Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold .75 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 3.25 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
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Low	1,396	100.12	1,398	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,451	104.54	1,517	33
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,312	92.03	1,207	3thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,280	75.31	964	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,211	128.29	1,553	64
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,113	122.92	1,368	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,339	128.11	1,715	57
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,219	114.73	1,399	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,061	82.56	876	4thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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	—	1,205	128.58/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,549	58
Heifers	Choice	—	1,260	133.03/cwt	132.00–134.00	1,676	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,375	122.02/cwt	120.00–123.00	1,678	3
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	955	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,156	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,113	122.92/cwt	122.00–124.00	1,368	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,338	127.94/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,712	50
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,420	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,278	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,455	103.57/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,507	24
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,391	110.60/cwt	108.00–123.00	1,538	7
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,620	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,539	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,280	75.31/cwt	70.00–81.00	964	2
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,312	92.03/cwt	85.00–97.00	1,207	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,351	134.19/cwt	132.00–135.00	1,813	6
Steers	Select	—	1,061	82.56/cwt	80.00–90.00	876	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,219	114.73/cwt	100.00–124.00	1,399	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,310	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,310	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,385	99.86/cwt	95.00–104.00	1,383	3
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,405	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,560	1

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 25, 2021

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

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Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold .75 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 3.25 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,205	125.00–131.00	128.58
2	—	1,260	132.00–134.00	133.03
3	—	1,375	120.00–123.00	122.02
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,113	122.00–124.00	122.92
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,338	125.00–131.00	127.94
6	—	1,351	132.00–135.00	134.19
1	—	1,310	100.00	100.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,061	80.00–90.00	82.56
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,219	100.00–124.00	114.73
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	90.00	90.00
3	—	1,385	95.00–104.00	99.86
1	—	1,405	111.00	111.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,455	100.00–106.00	103.57
7	—	1,391	108.00–123.00	110.60
2	—	1,620	95.00	95.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,280	70.00–81.00	75.31
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,312	85.00–97.00	92.03

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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