Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.50 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold .50 lower. 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%	Low	1,467	89.24	1,309	6thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	High	1,435	93.25	1,338	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,420	100.64	1,429	36
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,387	89.97	1,248	6thin
Heifers	Choice	High	1,215	123.85	1,505	66
Steers	Choice	High	1,334	123.45	1,646	190
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,212	111.99	1,357	17
Steers	Select	Average	1,093	78.24	855	2thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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	Choice	—	1,364	128.81/cwt	128.00–130.00	1,757	5
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,300	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,339	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,446	128.45/cwt	128.00–129.00	1,857	7
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,457	109.33/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,593	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,334	123.81/cwt	121.00–127.00	1,652	170
Heifers	Choice	—	1,203	123.62/cwt	121.00–127.00	1,487	58
Heifers	Choice	—	1,197	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,436	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,525	76.63/cwt	71.00–82.00	1,169	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,268	116.07/cwt	105.00–120.00	1,472	13
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,368	92.38/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,264	6
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,480	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,332	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,438	95.54/cwt	94.00–98.00	1,374	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,212	111.99/cwt	100.00–120.00	1,357	17
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,387	89.97/cwt	85.00–95.00	1,248	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,427	101.51/cwt	98.00–105.00	1,449	27
Steers	Select	—	1,093	78.24/cwt	76.00–81.00	855	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 Jul 21, 2021

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

Receipts 487Last week 681Year ago 503

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.50 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold .50 lower. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,364	128.00–130.00	128.81
58	—	1,203	121.00–127.00	123.62
3	—	1,197	120.00	120.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	103.00	103.00
3	—	1,480	90.00	90.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,446	128.00–129.00	128.45
170	—	1,334	121.00–127.00	123.81
13	—	1,268	105.00–120.00	116.07
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,212	100.00–120.00	111.99
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,093	76.00–81.00	78.24
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,457	108.00–110.00	109.33
6	—	1,368	90.00–95.00	92.38
27	—	1,427	98.00–105.00	101.51
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,387	85.00–95.00	89.97
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,525	71.00–82.00	76.63
4	—	1,438	94.00–98.00	95.54

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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