Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded steady to 1.00 lower. The price spread continues to be large with preference for the black hided cattle with weight and finish. Slaughter dairy steers sold 3.00 lower. Trade was moderate to good.

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	1,448	96.31	1,395	6thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,545	102.67	1,586	3thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,468	71.00	1,042	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Low	1,495	107.55	1,608	30
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,303	138.53	1,805	70
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,284	126.47	1,624	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,422	137.63	1,957	145
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,397	127.04	1,775	19

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
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,765	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,783	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,397	127.04/cwt	101.00–136.00	1,775	19
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,650	122.59/cwt	105.00–136.00	2,023	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,361	134.07/cwt	121.00–136.00	1,825	26
Steers	Choice	—	1,467	145.41/cwt	145.00–147.00	2,133	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,410	139.65/cwt	137.00–144.00	1,969	101
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,478	100.72/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,489	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,324	113.30/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,500	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,527	107.44/cwt	103.00–110.00	1,641	23
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,468	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	1,042	3
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,535	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,458	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,335	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,495	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,303	140.32/cwt	137.00–144.00	1,828	47
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,284	126.47/cwt	110.00–135.00	1,624	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,298	131.71/cwt	101.00–136.00	1,710	18
Heifers	Choice	—	1,325	146.31/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,939	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,445	66.38/cwt	61.00–71.00	959	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,450	111.28/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,614	4

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,765	101.00	101.00
1	—	1,535	95.00	95.00
1	—	1,335	112.00	112.00
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,468	71.00	71.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,397	101.00–136.00	127.04
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,650	105.00–136.00	122.59
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,361	121.00–136.00	134.07
7	—	1,467	145.00–147.00	145.41
101	—	1,410	137.00–144.00	139.65
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,478	100.00–102.00	100.72
4	—	1,324	112.00–115.00	113.30
23	—	1,527	103.00–110.00	107.44
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,303	137.00–144.00	140.32
18	—	1,298	101.00–136.00	131.71
5	—	1,325	145.00–150.00	146.31
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,284	110.00–135.00	126.47
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,445	61.00–71.00	66.38
4	—	1,450	105.00–115.00	111.28

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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