Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 6.00 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 6.00 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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,417	84.75	1,201	8thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	High	1,414	114.87	1,625	6thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,208	75.03	906	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,471	108.53	1,597	38
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,598	100.00	1,598	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,261	137.94	1,739	121
Steers	Choice	Average	1,408	137.74	1,939	214
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,258	127.05	1,598	10
Steers	Standard	Average	1,678	115.30	1,935	2thin

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
Steers	Standard	—	1,678	115.30/cwt	105.00–126.00	1,935	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,258	127.05/cwt	110.00–133.00	1,598	10
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,622	129.79/cwt	125.00–136.00	2,105	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,389	131.48/cwt	128.00–133.00	1,826	19
Steers	Choice	—	1,465	146.36/cwt	143.00–151.00	2,144	14
Steers	Choice	—	1,399	137.95/cwt	134.00–142.00	1,930	176
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,598	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,598	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,452	117.22/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,702	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,473	107.78/cwt	105.00–112.00	1,588	35
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,208	75.03/cwt	66.00–86.00	906	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,379	119.01/cwt	115.00–125.00	1,641	4
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,485	106.59/cwt	105.00–108.00	1,583	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,267	130.44/cwt	126.00–133.00	1,653	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,290	146.09/cwt	143.00–151.00	1,885	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,257	137.87/cwt	134.00–142.00	1,733	99
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,384	73.13/cwt	70.00–77.00	1,012	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,475	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,770	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,442	88.50/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,276	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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Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 6.00 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 6.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,678	105.00–126.00	115.30
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,258	110.00–133.00	127.05
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,622	125.00–136.00	129.79
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,389	128.00–133.00	131.48
14	—	1,465	143.00–151.00	146.36
176	—	1,399	134.00–142.00	137.95
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,598	100.00	100.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,452	115.00–121.00	117.22
35	—	1,473	105.00–112.00	107.78
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,208	66.00–86.00	75.03
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,379	115.00–125.00	119.01
2	—	1,485	105.00–108.00	106.59
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,267	126.00–133.00	130.44
11	—	1,290	143.00–151.00	146.09
99	—	1,257	134.00–142.00	137.87
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,384	70.00–77.00	73.13
1	—	1,475	120.00	120.00
3	—	1,442	85.00–90.00	88.50

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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