Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers traded steady. Slaughter dairy steers sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00 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
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,414	126.23	1,785	29
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,255	144.15	1,809	93
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,136	130.71	1,485	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,338	144.56	1,934	112
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,306	139.09	1,817	8thin

Every lot, as filed

10 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
Heifers	Choice	—	1,252	144.65/cwt	143.00–150.00	1,811	86
Heifers	Choice	—	1,294	138.00/cwt	127.00–142.00	1,786	7
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,136	130.71/cwt	110.00–142.00	1,485	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,325	145.16/cwt	143.00–150.00	1,923	105
Steers	Choice	—	1,431	139.98/cwt	138.00–142.00	2,003	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,306	139.09/cwt	130.00–142.00	1,817	8
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,660	129.65/cwt	125.00–134.00	2,152	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,392	122.69/cwt	119.00–127.00	1,708	9
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,433	130.77/cwt	129.00–138.00	1,874	16
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,390	116.02/cwt	115.00–118.00	1,613	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

Wed Apr 27, 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 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,252	143.00–150.00	144.65
7	—	1,294	127.00–142.00	138.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,136	110.00–142.00	130.71
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	1,325	143.00–150.00	145.16
4	—	1,431	138.00–142.00	139.98
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,306	130.00–142.00	139.09
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,660	125.00–134.00	129.65
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,392	119.00–127.00	122.69
16	—	1,433	129.00–138.00	130.77
4	—	1,390	115.00–118.00	116.02

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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