.26	1,299	62
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,055	82.43	870	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,425	74.54	1,062	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,285	103.48	1,329	99
Steers	Choice	Average	1,392	103.73	1,444	140

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
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,055	82.43/cwt	80.00–85.00	870	2
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,425	74.54/cwt	70.00–81.00	1,062	6
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,350	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,188	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,456	89.08/cwt	84.00–91.00	1,297	61
Heifers	Choice	—	1,274	103.52/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,319	89
Steers	Choice	—	1,387	103.72/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,439	132
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,665	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,598	1
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	945	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	917	1
Bullocks	—	—	1,323	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,270	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,420	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,420	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,195	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,135	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,418	107.86/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,529	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,430	107.17/cwt	107.00–108.00	1,533	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,340	95.51/cwt	95.00–96.00	1,280	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,588	94.10/cwt	92.00–96.00	1,494	2

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 28, 2020

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

Receipts 519Last week 594Year ago 664

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.75 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.50 higher. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,055	80.00–85.00	82.43
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,425	70.00–81.00	74.54
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,456	84.00–91.00	89.08
1	—	1,420	100.00	100.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	88.00	88.00
1	—	1,195	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	1,274	100.00–106.00	103.52
6	—	1,418	107.00–110.00	107.86
2	—	1,340	95.00–96.00	95.51
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	97.00	97.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	1,387	100.00–106.00	103.72
6	—	1,430	107.00–108.00	107.17
2	—	1,588	92.00–96.00	94.10
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,323	96.00	96.00

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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