Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 2.25 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold .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
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,403	103.65	1,454	20
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,413	94.94	1,342	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,193	125.07	1,492	79
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,102	122.13	1,346	12
Heifers	Select	Average	1,092	86.41	944	3thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,341	125.58	1,684	152
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,241	118.30	1,468	13
Steers	Select	Average	1,143	83.39	953	2thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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
Steers	Select	—	1,143	83.39/cwt	71.00–95.00	953	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,261	112.43/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,418	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,193	126.14/cwt	124.00–130.00	1,505	61
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,412	103.37/cwt	101.00–106.00	1,460	9
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,241	118.30/cwt	110.00–123.00	1,468	13
Heifers	Choice	—	1,194	121.46/cwt	117.00–123.00	1,450	18
Steers	Choice	—	1,276	120.91/cwt	110.00–123.00	1,543	9
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,473	99.00/cwt	97.00–100.00	1,458	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,439	131.29/cwt	131.00–132.00	1,889	7
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,675	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,943	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,338	125.67/cwt	123.00–130.00	1,681	135
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,413	94.94/cwt	85.00–100.00	1,342	11
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,102	122.13/cwt	120.00–123.00	1,346	12
Heifers	Select	—	1,092	86.41/cwt	80.00–100.00	944	3

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 sold 1.00 to 2.25 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold .75 lower. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,143	71.00–95.00	83.39
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,241	110.00–123.00	118.30
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,276	110.00–123.00	120.91
7	—	1,439	131.00–132.00	131.29
135	—	1,338	123.00–130.00	125.67
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,675	116.00	116.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,261	110.00–115.00	112.43
9	—	1,412	101.00–106.00	103.37
7	—	1,473	97.00–100.00	99.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,413	85.00–100.00	94.94
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,193	124.00–130.00	126.14
18	—	1,194	117.00–123.00	121.46
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,102	120.00–123.00	122.13
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,092	80.00–100.00	86.41

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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