Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 1.50 lower. Slaughter dairy steers and slaughter dairy heifers were lightly tested. 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	1,269	87.05	1,104	3thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,300	102.08	1,327	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,315	101.95	1,341	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,365	95.00	1,297	20
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,191	122.59	1,460	92
Steers	Choice	Low	1,287	122.71	1,580	101
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,208	109.58	1,324	10

Every lot, as filed

12 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%	—	1,243	77.57/cwt	75.00–80.00	964	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,209	115.68/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,399	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,068	109.45/cwt	106.00–111.00	1,169	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,366	127.75/cwt	127.00–129.00	1,745	16
Heifers	Choice	—	1,226	127.86/cwt	127.00–131.00	1,568	15
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,320	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,399	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,278	122.31/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,563	78
Heifers	Choice	—	1,192	122.41/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,459	72
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,365	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,297	20
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,208	109.58/cwt	100.00–118.00	1,324	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,315	101.95/cwt	101.00–103.00	1,341	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,300	102.08/cwt	101.00–103.00	1,327	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 28, 2021

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

Receipts 370Last week 487Year ago 534

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,243	75.00–80.00	77.57
1	—	1,320	106.00	106.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,209	110.00–119.00	115.68
16	—	1,366	127.00–129.00	127.75
78	—	1,278	120.00–126.00	122.31
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,208	100.00–118.00	109.58
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,068	106.00–111.00	109.45
15	—	1,226	127.00–131.00	127.86
72	—	1,192	120.00–125.00	122.41
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,365	95.00	95.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,315	101.00–103.00	101.95
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,300	101.00–103.00	102.08

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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