Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to this reporters absence the past two weeks, there will be no price comparisons. 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%	Average	1,405	72.38	1,017	4thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,431	79.15	1,133	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,436	87.17	1,252	68
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,365	77.51	1,058	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,279	104.34	1,335	145
Steers	Choice	High	1,370	103.38	1,416	160
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,100	95.66	1,053	3thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,351	70.48	952	4thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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 Heifers	Choice	—	1,455	81.44/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,185	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,433	87.17/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,249	61
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,025	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,076	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,138	90.99/cwt	90.00–92.00	1,035	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,276	104.44/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,333	138
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,320	76.51/cwt	70.00–84.00	1,010	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,660	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	996	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,415	108.68/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,538	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,321	109.02/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,440	4
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,335	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	935	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,418	78.44/cwt	75.00–80.00	1,112	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,238	92.67/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,147	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,248	92.66/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,156	2
Steers	Standard	—	1,351	70.48/cwt	70.00–72.00	952	4
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,675	93.40/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,564	6
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,365	77.51/cwt	75.00–80.00	1,058	2
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,600	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,520	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,361	104.03/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,416	142
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,503	93.71/cwt	92.00–96.00	1,408	4

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 Dec 9, 2020

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

Receipts 576Last week 639Year ago 517

Due to this reporters absence the past two weeks, there will be no price comparisons. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,455	80.00–86.00	81.44
1	—	1,335	70.00	70.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,433	84.00–90.00	87.17
3	—	1,418	75.00–80.00	78.44
4	—	1,503	92.00–96.00	93.71
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,365	75.00–80.00	77.51
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	105.00	105.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,138	90.00–92.00	90.99
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,415	108.00–110.00	108.68
6	—	1,238	90.00–98.00	92.67
142	—	1,361	100.00–107.00	104.03
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,351	70.00–72.00	70.48
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,675	90.00–96.00	93.40
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
138	—	1,276	100.00–107.00	104.44
4	—	1,321	108.00–110.00	109.02
2	—	1,248	90.00–96.00	92.66
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,600	95.00	95.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,320	70.00–84.00	76.51
1	—	1,660	60.00	60.00

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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