Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 6.00 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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,603	140.51	2,252	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,260	128.00	1,613	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,433	126.19	1,808	38
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,303	158.70	2,067	68
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,140	146.04	1,665	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,403	157.08	2,203	87
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,313	133.42	1,752	4thin

Every lot, as filed

11 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	—	1,484	139.38/cwt	135.00–141.00	2,068	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,425	124.19/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,770	33
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,260	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,613	1
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,610	149.34/cwt	140.00–155.00	2,404	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,313	133.42/cwt	132.00–135.00	1,752	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,364	146.38/cwt	130.00–154.00	1,997	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,398	158.35/cwt	155.00–165.00	2,214	77
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,140	146.04/cwt	134.00–154.00	1,665	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,285	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,953	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,303	158.80/cwt	155.00–163.00	2,069	67
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,603	140.51/cwt	140.00–141.00	2,252	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 Feb 8, 2023

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 and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 6.00 lower. 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
5	—	1,484	135.00–141.00	139.38
33	—	1,425	120.00–130.00	124.19
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,260	128.00	128.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,610	140.00–155.00	149.34
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,313	132.00–135.00	133.42
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,364	130.00–154.00	146.38
77	—	1,398	155.00–165.00	158.35
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,140	134.00–154.00	146.04
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	152.00	152.00
67	—	1,303	155.00–163.00	158.80
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,603	140.00–141.00	140.51

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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