Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers trade steady to 1.00 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,282	95.15	1,220	6thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	High	1,372	124.38	1,706	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,520	122.95	1,869	23
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,320	109.69	1,448	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,275	150.21	1,915	82
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,212	134.23	1,627	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,100	115.00	1,265	2thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,403	146.88	2,061	73
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,265	128.33	1,623	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,248	115.00	1,435	2thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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	—	1,520	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,432	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,308	133.38/cwt	115.00–143.00	1,745	6
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,680	129.92/cwt	120.00–135.00	2,183	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,388	149.38/cwt	145.00–155.00	2,073	61
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,532	121.52/cwt	118.00–125.00	1,862	15
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,253	135.00/cwt	125.00–140.00	1,692	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,710	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,967	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,310	129.07/cwt	128.00–130.00	1,691	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,495	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,719	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,288	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,481	2
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,320	109.69/cwt	109.00–110.00	1,448	3
Steers	Select	—	1,248	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,435	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,428	129.17/cwt	128.00–130.00	1,845	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,212	134.23/cwt	122.00–142.00	1,627	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,100	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,265	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,268	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,775	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,440	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,304	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,273	150.34/cwt	145.00–156.00	1,914	79
Bulls	—	—	1,282	95.15/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,220	6

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

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Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers trade steady to 1.00 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
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	160.00	160.00
6	—	1,308	115.00–143.00	133.38
61	—	1,388	145.00–155.00	149.38
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,680	120.00–135.00	129.92
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,253	125.00–140.00	135.00
2	—	1,288	115.00	115.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,248	115.00	115.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,532	118.00–125.00	121.52
2	—	1,710	115.00	115.00
6	—	1,428	128.00–130.00	129.17
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,320	109.00–110.00	109.69
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,310	128.00–130.00	129.07
1	—	1,495	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,212	122.00–142.00	134.23
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,100	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,268	140.00	140.00
1	—	1,440	160.00	160.00
79	—	1,273	145.00–156.00	150.34
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,282	90.00–100.00	95.15

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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