Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 5.50 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.25 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	1,398	85.50	1,195	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,486	89.98	1,337	31
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,395	80.00	1,116	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,244	110.20	1,371	209
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,118	100.00	1,118	12
Heifers	Select	Average	1,045	76.55	800	2thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,398	110.27	1,541	155
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,233	96.98	1,196	4thin
Steers	Standard	Average	2,030	71.00	1,441	1thin

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
Heifers	Choice	—	1,241	110.46/cwt	107.00–113.00	1,371	191
Steers	Choice	—	1,374	105.64/cwt	105.00–106.00	1,451	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,214	101.74/cwt	91.00–106.00	1,235	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,479	114.13/cwt	114.00–115.00	1,688	8
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,233	96.98/cwt	86.00–103.00	1,196	4
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,395	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,116	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,118	100.00/cwt	91.00–106.00	1,118	12
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,398	85.50/cwt	84.00–87.00	1,195	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,405	114.78/cwt	114.00–116.00	1,613	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,520	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,535	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,394	110.25/cwt	107.00–113.00	1,537	141
Steers	StandardHeavy Weight	—	2,030	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	1,441	1
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	993	100.51/cwt	95.00–106.00	998	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,485	89.61/cwt	87.00–92.00	1,331	30
Heifers	Select	—	1,045	76.55/cwt	71.00–81.00	800	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 Dec 30, 2020

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

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Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 5.50 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.25 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
191	—	1,241	107.00–113.00	110.46
8	—	1,214	91.00–106.00	101.74
8	—	1,405	114.00–116.00	114.78
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,118	91.00–106.00	100.00
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	993	95.00–106.00	100.51
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,045	71.00–81.00	76.55
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,374	105.00–106.00	105.64
8	—	1,479	114.00–115.00	114.13
141	—	1,394	107.00–113.00	110.25
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,233	86.00–103.00	96.98
Steers — Standard · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,030	71.00	71.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,395	80.00	80.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	101.00	101.00
30	—	1,485	87.00–92.00	89.61
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,398	84.00–87.00	85.50

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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