Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.75 to 6.25 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.25 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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,545	95.00	1,468	1thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,337	106.39	1,422	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Low	1,438	92.15	1,325	40
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,430	77.50	1,108	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,255	117.01	1,468	121
Steers	Choice	High	1,396	118.57	1,655	167
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,283	112.14	1,439	2thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,493	93.46	1,395	2thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,337	106.39/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,422	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,418	122.16/cwt	122.00–123.00	1,732	12
Steers	Choice	—	1,387	118.57/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,645	151
Heifers	Choice	—	1,251	117.24/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,467	112
Heifers	Choice	—	1,288	113.12/cwt	112.00–114.00	1,457	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,200	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,356	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,495	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,271	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,440	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,757	1
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,837	105.87/cwt	100.00–115.00	1,945	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,435	92.53/cwt	88.00–95.00	1,328	38
Steers	Standard	—	1,493	93.46/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,395	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,283	112.14/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,439	2
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,430	77.50/cwt	75.00–80.00	1,108	2
Bullocks	—	—	1,545	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,468	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.

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Greenville Livestock Cattle Auction - Greenville, IL

Wed Mar 31, 2021

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

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Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.75 to 6.25 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.25 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,337	105.00–109.00	106.39
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,418	122.00–123.00	122.16
151	—	1,387	115.00–121.00	118.57
1	—	1,200	113.00	113.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,837	100.00–115.00	105.87
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,493	92.00–95.00	93.46
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,283	110.00–114.00	112.14
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,251	115.00–120.00	117.24
8	—	1,288	112.00–114.00	113.12
1	—	1,440	122.00	122.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,495	85.00	85.00
38	—	1,435	88.00–95.00	92.53
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,430	75.00–80.00	77.50
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,545	95.00	95.00

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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