Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers and slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 lower. 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%	High	1,425	123.65	1,762	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Low	1,502	111.96	1,681	53
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,264	145.70	1,841	115
Steers	Choice	Average	1,360	144.72	1,968	188
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,270	134.15	1,704	12

Every lot, as filed

14 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	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,610	138.68/cwt	136.00–140.00	2,233	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,383	137.60/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,903	19
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,691	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,691	14
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,401	124.42/cwt	121.00–130.00	1,743	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,442	114.15/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,646	31
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,270	134.15/cwt	112.00–140.00	1,704	12
Steers	Choice	—	1,398	151.76/cwt	151.00–155.00	2,122	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,350	145.29/cwt	142.00–150.00	1,961	157
Heifers	Choice	—	1,401	137.38/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,925	5
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	987	127.42/cwt	120.00–132.00	1,258	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,269	152.60/cwt	151.00–155.00	1,936	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,265	146.31/cwt	142.00–150.00	1,851	102
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,558	134.47/cwt	131.00–138.00	2,095	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,160	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,183	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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Greenville Livestock Cattle Auction - Greenville, IL

Wed Mar 2, 2022

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

Receipts 600Last week 516Year ago 516

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers and slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 lower. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,610	136.00–140.00	138.68
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,383	130.00–141.00	137.60
9	—	1,398	151.00–155.00	151.76
157	—	1,350	142.00–150.00	145.29
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,270	112.00–140.00	134.15
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,691	100.00	100.00
8	—	1,401	121.00–130.00	124.42
31	—	1,442	110.00–120.00	114.15
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,401	130.00–141.00	137.38
5	—	1,269	151.00–155.00	152.60
102	—	1,265	142.00–150.00	146.31
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	987	120.00–132.00	127.42
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,558	131.00–138.00	134.47
1	—	1,160	102.00	102.00

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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