Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 4.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 4.50 higher. Trade was active with moderate to 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	1,416	92.21	1,306	5thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	High	1,587	94.75	1,504	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Low	1,511	95.01	1,435	35
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,315	84.35	1,109	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,245	118.25	1,472	81
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,199	112.53	1,349	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,352	117.37	1,587	131
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,171	106.04	1,242	5thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,753	84.82	1,487	2thin

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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,262	107.01/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,350	3
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,565	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,565	1
Steers	Standard	—	1,753	84.82/cwt	80.00–90.00	1,487	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,171	106.04/cwt	90.00–115.00	1,242	5
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	960	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,104	1
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,653	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,736	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,648	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,154	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,284	111.38/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,430	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,295	112.90/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,462	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,658	87.63/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,453	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,425	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,425	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,348	118.31/cwt	116.00–122.00	1,595	117
Heifers	Choice	—	1,245	118.73/cwt	116.00–122.00	1,478	74
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,315	84.35/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,109	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,199	112.53/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,349	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,504	95.32/cwt	93.00–98.00	1,434	32
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,598	92.12/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,472	2

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 May 5, 2021

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

Receipts 493Last week 447Year ago 519

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 4.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 4.50 higher. Trade was active with moderate to 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	—	1,262	105.00–111.00	107.01
2	—	1,648	70.00	70.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,565	100.00	100.00
2	—	1,598	90.00–94.00	92.12
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,753	80.00–90.00	84.82
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,171	90.00–115.00	106.04
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,653	105.00	105.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,284	105.00–115.00	111.38
117	—	1,348	116.00–122.00	118.31
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,295	105.00–115.00	112.90
74	—	1,245	116.00–122.00	118.73
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,199	110.00–115.00	112.53
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,658	85.00–90.00	87.63
1	—	1,425	100.00	100.00
32	—	1,504	93.00–98.00	95.32
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,315	80.00–89.00	84.35

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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