Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold .75 to 1.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.25 higher. Slaughter dairy heifers sold 5.50 higher in a light test. 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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,502	73.02	1,097	3thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,406	87.85	1,235	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,475	90.12	1,329	41
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,244	109.84	1,366	110
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,217	101.64	1,237	10
Steers	Choice	High	1,382	110.00	1,521	212
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,269	99.98	1,269	20
Steers	Standard	Average	1,490	95.39	1,421	2thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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	Choice	—	1,480	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,702	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,520	93.18/cwt	93.00–94.00	1,416	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,251	111.04/cwt	109.00–115.00	1,389	91
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,480	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,376	1
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	988	97.39/cwt	95.00–100.00	962	2
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,619	105.45/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,707	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,236	104.91/cwt	97.00–108.00	1,297	17
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,447	81.37/cwt	80.00–82.00	1,177	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,513	63.03/cwt	61.00–65.00	954	2
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,655	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,572	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,334	104.14/cwt	95.00–108.00	1,389	35
Steers	Choice	—	1,379	111.51/cwt	108.00–115.00	1,538	167
Steers	Standard	—	1,490	95.39/cwt	91.00–100.00	1,421	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,269	99.98/cwt	90.00–108.00	1,269	20
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,217	101.64/cwt	90.00–108.00	1,237	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,471	90.45/cwt	85.00–92.00	1,331	33
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,406	87.85/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,235	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 Feb 3, 2021

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	115.00	115.00
35	—	1,334	95.00–108.00	104.14
167	—	1,379	108.00–115.00	111.51
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,619	100.00–108.00	105.45
1	—	1,655	95.00	95.00
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,490	91.00–100.00	95.39
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,269	90.00–108.00	99.98
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,520	93.00–94.00	93.18
3	—	1,447	80.00–82.00	81.37
33	—	1,471	85.00–92.00	90.45
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,251	109.00–115.00	111.04
17	—	1,236	97.00–108.00	104.91
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	988	95.00–100.00	97.39
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,217	90.00–108.00	101.64
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	93.00	93.00
2	—	1,513	61.00–65.00	63.03
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,406	85.00–90.00	87.85

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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