Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded steady. Slaughter dairy steers sold 5.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate to 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	1,495	98.00	1,465	2thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,507	90.79	1,368	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Low	1,517	107.01	1,623	36
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,325	93.45	1,238	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,265	51.41	650	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,277	138.96	1,774	120
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,217	126.28	1,537	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,107	92.64	1,026	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,411	137.55	1,941	123
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,343	128.39	1,724	18
Steers	Select	Average	1,103	93.32	1,029	11

Every lot, as filed

21 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	—	—	1,565	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,487	1
Bulls	—	—	1,425	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,439	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,470	107.32/cwt	101.00–110.00	1,578	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,563	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	1,032	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,257	133.35/cwt	116.00–137.00	1,676	36
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,216	131.46/cwt	112.00–135.00	1,599	7
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,635	128.35/cwt	110.00–136.00	2,099	12
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,343	128.39/cwt	110.00–137.00	1,724	18
Steers	Choice	—	1,470	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,205	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,289	140.77/cwt	138.00–145.00	1,815	77
Heifers	Choice	—	1,246	147.98/cwt	146.00–150.00	1,844	7
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,225	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,103	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,570	96.06/cwt	95.00–97.00	1,508	2
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,325	93.45/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,238	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,265	51.41/cwt	40.00–61.00	650	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,107	92.64/cwt	85.00–102.00	1,026	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,391	140.43/cwt	138.00–145.00	1,953	67
Steers	Choice	—	1,378	135.34/cwt	120.00–137.00	1,865	43
Steers	Select	—	1,103	93.32/cwt	85.00–95.00	1,029	11
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,528	104.95/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,604	19
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,495	111.07/cwt	109.00–115.00	1,660	15

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 Dec 15, 2021

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

Receipts 586Last week 458Year ago 523

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded steady. Slaughter dairy steers sold 5.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,565	95.00	95.00
1	—	1,425	101.00	101.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,470	101.00–110.00	107.32
2	—	1,563	66.00	66.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,257	116.00–137.00	133.35
77	—	1,289	138.00–145.00	140.77
7	—	1,246	146.00–150.00	147.98
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,216	112.00–135.00	131.46
1	—	1,225	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,107	85.00–102.00	92.64
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,635	110.00–136.00	128.35
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,343	110.00–137.00	128.39
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,470	150.00	150.00
67	—	1,391	138.00–145.00	140.43
43	—	1,378	120.00–137.00	135.34
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,103	85.00–95.00	93.32
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,570	95.00–97.00	96.06
19	—	1,528	100.00–108.00	104.95
15	—	1,495	109.00–115.00	111.07
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,325	92.00–95.00	93.45
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,265	40.00–61.00	51.41

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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