Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded steady to .50 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 5.75 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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,448	88.67	1,284	3thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,170	73.03	854	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Low	1,401	92.41	1,295	72
Dairy Steers	Standard	Average	1,743	86.48	1,507	4thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,360	82.05	1,116	11
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,190	66.82	795	3thin
Heifers	Choice	High	1,250	122.04	1,526	93
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,134	111.01	1,259	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,382	121.63	1,681	111
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,209	110.15	1,332	8thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,528	89.32	1,365	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,053	87.08	917	3thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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
Bullocks	—	—	1,448	88.67/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,284	3
Steers	Select	—	1,053	87.08/cwt	85.00–90.00	917	3
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,190	66.82/cwt	60.00–70.00	795	3
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,380	81.26/cwt	75.00–87.00	1,121	10
Dairy Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,165	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,049	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,476	87.80/cwt	87.00–88.00	1,296	5
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,649	108.61/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,791	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,315	111.62/cwt	100.00–118.00	1,468	10
Steers	Standard	—	1,528	89.32/cwt	86.00–91.00	1,365	4
Dairy Steers	Standard	—	1,743	86.48/cwt	85.00–88.00	1,507	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,340	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,702	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,118	110.50/cwt	100.00–118.00	1,235	5
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,170	73.03/cwt	71.00–75.00	854	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,257	122.65/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,542	87
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,404	91.43/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,284	57
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,347	100.30/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,351	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,369	123.35/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,689	92
Steers	Choice	—	1,485	128.37/cwt	127.00–130.00	1,906	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,134	111.01/cwt	100.00–116.00	1,259	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,209	110.15/cwt	101.00–117.00	1,332	8

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

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Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded steady to .50 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 5.75 lower. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,448	85.00–91.00	88.67
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,053	85.00–90.00	87.08
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,649	105.00–111.00	108.61
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,315	100.00–118.00	111.62
92	—	1,369	120.00–126.00	123.35
3	—	1,485	127.00–130.00	128.37
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,528	86.00–91.00	89.32
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,209	101.00–117.00	110.15
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,190	60.00–70.00	66.82
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,380	75.00–87.00	81.26
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	90.00	90.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,476	87.00–88.00	87.80
57	—	1,404	90.00–96.00	91.43
10	—	1,347	100.00–102.00	100.30
Dairy Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,743	85.00–88.00	86.48
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	127.00	127.00
5	—	1,118	100.00–118.00	110.50
87	—	1,257	120.00–126.00	122.65
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,134	100.00–116.00	111.01
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,170	71.00–75.00	73.03

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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