Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.50 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,243	89.00	1,106	2thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,419	82.93	1,177	8thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Low	1,460	95.00	1,387	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,403	67.23	943	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Low	1,533	102.77	1,576	39
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,613	91.90	1,482	11
Heifers	Choice	High	1,306	142.24	1,858	121
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,142	121.79	1,391	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,035	86.34	894	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,424	138.47	1,971	115
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,290	120.91	1,560	28
Steers	Select	Average	1,267	85.12	1,078	6thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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
Bulls	—	—	1,243	89.00/cwt	87.00–91.00	1,106	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,331	89.67/cwt	85.00–94.00	1,194	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,565	71.69/cwt	70.00–75.00	1,122	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,349	146.22/cwt	145.00–151.00	1,973	40
Heifers	Choice	—	1,285	140.93/cwt	136.00–144.00	1,811	72
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,148	125.75/cwt	110.00–130.00	1,444	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,592	93.75/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,493	17
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,613	91.90/cwt	88.00–95.00	1,482	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,395	140.26/cwt	136.00–144.00	1,957	67
Steers	Choice	—	1,431	146.28/cwt	145.00–150.00	2,093	19
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,460	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,387	1
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,403	67.23/cwt	65.00–70.00	943	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,105	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,083	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,282	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,731	9
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,486	109.24/cwt	103.00–110.00	1,623	18
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,495	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,674	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,035	86.34/cwt	81.00–91.00	894	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,372	132.47/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,817	17
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,644	124.62/cwt	105.00–135.00	2,049	12
Steers	Select	—	1,267	85.12/cwt	75.00–101.00	1,078	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,297	121.68/cwt	105.00–135.00	1,578	27
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,100	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,100	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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Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.50 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,243	87.00–91.00	89.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,331	85.00–94.00	89.67
3	—	1,565	70.00–75.00	71.69
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,349	145.00–151.00	146.22
72	—	1,285	136.00–144.00	140.93
9	—	1,282	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,148	110.00–130.00	125.75
1	—	1,105	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,035	81.00–91.00	86.34
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,592	90.00–100.00	93.75
18	—	1,486	103.00–110.00	109.24
4	—	1,495	112.00	112.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,613	88.00–95.00	91.90
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,395	136.00–144.00	140.26
19	—	1,431	145.00–150.00	146.28
17	—	1,372	125.00–135.00	132.47
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,644	105.00–135.00	124.62
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,267	75.00–101.00	85.12
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,297	105.00–135.00	121.68
1	—	1,100	100.00	100.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	95.00	95.00
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,403	65.00–70.00	67.23

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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