Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.75 to 2.25 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.75 lower. 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 Steers	Choice	Average	1,509	91.21	1,376	65
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,268	115.41	1,463	187
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,035	104.06	1,077	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,050	94.50	992	2thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,351	115.33	1,558	206
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,209	107.04	1,294	4thin

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	Select	—	1,150	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,012	1
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	950	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	960	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,442	91.87/cwt	88.00–95.00	1,325	27
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,035	104.06/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,077	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,209	107.04/cwt	101.00–111.00	1,294	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,269	115.76/cwt	113.00–119.00	1,469	176
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,721	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	1,420	16
Heifers	Choice	—	1,233	109.38/cwt	100.00–112.00	1,349	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,276	110.86/cwt	108.00–112.00	1,415	7
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,731	103.78/cwt	91.00–110.00	1,796	4
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	1,005	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	915	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,343	115.61/cwt	113.00–119.00	1,553	190
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,436	96.72/cwt	96.00–98.00	1,389	22
Heifers	Choice	—	1,420	120.52/cwt	120.00–121.00	1,711	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,445	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,734	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 24, 2021

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

Receipts 793Last week 345Year ago 509

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.75 to 2.25 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.75 lower. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	88.00	88.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,035	100.00–108.00	104.06
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
176	—	1,269	113.00–119.00	115.76
8	—	1,233	100.00–112.00	109.38
2	—	1,420	120.00–121.00	120.52
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	91.00	91.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,442	88.00–95.00	91.87
16	—	1,721	82.50	82.50
22	—	1,436	96.00–98.00	96.72
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,209	101.00–111.00	107.04
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,276	108.00–112.00	110.86
190	—	1,343	113.00–119.00	115.61
5	—	1,445	120.00	120.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,731	91.00–110.00	103.78

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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