Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

i. Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter steers and heifers weighing over 1300 lbs sold with a price spread of 5.00 above their counterparts that were below 1300 lbs. Slaughter dairy steers sold 3.50 lower. Trade was active with moderate 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%	Average	1,245	100.77	1,254	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,451	104.10	1,511	29
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,370	89.84	1,231	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,204	124.32	1,497	88
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,131	104.32	1,180	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	948	78.99	749	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,303	125.26	1,633	118
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,253	110.57	1,385	20
Steers	Select	Average	1,188	84.69	1,006	6thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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%	—	1,213	97.36/cwt	96.00–100.00	1,181	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,340	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,487	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,188	124.24/cwt	120.00–131.00	1,476	74
Heifers	Choice	—	1,257	129.38/cwt	127.00–133.00	1,626	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,321	120.08/cwt	115.00–123.00	1,586	7
Heifers	Select	—	948	78.99/cwt	70.00–93.00	749	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,496	102.75/cwt	98.00–105.00	1,537	20
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,365	110.47/cwt	107.00–120.00	1,508	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,250	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,000	1
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,370	89.84/cwt	80.00–97.00	1,231	14
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,131	104.32/cwt	95.00–115.00	1,180	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,296	125.36/cwt	120.00–131.00	1,625	95
Steers	Choice	—	1,339	122.45/cwt	115.00–124.00	1,640	17
Steers	Select	—	1,188	84.69/cwt	79.00–90.00	1,006	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,251	111.65/cwt	91.00–124.00	1,397	19
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,290	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,161	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,321	131.65/cwt	129.00–136.00	1,739	6

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 Sep 8, 2021

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

Receipts 446Last week 422Year ago 413

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,213	96.00–100.00	97.36
1	—	1,340	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,188	120.00–131.00	124.24
7	—	1,257	127.00–133.00	129.38
7	—	1,321	115.00–123.00	120.08
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	948	70.00–93.00	78.99
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,131	95.00–115.00	104.32
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,496	98.00–105.00	102.75
8	—	1,365	107.00–120.00	110.47
1	—	1,250	80.00	80.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,370	80.00–97.00	89.84
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	1,296	120.00–131.00	125.36
17	—	1,339	115.00–124.00	122.45
6	—	1,321	129.00–136.00	131.65
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,188	79.00–90.00	84.69
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,251	91.00–124.00	111.65
1	—	1,290	90.00	90.00

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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