Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 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
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,487	143.55	2,134	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,493	138.67	2,070	29
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,436	128.96	1,852	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,238	177.39	2,196	151
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,103	147.48	1,627	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,401	177.17	2,482	131
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,189	152.25	1,810	7thin

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
Heifers	Choice	—	1,227	178.25/cwt	175.00–185.00	2,187	136
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	990	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,723	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,361	169.26/cwt	165.00–174.00	2,304	14
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,103	147.48/cwt	140.00–155.00	1,627	2
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,636	171.59/cwt	160.00–176.00	2,807	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,387	177.81/cwt	175.00–184.00	2,466	120
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,452	141.57/cwt	138.00–145.00	2,056	5
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,573	148.51/cwt	147.00–150.00	2,336	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,490	139.17/cwt	135.00–145.00	2,074	25
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,675	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,513	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,457	130.71/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,904	3
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,436	128.96/cwt	120.00–133.00	1,852	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,416	167.69/cwt	161.00–174.00	2,374	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,189	152.25/cwt	140.00–165.00	1,810	7

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 19, 2023

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

Receipts 459Last week 443Year ago 423

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 higher. 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
136	—	1,227	175.00–185.00	178.25
14	—	1,361	165.00–174.00	169.26
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,103	140.00–155.00	147.48
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,636	160.00–176.00	171.59
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	1,387	175.00–184.00	177.81
4	—	1,416	161.00–174.00	167.69
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,189	140.00–165.00	152.25
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,452	138.00–145.00	141.57
2	—	1,573	147.00–150.00	148.51
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,490	135.00–145.00	139.17
1	—	1,675	150.00	150.00
3	—	1,457	130.00–132.00	130.71
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,436	120.00–133.00	128.96

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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