Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.50 to 2.50 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,553	100.00	1,553	2thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,280	93.33	1,195	3thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,275	104.00	1,326	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Low	1,373	76.00	1,043	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,523	104.03	1,584	39
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,461	93.87	1,371	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,198	123.37	1,478	43
Heifers	Select	Average	995	84.77	843	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,330	123.97	1,648	64
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,202	116.80	1,404	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,138	79.73	907	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
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,275	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,326	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,543	103.90/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,603	27
Steers	Choice	—	1,346	124.83/cwt	123.00–128.00	1,680	56
Steers	Choice	—	1,216	117.92/cwt	105.00–122.00	1,434	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,115	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	892	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,528	96.49/cwt	95.00–98.00	1,474	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,206	119.85/cwt	119.00–120.00	1,445	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,363	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,363	2
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,461	93.87/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,371	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,202	116.80/cwt	95.00–122.00	1,404	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,196	124.06/cwt	122.00–126.00	1,484	36
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,451	108.26/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,571	8
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,373	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,043	2
Steers	Select	—	1,138	79.73/cwt	75.00–85.00	907	2
Heifers	Select	—	995	84.77/cwt	80.00–90.00	843	2
Bullocks	—	—	1,553	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,553	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 Aug 4, 2021

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

Receipts 355Last week 370Year ago 475

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.50 to 2.50 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	104.00	104.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,373	76.00	76.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,543	100.00–106.00	103.90
4	—	1,528	95.00–98.00	96.49
8	—	1,451	108.00–110.00	108.26
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,461	90.00–98.00	93.87
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,346	123.00–128.00	124.83
8	—	1,216	105.00–122.00	117.92
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,202	95.00–122.00	116.80
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,138	75.00–85.00	79.73
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	80.00	80.00
2	—	1,363	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,206	119.00–120.00	119.85
36	—	1,196	122.00–126.00	124.06
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	995	80.00–90.00	84.77
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,553	100.00	100.00

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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