Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers traded steady to 1.00 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 Heifers	Choice	Average	1,357	120.66	1,637	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,410	121.49	1,713	18
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,168	145.62	1,700	132
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,193	140.54	1,677	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,320	145.88	1,926	115
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,128	137.96	1,556	2thin

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	—	1,168	146.34/cwt	144.00–152.00	1,709	118
Heifers	Choice	—	1,244	138.02/cwt	130.00–143.00	1,717	10
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,193	140.54/cwt	140.00–141.00	1,677	2
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	964	143.29/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,381	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,315	146.35/cwt	144.00–151.00	1,925	104
Steers	Choice	—	1,370	141.39/cwt	137.00–143.00	1,937	11
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,128	137.96/cwt	136.00–140.00	1,556	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,357	120.66/cwt	120.00–122.00	1,637	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,411	120.15/cwt	117.00–125.00	1,695	16
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,405	132.20/cwt	127.00–137.00	1,857	2

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 31, 2022

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

Receipts 523Last week 474Year ago 422

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers traded steady to 1.00 higher. 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
118	—	1,168	144.00–152.00	146.34
10	—	1,244	130.00–143.00	138.02
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,193	140.00–141.00	140.54
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	964	140.00–145.00	143.29
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	1,315	144.00–151.00	146.35
11	—	1,370	137.00–143.00	141.39
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,128	136.00–140.00	137.96
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,357	120.00–122.00	120.66
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,411	117.00–125.00	120.15
2	—	1,405	127.00–137.00	132.20

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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