Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 3.00 higher while heifers sold 6.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 lower. 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	1,240	130.00	1,612	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,410	133.32	1,880	25
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,426	126.52	1,804	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,297	170.03	2,205	145
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,118	157.97	1,766	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,357	168.24	2,283	59
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,167	154.36	1,801	10
Steers	Standard	Average	1,330	130.00	1,729	1thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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	—	1,294	170.24/cwt	165.00–175.00	2,203	140
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,660	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,490	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,405	176.51/cwt	176.00–177.00	2,480	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,203	158.88/cwt	156.00–162.00	1,911	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,118	157.97/cwt	150.00–164.00	1,766	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,354	168.65/cwt	165.00–174.00	2,284	57
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,425	132.61/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,890	23
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,243	141.49/cwt	141.00–142.00	1,759	2
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,426	126.52/cwt	125.00–128.00	1,804	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,435	156.47/cwt	155.00–158.00	2,245	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,167	154.36/cwt	132.00–163.00	1,801	10
Steers	Standard	—	1,330	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,729	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,240	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,612	1

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 Mar 8, 2023

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

Receipts 428Last week 618Year ago 504

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 3.00 higher while heifers sold 6.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 lower. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	1,294	165.00–175.00	170.24
2	—	1,405	176.00–177.00	176.51
2	—	1,203	156.00–162.00	158.88
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,660	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,118	150.00–164.00	157.97
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,354	165.00–174.00	168.65
2	—	1,435	155.00–158.00	156.47
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,167	132.00–163.00	154.36
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	130.00	130.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,425	130.00–140.00	132.61
2	—	1,243	141.00–142.00	141.49
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,426	125.00–128.00	126.52
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	130.00	130.00

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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