Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold .50 to .75 lower. Slaughter dairy steers traded steady. 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	1,455	91.00	1,324	1thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,348	61.00	822	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,372	79.87	1,096	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,543	86.76	1,338	58
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,263	67.50	852	4thin
Heifers	Choice	High	1,285	104.10	1,338	95
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,098	81.49	895	3thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,403	102.54	1,438	151
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,239	91.17	1,130	7thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,275	81.00	1,033	2thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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	—	—	1,455	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,324	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,543	87.15/cwt	83.00–90.00	1,345	49
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,611	78.92/cwt	75.00–82.00	1,271	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,265	89.36/cwt	81.00–96.00	1,130	6
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,195	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	837	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,451	91.75/cwt	91.00–92.00	1,331	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,350	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	824	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,345	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	820	1
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,085	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,107	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,098	81.49/cwt	75.00–85.00	895	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,414	107.40/cwt	107.00–108.00	1,519	5
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,651	88.65/cwt	81.00–95.00	1,464	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,307	107.19/cwt	107.00–108.00	1,401	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,390	103.30/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,436	136
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,360	84.53/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,150	3
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,390	72.87/cwt	72.00–74.00	1,013	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,387	92.33/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,281	3
Steers	Standard	—	1,275	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,033	2
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,330	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	865	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,284	103.93/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,334	90

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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Greenville Livestock Cattle Auction - Greenville, IL

Wed Dec 16, 2020

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

Receipts 523Last week 576Year ago 475

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold .50 to .75 lower. Slaughter dairy steers traded steady. 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
1	—	1,455	91.00	91.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,543	83.00–90.00	87.15
5	—	1,611	75.00–82.00	78.92
4	—	1,451	91.00–92.00	91.75
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,195	70.00	70.00
2	—	1,330	65.00	65.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,265	81.00–96.00	89.36
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	102.00	102.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,414	107.00–108.00	107.40
136	—	1,390	100.00–106.00	103.30
3	—	1,387	91.00–95.00	92.33
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,651	81.00–95.00	88.65
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,275	81.00	81.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	61.00	61.00
1	—	1,345	61.00	61.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,098	75.00–85.00	81.49
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,307	107.00–108.00	107.19
90	—	1,284	100.00–106.00	103.93
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,360	80.00–88.00	84.53
2	—	1,390	72.00–74.00	72.87

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More