Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 to 3.00 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
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,363	127.63	1,740	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,507	130.86	1,973	25
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,234	162.73	2,008	100
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,170	152.58	1,785	4thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,338	162.28	2,171	143
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,259	149.31	1,880	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,230	107.40	1,321	4thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,653	96.81	1,600	3thin

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	—	1,558	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,181	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,503	130.06/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,955	23
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,363	127.63/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,740	2
Steers	Standard	—	1,653	96.81/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,600	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,259	149.31/cwt	140.00–157.00	1,880	4
Steers	Select	—	1,230	107.40/cwt	100.00–120.00	1,321	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,435	155.00/cwt	151.00–158.00	2,224	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,335	162.49/cwt	159.00–170.00	2,169	139
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,170	152.58/cwt	145.00–158.00	1,785	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,259	150.62/cwt	136.00–158.00	1,896	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,233	163.23/cwt	159.00–170.00	2,013	96

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 22, 2023

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

Receipts 502Last week 426Year ago 516

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,558	140.00	140.00
23	—	1,503	125.00–135.00	130.06
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,363	125.00–130.00	127.63
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,653	90.00–100.00	96.81
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,259	140.00–157.00	149.31
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,230	100.00–120.00	107.40
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,435	151.00–158.00	155.00
139	—	1,335	159.00–170.00	162.49
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,170	145.00–158.00	152.58
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,259	136.00–158.00	150.62
96	—	1,233	159.00–170.00	163.23

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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