Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 to 3.00 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
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,177	74.44	876	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Low	1,415	106.23	1,503	39
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,279	128.44	1,643	121
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,090	115.00	1,254	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,412	129.53	1,829	172
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,281	120.62	1,545	16
Steers	Select	Average	1,108	77.42	858	2thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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 Steers	Choice	—	1,405	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,377	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,395	112.49/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,569	12
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,425	103.89/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,480	25
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,238	73.92/cwt	70.00–76.00	915	3
Dairy Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	995	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	756	1
Steers	Select	—	1,108	77.42/cwt	70.00–85.00	858	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,281	120.62/cwt	110.00–126.00	1,545	16
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,678	105.19/cwt	95.00–121.00	1,765	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,373	123.40/cwt	102.00–126.00	1,694	27
Steers	Choice	—	1,333	138.89/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,851	32
Steers	Choice	—	1,433	129.41/cwt	127.00–133.00	1,854	108
Heifers	Choice	—	1,273	128.40/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,635	93
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,090	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,254	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,216	118.99/cwt	115.00–123.00	1,447	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,348	133.89/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,805	18

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 Oct 27, 2021

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

Receipts 593Last week 261Year ago 519

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,405	98.00	98.00
12	—	1,395	110.00–115.00	112.49
25	—	1,425	100.00–108.00	103.89
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,238	70.00–76.00	73.92
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	76.00	76.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,108	70.00–85.00	77.42
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,281	110.00–126.00	120.62
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,678	95.00–121.00	105.19
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,373	102.00–126.00	123.40
32	—	1,333	134.00–140.00	138.89
108	—	1,433	127.00–133.00	129.41
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	1,273	125.00–131.00	128.40
10	—	1,216	115.00–123.00	118.99
18	—	1,348	132.00–140.00	133.89
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,090	115.00	115.00

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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