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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 1.25 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 3.25 lower. 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	Low	1,438	85.24	1,226	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,453	88.33	1,283	45
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,527	75.84	1,158	6thin
Heifers	Choice	High	1,306	114.81	1,500	135
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,135	103.08	1,170	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,387	112.97	1,566	81
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,245	102.12	1,271	6thin

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
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,588	81.50/cwt	81.00–82.00	1,294	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,335	118.68/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,584	11
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,591	92.49/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,472	9
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,664	105.04/cwt	102.00–107.00	1,748	4
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,650	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,700	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,370	114.30/cwt	111.00–117.00	1,566	68
Steers	Choice	—	1,389	106.41/cwt	99.00–110.00	1,478	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,275	109.33/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,394	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,298	74.03/cwt	72.00–75.00	961	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,302	114.83/cwt	111.00–117.00	1,495	117
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,288	88.98/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,146	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,245	102.12/cwt	92.00–109.00	1,271	6
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,527	75.84/cwt	71.00–81.00	1,158	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,135	103.08/cwt	91.00–110.00	1,170	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,429	88.49/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,265	33

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 Mar 3, 2021

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

Receipts 516Last week 793Year ago 435

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 1.25 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 3.25 lower. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,588	81.00–82.00	81.50
2	—	1,288	88.00–90.00	88.98
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,335	118.00–120.00	118.68
6	—	1,275	108.00–110.00	109.33
117	—	1,302	111.00–117.00	114.83
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,135	91.00–110.00	103.08
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,591	92.00–95.00	92.49
3	—	1,298	72.00–75.00	74.03
33	—	1,429	84.00–90.00	88.49
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,527	71.00–81.00	75.84
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,664	102.00–107.00	105.04
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,370	111.00–117.00	114.30
9	—	1,389	99.00–110.00	106.41
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,245	92.00–109.00	102.12

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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