Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers traded steady. Slaughter dairy steers sold 4.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00 higher. 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
Dairy Steers	Choice	Low	1,470	116.48	1,713	37
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,378	106.48	1,467	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,307	141.32	1,846	108
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,137	120.16	1,366	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,433	140.14	2,009	81
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,229	126.34	1,553	5thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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 Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,378	106.48/cwt	105.00–108.00	1,467	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,360	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,401	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,401	124.87/cwt	122.00–128.00	1,749	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,494	114.56/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,712	28
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,637	135.38/cwt	131.00–140.00	2,216	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,229	126.34/cwt	110.00–133.00	1,553	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,255	127.63/cwt	120.00–131.00	1,602	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,429	141.17/cwt	135.00–145.00	2,017	72
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,137	120.16/cwt	107.00–134.00	1,366	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,380	127.72/cwt	126.00–130.00	1,763	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,242	146.66/cwt	146.00–148.00	1,822	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,307	141.43/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,848	103

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 16, 2022

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

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Compared to last week, slaughter steers traded steady. Slaughter dairy steers sold 4.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00 higher. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,378	105.00–108.00	106.48
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	103.00	103.00
8	—	1,401	122.00–128.00	124.87
28	—	1,494	110.00–120.00	114.56
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,637	131.00–140.00	135.38
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,229	110.00–133.00	126.34
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,255	120.00–131.00	127.63
72	—	1,429	135.00–145.00	141.17
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,137	107.00–134.00	120.16
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,380	126.00–130.00	127.72
3	—	1,242	146.00–148.00	146.66
103	—	1,307	135.00–145.00	141.43

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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