Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold .50 to 1.25 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold .50 higher. No price comparison for slaughter cows, however, a sharp upturn was noted. 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	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,665	75.37	1,255	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,418	72.29	1,025	100
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,236	53.05	656	51
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Low	1,425	96.67	1,378	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,444	93.79	1,355	29
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,511	85.40	1,290	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,255	116.97	1,467	57
Steers	Choice	Low	1,366	117.62	1,607	58

Every lot, as filed

22 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,413	72.89/cwt	67.00–77.00	1,030	76
Heifers	Choice	—	1,250	111.98/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,400	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,255	117.45/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,474	52
Steers	Choice	—	1,197	111.22/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,331	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,500	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,830	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,373	117.89/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,619	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,306	70.21/cwt	69.00–72.00	917	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,782	61.02/cwt	30.00–72.00	1,087	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	77.76/cwt	73.00–84.00	1,279	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,465	74.64/cwt	67.00–82.00	1,093	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,392	60.31/cwt	41.00–66.00	840	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,443	79.99/cwt	78.00–83.00	1,154	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,334	74.11/cwt	71.00–75.00	989	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,288	63.29/cwt	58.00–68.00	815	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,166	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	58	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,071	47.64/cwt	36.00–56.00	510	9
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,450	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,421	1
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,511	85.40/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,290	4
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,515	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,288	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,444	93.64/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,352	28
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,360	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,510	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,400	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,316	1

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 Feb 17, 2021

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

Receipts 345Last week 357Year ago 445

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,413	67.00–77.00	72.89
9	—	1,392	41.00–66.00	60.31
5	—	1,443	78.00–83.00	79.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,306	69.00–72.00	70.21
24	—	1,288	58.00–68.00	63.29
8	—	1,166	5.00	5.00
9	—	1,071	36.00–56.00	47.64
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,782	30.00–72.00	61.02
30	—	1,645	73.00–84.00	77.76
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,465	67.00–82.00	74.64
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,334	71.00–75.00	74.11
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,250	110.00–114.00	111.98
52	—	1,255	115.00–120.00	117.45
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,197	105.00–114.00	111.22
1	—	1,500	122.00	122.00
54	—	1,373	115.00–121.00	117.89
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	98.00	98.00
28	—	1,444	90.00–96.00	93.64
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,511	80.00–88.00	85.40
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,515	85.00	85.00
1	—	1,360	111.00	111.00
1	—	1,400	94.00	94.00

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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