Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 1.50 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.25 higher. 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
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,323	91.00	1,204	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Low	1,463	88.03	1,288	26
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,425	81.05	1,155	4thin
Heifers	Choice	High	1,287	105.81	1,361	99
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,235	97.53	1,204	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,366	105.54	1,441	196
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,211	99.89	1,210	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,033	82.83	856	2thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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	—	1,033	82.83/cwt	80.00–86.00	856	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,235	97.53/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,204	2
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,425	81.05/cwt	80.00–83.00	1,155	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,238	96.49/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,195	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,355	105.70/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,432	181
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,700	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,598	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,331	110.24/cwt	110.00–112.00	1,467	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,510	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,253	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,508	101.12/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,525	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,382	98.42/cwt	90.00–102.00	1,360	5
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,170	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,229	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,323	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,204	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,464	87.74/cwt	84.00–91.00	1,285	24
Heifers	Choice	—	1,277	105.83/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,351	86
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,390	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,390	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,426	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,569	5

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 20, 2021

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

Receipts 579Last week 550Year ago 456

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 1.50 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.25 higher. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,033	80.00–86.00	82.83
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,238	90.00–100.00	96.49
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
181	—	1,355	103.00–109.00	105.70
9	—	1,508	100.00–102.00	101.12
5	—	1,426	110.00	110.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	94.00	94.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,170	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,235	95.00–100.00	97.53
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,331	110.00–112.00	110.24
5	—	1,382	90.00–102.00	98.42
86	—	1,277	103.00–109.00	105.83
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,425	80.00–83.00	81.05
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,510	83.00	83.00
24	—	1,464	84.00–91.00	87.74
1	—	1,390	100.00	100.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,323	91.00	91.00

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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