Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 4.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 4.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 6.50 lower. The price spread on Choice cattle remains large. 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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,499	127.10	1,905	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,421	119.78	1,703	44
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,295	109.47	1,418	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,286	137.62	1,769	79
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,050	125.84	1,321	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,448	139.35	2,018	105
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,119	118.21	1,323	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,037	107.13	1,111	3thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,499	127.10/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,905	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,284	139.64/cwt	137.00–145.00	1,793	56
Heifers	Choice	—	1,285	132.71/cwt	121.00–136.00	1,705	21
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,690	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,197	1
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	995	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,343	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,050	125.84/cwt	121.00–130.00	1,321	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,432	118.60/cwt	115.00–122.00	1,698	29
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,380	124.32/cwt	123.00–126.00	1,716	12
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,295	109.47/cwt	107.00–112.00	1,418	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,485	112.96/cwt	112.00–114.00	1,677	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,448	141.17/cwt	137.00–147.00	2,044	82
Steers	Choice	—	1,450	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,146	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,266	125.32/cwt	110.00–133.00	1,587	4
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,632	132.35/cwt	125.00–136.00	2,160	5
Steers	Select and ChoiceLight Weight	—	923	108.74/cwt	106.00–110.00	1,004	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,393	132.15/cwt	120.00–136.00	1,841	17
Steers	Select	—	1,037	107.13/cwt	104.00–109.00	1,111	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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Greenville Livestock Cattle Auction - Greenville, IL

Wed Mar 9, 2022

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,499	125.00–135.00	127.10
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,284	137.00–145.00	139.64
21	—	1,285	121.00–136.00	132.71
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,690	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,050	121.00–130.00	125.84
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,432	115.00–122.00	118.60
12	—	1,380	123.00–126.00	124.32
3	—	1,485	112.00–114.00	112.96
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,295	107.00–112.00	109.47
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,448	137.00–147.00	141.17
1	—	1,450	148.00	148.00
17	—	1,393	120.00–136.00	132.15
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,266	110.00–133.00	125.32
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,632	125.00–136.00	132.35
Steers — Select and Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	923	106.00–110.00	108.74
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,037	104.00–109.00	107.13

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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