Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,436	120.89	1,736	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,433	137.56	1,971	36
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,775	120.00	2,130	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,234	176.85	2,181	74
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,116	160.78	1,794	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,020	120.00	1,224	1thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,425	175.76	2,504	101
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,274	165.76	2,112	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,120	125.00	1,400	2thin

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
Steers	Choice	—	1,475	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,729	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,423	176.06/cwt	173.00–181.00	2,505	95
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,775	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	2,130	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,433	137.56/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,971	36
Steers	Select	—	1,120	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,400	2
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,635	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,632	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,274	165.76/cwt	140.00–172.00	2,112	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,398	170.06/cwt	165.00–172.00	2,377	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,116	160.78/cwt	130.00–172.00	1,794	7
Heifers	Select	—	1,020	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,224	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,346	171.44/cwt	170.00–172.00	2,308	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,333	185.49/cwt	185.00–186.00	2,473	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,224	176.91/cwt	173.00–182.00	2,165	68
Bulls	—	—	1,436	120.89/cwt	115.00–126.00	1,736	4

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 12, 2023

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

Receipts 443Last week 391Year ago 512

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 higher. Trade was active with very good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	185.00	185.00
95	—	1,423	173.00–181.00	176.06
4	—	1,398	165.00–172.00	170.06
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,120	125.00	125.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,635	161.00	161.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,274	140.00–172.00	165.76
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,775	120.00	120.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,433	130.00–140.00	137.56
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,116	130.00–172.00	160.78
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,346	170.00–172.00	171.44
2	—	1,333	185.00–186.00	185.49
68	—	1,224	173.00–182.00	176.91
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,436	115.00–126.00	120.89

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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