Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 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	1,437	124.97	1,796	8thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,368	140.86	1,927	11
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,400	130.00	1,820	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,481	146.40	2,169	31
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,388	128.34	1,781	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,224	187.98	2,301	125
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,118	180.00	2,012	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,289	187.57	2,418	73
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,171	163.33	1,913	14

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	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,615	175.98/cwt	171.00–181.00	2,842	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,171	163.33/cwt	140.00–184.00	1,913	14
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,388	128.34/cwt	123.00–135.00	1,781	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,420	152.96/cwt	152.00–155.00	2,172	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,488	145.70/cwt	140.00–150.00	2,168	28
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,400	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,820	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,368	140.86/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,927	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,276	188.50/cwt	185.00–193.00	2,405	65
Steers	Choice	—	1,323	181.35/cwt	176.00–184.00	2,399	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,118	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,012	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,278	182.61/cwt	182.00–183.00	2,334	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,221	188.30/cwt	185.00–193.00	2,299	118
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,422	118.38/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,683	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,446	128.93/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,864	5

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 Aug 2, 2023

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

Receipts 513Last week 370Year ago 435

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,615	171.00–181.00	175.98
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,171	140.00–184.00	163.33
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,276	185.00–193.00	188.50
6	—	1,323	176.00–184.00	181.35
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,388	123.00–135.00	128.34
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,420	152.00–155.00	152.96
28	—	1,488	140.00–150.00	145.70
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	130.00	130.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,368	140.00–145.00	140.86
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,118	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,278	182.00–183.00	182.61
118	—	1,221	185.00–193.00	188.30
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,422	115.00–120.00	118.38
5	—	1,446	125.00–130.00	128.93

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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