Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 to 3.25 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 3.00 lower as well. Trade was active with moderate 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%	Low	1,403	60.86	854	3thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,388	82.66	1,147	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,317	55.00	724	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,473	88.77	1,308	29
Heifers	Choice	High	1,254	106.30	1,333	166
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,135	94.43	1,072	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,000	80.00	800	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,357	105.94	1,437	118
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,232	95.59	1,178	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,118	70.51	788	2thin

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	—	1,415	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,585	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,456	97.72/cwt	95.00–101.00	1,423	6
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,700	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,547	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,360	106.74/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,452	105
Heifers	Choice	—	1,265	107.22/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,356	142
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,232	95.59/cwt	85.00–103.00	1,178	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,403	60.86/cwt	55.00–70.00	854	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,300	100.18/cwt	90.00–104.00	1,302	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,182	100.39/cwt	90.00–104.00	1,187	23
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,135	94.43/cwt	90.00–103.00	1,072	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,478	86.43/cwt	83.00–88.00	1,277	23
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,388	82.66/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,147	2
Steers	Select	—	1,118	70.51/cwt	70.00–71.00	788	2
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,317	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	724	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,000	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	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 Jan 13, 2021

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

Receipts 550Last week 682Year ago 621

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 to 3.25 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 3.00 lower as well. Trade was active with moderate demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	112.00	112.00
142	—	1,265	105.00–110.00	107.22
23	—	1,182	90.00–104.00	100.39
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,135	90.00–103.00	94.43
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,000	80.00	80.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,456	95.00–101.00	97.72
23	—	1,478	83.00–88.00	86.43
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	91.00	91.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	1,360	105.00–110.00	106.74
12	—	1,300	90.00–104.00	100.18
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,232	85.00–103.00	95.59
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,118	70.00–71.00	70.51
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,403	55.00–70.00	60.86
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,388	80.00–85.00	82.66
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,317	55.00	55.00

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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