Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers, slaughter dairy steers, and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. 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	1,513	122.33	1,851	3thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,368	123.47	1,689	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,440	123.73	1,782	33
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,445	105.22	1,520	13
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,233	147.61	1,820	128
Steers	Choice	Low	1,387	148.55	2,061	138
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,261	135.22	1,705	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,041	98.44	1,025	7thin

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
Steers	Choice	—	1,338	140.50/cwt	135.00–144.00	1,880	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,450	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,972	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,640	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,558	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,227	148.82/cwt	145.00–153.00	1,826	110
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	950	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,349	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,240	154.51/cwt	154.00–155.00	1,916	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,293	138.18/cwt	130.00–144.00	1,787	15
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,381	126.16/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,742	5
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,305	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,436	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,415	122.88/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,739	27
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,534	132.59/cwt	128.00–136.00	2,034	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,588	117.51/cwt	117.00–118.00	1,866	2
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,445	105.22/cwt	90.00–112.00	1,520	13
Steers	Choice	—	1,376	149.07/cwt	145.00–153.00	2,051	120
Steers	Choice	—	1,513	154.83/cwt	154.00–155.00	2,343	6
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,641	139.48/cwt	131.00–143.00	2,289	4
Steers	Select	—	1,041	98.44/cwt	91.00–111.00	1,025	7
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,261	135.22/cwt	125.00–142.00	1,705	8

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 Aug 17, 2022

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

Receipts 585Last week 598Year ago 451

Compared to last week, slaughter steers, slaughter dairy steers, and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,338	135.00–144.00	140.50
120	—	1,376	145.00–153.00	149.07
6	—	1,513	154.00–155.00	154.83
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,641	131.00–143.00	139.48
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,041	91.00–111.00	98.44
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,261	125.00–142.00	135.22
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,450	136.00	136.00
1	—	1,640	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	1,227	145.00–153.00	148.82
2	—	1,240	154.00–155.00	154.51
15	—	1,293	130.00–144.00	138.18
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	142.00	142.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,381	125.00–131.00	126.16
1	—	1,305	110.00	110.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,415	120.00–127.00	122.88
4	—	1,534	128.00–136.00	132.59
2	—	1,588	117.00–118.00	117.51
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,445	90.00–112.00	105.22

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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