Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 to 2.00 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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,488	109.05	1,623	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,385	140.00	1,939	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,477	134.46	1,985	31
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,430	118.30	1,692	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,297	168.29	2,183	60
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,200	146.43	1,757	2thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,377	167.66	2,308	67
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,075	130.00	1,398	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
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,444	135.85/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,962	25
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,385	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,939	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,075	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,398	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,145	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,878	2
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,430	118.30/cwt	115.00–125.00	1,692	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,639	123.39/cwt	120.00–128.00	2,022	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,480	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,294	1
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,682	154.15/cwt	145.00–162.00	2,593	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,359	168.91/cwt	165.00–175.00	2,295	60
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,200	146.43/cwt	130.00–164.00	1,757	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,301	168.95/cwt	165.00–173.00	2,198	58
Heifers	Choice	—	1,193	149.23/cwt	135.00–164.00	1,780	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,488	109.05/cwt	100.00–118.00	1,623	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 Mar 22, 2023

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

Receipts 311Last week 450Year ago 350

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 to 2.00 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
25	—	1,444	130.00–140.00	135.85
5	—	1,639	120.00–128.00	123.39
1	—	1,480	155.00	155.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,430	115.00–125.00	118.30
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	140.00	140.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	130.00	130.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,145	164.00	164.00
60	—	1,359	165.00–175.00	168.91
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,682	145.00–162.00	154.15
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,200	130.00–164.00	146.43
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,301	165.00–173.00	168.95
2	—	1,193	135.00–164.00	149.23
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,488	100.00–118.00	109.05

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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