Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 7.00 higher on a better kind. 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 Steers	Choice	Average	1,435	143.70	2,062	31
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,490	130.00	1,937	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,247	175.46	2,188	163
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,067	158.26	1,689	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,346	173.12	2,330	61
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,240	152.20	1,887	15
Steers	Select	Average	1,233	124.15	1,531	3thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,447	116.89	1,691	3thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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	—	1,446	145.39/cwt	140.00–151.00	2,102	28
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,240	152.20/cwt	141.00–165.00	1,887	15
Steers	Select	—	1,233	124.15/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,531	3
Steers	Standard	—	1,535	125.33/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,924	2
Steers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	955	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,433	1
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,690	158.18/cwt	140.00–170.00	2,673	3
Steers	Standard	—	1,270	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,270	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,201	157.85/cwt	154.00–160.00	1,896	4
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,490	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,937	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,333	127.97/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,706	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,345	175.56/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,361	53
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	910	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,283	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,067	158.26/cwt	150.00–165.00	1,689	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,390	158.11/cwt	151.00–166.00	2,198	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,270	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	2,311	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,244	176.16/cwt	170.00–181.00	2,191	155

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 May 3, 2023

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

Receipts 468Last week 281Year ago 440

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 7.00 higher on a better kind. 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
28	—	1,446	140.00–151.00	145.39
3	—	1,333	125.00–133.00	127.97
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,490	130.00	130.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,240	141.00–165.00	152.20
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,233	120.00–130.00	124.15
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,535	120.00–130.00	125.33
1	—	1,270	100.00	100.00
Steers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	150.00	150.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,690	140.00–170.00	158.18
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,201	154.00–160.00	157.85
53	—	1,345	170.00–180.00	175.56
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,067	150.00–165.00	158.26
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,390	151.00–166.00	158.11
2	—	1,270	182.00	182.00
155	—	1,244	170.00–181.00	176.16

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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