Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.50 to 3.25 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.50 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
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,446	95.56	1,382	45
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,550	69.13	1,072	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,266	119.53	1,513	83
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,142	106.19	1,213	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,037	89.44	927	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,354	119.66	1,620	165
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,222	114.56	1,400	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
Heifers	Select	—	1,037	89.44/cwt	82.00–95.00	927	3
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,550	69.13/cwt	66.00–71.00	1,072	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,456	95.01/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,383	38
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,142	106.19/cwt	96.00–116.00	1,213	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,222	114.56/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,400	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,354	120.02/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,625	142
Heifers	Choice	—	1,284	113.85/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,462	14
Steers	Choice	—	1,322	112.78/cwt	106.00–117.00	1,491	10
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,636	111.72/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,828	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,260	120.62/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,520	68
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,393	98.54/cwt	98.00–100.00	1,373	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,425	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,781	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,258	125.21/cwt	125.00–127.00	1,575	9

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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Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.50 to 3.25 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.50 higher, 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
3	—	1,037	82.00–95.00	89.44
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,142	96.00–116.00	106.19
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,284	110.00–117.00	113.85
68	—	1,260	118.00–124.00	120.62
1	—	1,425	125.00	125.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,550	66.00–71.00	69.13
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,456	90.00–97.00	95.01
7	—	1,393	98.00–100.00	98.54
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,222	110.00–117.00	114.56
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	1,354	118.00–124.00	120.02
10	—	1,322	106.00–117.00	112.78
9	—	1,258	125.00–127.00	125.21
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,636	110.00–116.00	111.72

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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