Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 4.00 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%	Low	1,398	108.10	1,511	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Low	1,364	133.76	1,824	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Low	1,532	143.01	2,191	35
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,439	113.76	1,637	19
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,195	175.24	2,095	132
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,130	165.83	1,874	3thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,401	175.78	2,463	183
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,237	152.01	1,880	12

Every lot, as filed

15 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	Select and Choice	—	1,439	113.76/cwt	110.00–135.00	1,637	19
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,619	133.91/cwt	124.00–138.00	2,168	7
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,423	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,419	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,517	143.39/cwt	140.00–150.00	2,175	26
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,360	131.68/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,791	3
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,375	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,925	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,350	166.46/cwt	165.00–170.00	2,247	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,371	177.45/cwt	173.00–183.00	2,433	158
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,237	152.01/cwt	140.00–170.00	1,880	12
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,639	165.02/cwt	140.00–173.00	2,705	21
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,130	165.83/cwt	156.00–172.00	1,874	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,200	176.75/cwt	173.00–183.00	2,121	112
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	983	174.81/cwt	172.00–177.00	1,718	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,231	164.15/cwt	140.00–172.00	2,021	15
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,398	108.10/cwt	95.00–120.00	1,511	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 May 17, 2023

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

Receipts 539Last week 537Year ago 412

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,439	110.00–135.00	113.76
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,619	124.00–138.00	133.91
2	—	1,423	170.00	170.00
26	—	1,517	140.00–150.00	143.39
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,360	130.00–135.00	131.68
1	—	1,375	140.00	140.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,350	165.00–170.00	166.46
158	—	1,371	173.00–183.00	177.45
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,237	140.00–170.00	152.01
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,639	140.00–173.00	165.02
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,130	156.00–172.00	165.83
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,200	173.00–183.00	176.75
15	—	1,231	140.00–172.00	164.15
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	983	172.00–177.00	174.81
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,398	95.00–120.00	108.10

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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