Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold .25 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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,525	104.07	1,587	3thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Low	1,475	81.50	1,202	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,450	90.69	1,315	41
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,290	110.72	1,428	48
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,063	100.55	1,069	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,383	109.46	1,514	52
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,313	104.93	1,378	5thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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 Steers	Choice	—	1,436	89.88/cwt	85.00–92.00	1,291	29
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,063	100.55/cwt	98.00–105.00	1,069	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,313	104.93/cwt	99.00–109.00	1,378	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,371	112.08/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,537	36
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,635	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,635	1
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,710	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,625	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,373	103.96/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,427	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,390	104.13/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,447	15
Heifers	Choice	—	1,272	111.78/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,422	42
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,381	97.79/cwt	93.00–110.00	1,350	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,525	104.07/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,587	3
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,475	81.50/cwt	80.00–83.00	1,202	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,691	82.40/cwt	81.00–84.00	1,393	4

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 17, 2021

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

Receipts 317Last week 604Year ago 368

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold .25 lower. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,436	85.00–92.00	89.88
8	—	1,381	93.00–110.00	97.79
4	—	1,691	81.00–84.00	82.40
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,063	98.00–105.00	100.55
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,635	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,373	101.00–109.00	103.96
42	—	1,272	110.00–116.00	111.78
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,313	99.00–109.00	104.93
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,371	110.00–116.00	112.08
15	—	1,390	100.00–109.00	104.13
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,710	95.00	95.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,525	100.00–108.00	104.07
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,475	80.00–83.00	81.50

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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