Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.00 to 2.25 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 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
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,447	85.98	1,244	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,419	88.12	1,250	31
Heifers	Choice	High	1,235	106.14	1,311	194
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,125	91.64	1,031	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,385	105.85	1,466	191
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,249	94.68	1,183	7thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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	Select and Choice	—	1,249	94.68/cwt	80.00–102.00	1,183	7
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,447	85.98/cwt	85.00–87.00	1,244	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,415	88.09/cwt	85.00–92.00	1,246	29
Steers	Choice	—	1,379	105.98/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,461	172
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,685	93.96/cwt	92.00–96.00	1,583	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,128	94.59/cwt	81.00–102.00	1,067	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,412	110.50/cwt	110.00–112.00	1,560	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,260	110.07/cwt	110.00–111.00	1,387	13
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,105	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	785	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,435	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,177	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,397	99.48/cwt	96.00–102.00	1,390	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,154	100.46/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,159	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,236	106.04/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,311	175
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,515	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,439	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 Nov 11, 2020

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

Receipts 639Last week 262Year ago 663

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.00 to 2.25 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,249	80.00–102.00	94.68
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
172	—	1,379	103.00–109.00	105.98
10	—	1,412	110.00–112.00	110.50
7	—	1,397	96.00–102.00	99.48
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,685	92.00–96.00	93.96
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,447	85.00–87.00	85.98
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,415	85.00–92.00	88.09
1	—	1,435	82.00	82.00
1	—	1,515	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,128	81.00–102.00	94.59
1	—	1,105	71.00	71.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,260	110.00–111.00	110.07
6	—	1,154	100.00–102.00	100.46
175	—	1,236	103.00–109.00	106.04

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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