Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 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 Steers	Choice	Average	1,472	119.51	1,759	36
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,273	151.70	1,930	128
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,060	137.44	1,457	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	958	118.38	1,134	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,386	150.40	2,085	146
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,219	137.58	1,677	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	953	118.03	1,125	2thin

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	Choice	—	1,472	119.51/cwt	118.00–123.00	1,759	36
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,678	133.13/cwt	101.00–150.00	2,234	9
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,219	137.58/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,677	4
Steers	Select	—	953	118.03/cwt	110.00–125.00	1,125	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,344	144.17/cwt	142.00–145.00	1,938	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,401	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,242	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,366	151.35/cwt	147.00–157.00	2,067	125
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,060	137.44/cwt	134.00–142.00	1,457	3
Heifers	Select	—	958	118.38/cwt	111.00–125.00	1,134	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,333	140.83/cwt	130.00–147.00	1,877	13
Heifers	Choice	—	1,324	160.40/cwt	160.00–163.00	2,124	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,262	152.44/cwt	148.00–157.00	1,924	108

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 Dec 7, 2022

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

Receipts 574Last week 692Year ago 458

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 higher. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,472	118.00–123.00	119.51
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,678	101.00–150.00	133.13
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,219	130.00–145.00	137.58
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	953	110.00–125.00	118.03
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,344	142.00–145.00	144.17
7	—	1,401	160.00	160.00
125	—	1,366	147.00–157.00	151.35
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,060	134.00–142.00	137.44
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	958	111.00–125.00	118.38
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,333	130.00–147.00	140.83
7	—	1,324	160.00–163.00	160.40
108	—	1,262	148.00–157.00	152.44

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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