Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded steady to 1.75 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold .50 higher. 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	1,418	75.88	1,076	7thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,358	86.40	1,173	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,438	90.68	1,304	33
Heifers	Choice	High	1,235	113.32	1,399	97
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,168	102.30	1,195	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,058	74.72	791	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,278	112.03	1,432	154
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,251	99.79	1,248	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,085	81.84	888	3thin

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	Select	—	1,085	81.84/cwt	80.00–85.00	888	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,058	74.72/cwt	70.00–80.00	791	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,437	90.39/cwt	88.00–95.00	1,299	32
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,251	99.79/cwt	91.00–108.00	1,248	8
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,168	102.30/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,195	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,265	112.12/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,418	145
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,263	100.50/cwt	100.00–101.00	1,269	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,350	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,580	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,235	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,297	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,458	102.95/cwt	102.00–104.00	1,501	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,480	66.03/cwt	65.00–70.00	977	5
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,653	106.65/cwt	106.00–108.00	1,763	3
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	930	98.02/cwt	96.00–100.00	912	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,358	86.40/cwt	85.00–88.00	1,173	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,235	113.55/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,402	89
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,470	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,470	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,389	117.25/cwt	117.00–118.00	1,629	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 24, 2021

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

Receipts 497Last week 317Year ago 736

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded steady to 1.75 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold .50 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,085	80.00–85.00	81.84
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,251	91.00–108.00	99.79
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
145	—	1,265	110.00–116.00	112.12
2	—	1,458	102.00–104.00	102.95
4	—	1,389	117.00–118.00	117.25
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,653	106.00–108.00	106.65
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,058	70.00–80.00	74.72
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,168	100.00–106.00	102.30
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,350	117.00	117.00
1	—	1,235	105.00	105.00
89	—	1,235	110.00–116.00	113.55
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	930	96.00–100.00	98.02
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,437	88.00–95.00	90.39
1	—	1,470	100.00	100.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,263	100.00–101.00	100.50
5	—	1,480	65.00–70.00	66.03
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,358	85.00–88.00	86.40

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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