Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 5.00 higher, while slaughter heifers sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 7.00 higher. Trade was active with very 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	1,399	112.76	1,578	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,466	135.83	1,991	36
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,441	120.40	1,735	10
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,217	169.02	2,057	73
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,125	155.01	1,744	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,357	170.20	2,309	86
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,253	146.78	1,839	3thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,450	111.26	1,613	3thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,367	109.60/cwt	100.00–120.00	1,498	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,425	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,995	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,470	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,397	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,206	170.44/cwt	165.00–175.00	2,056	65
Heifers	Choice	—	1,304	157.48/cwt	150.00–162.00	2,054	8
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,125	155.01/cwt	132.00–166.00	1,744	4
Steers	Standard	—	1,450	111.26/cwt	100.00–135.00	1,613	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,357	171.50/cwt	167.00–176.00	2,327	75
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,459	136.28/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,988	31
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,445	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	2,066	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,547	126.38/cwt	125.00–127.00	1,955	3
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,441	120.40/cwt	115.00–125.00	1,735	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,356	161.32/cwt	150.00–165.00	2,187	11
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,253	146.78/cwt	130.00–165.00	1,839	3

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 Apr 5, 2023

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

Receipts 391Last week 530Year ago 389

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 5.00 higher, while slaughter heifers sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 7.00 higher. Trade was active with very good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,367	100.00–120.00	109.60
1	—	1,425	140.00	140.00
1	—	1,470	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,206	165.00–175.00	170.44
8	—	1,304	150.00–162.00	157.48
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,125	132.00–166.00	155.01
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,450	100.00–135.00	111.26
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,357	167.00–176.00	171.50
11	—	1,356	150.00–165.00	161.32
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,253	130.00–165.00	146.78
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,459	130.00–140.00	136.28
2	—	1,445	143.00	143.00
3	—	1,547	125.00–127.00	126.38
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,441	115.00–125.00	120.40

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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