Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 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	1,353	125.22	1,694	4thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Low	1,418	131.17	1,860	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,411	142.66	2,013	27
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,335	130.32	1,740	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,246	182.13	2,269	135
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,068	157.52	1,682	2thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,383	182.47	2,523	49
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,345	164.68	2,215	2thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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%	—	1,353	125.22/cwt	120.00–132.00	1,694	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,247	182.28/cwt	175.00–186.00	2,273	127
Heifers	Choice	—	1,226	188.56/cwt	187.00–190.00	2,312	5
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	950	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,615	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,355	162.55/cwt	160.00–165.00	2,203	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,068	157.52/cwt	150.00–165.00	1,682	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,426	144.01/cwt	140.00–150.00	2,054	23
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,325	134.88/cwt	132.00–138.00	1,787	4
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,335	130.32/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,740	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,360	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,557	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,383	182.35/cwt	175.00–186.00	2,522	48
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,345	164.68/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,215	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,418	131.17/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,860	6

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 31, 2023

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

Receipts 406Last week 497Year ago 363

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 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
4	—	1,353	120.00–132.00	125.22
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	1,247	175.00–186.00	182.28
5	—	1,226	187.00–190.00	188.56
2	—	1,355	160.00–165.00	162.55
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,068	150.00–165.00	157.52
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,426	140.00–150.00	144.01
4	—	1,325	132.00–138.00	134.88
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,335	125.00–135.00	130.32
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	188.00	188.00
48	—	1,383	175.00–186.00	182.35
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,345	160.00–170.00	164.68
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,418	130.00–135.00	131.17

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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