Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers, slaughter dairy steers, and slaughter heifers sold 2.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate to 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	Low	1,480	147.52	2,184	35
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,395	137.97	1,925	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,185	187.01	2,217	145
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,129	169.84	1,917	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,297	187.33	2,429	125
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,201	165.62	1,989	7thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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	—	1,395	137.97/cwt	130.00–142.00	1,925	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,518	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	2,156	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,426	155.60/cwt	155.00–157.00	2,219	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,486	146.64/cwt	143.00–153.00	2,179	27
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,615	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,955	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,201	165.62/cwt	150.00–180.00	1,989	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,347	178.78/cwt	175.00–182.00	2,408	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,291	187.88/cwt	184.00–195.00	2,426	117
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	968	181.52/cwt	180.00–183.00	1,757	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,129	169.84/cwt	150.00–182.00	1,917	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,183	179.44/cwt	175.00–183.00	2,123	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,189	187.79/cwt	184.00–195.00	2,233	131

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 16, 2023

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

Receipts 568Last week 472Year ago 585

Compared to last week, slaughter steers, slaughter dairy steers, and slaughter heifers sold 2.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,395	130.00–142.00	137.97
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,518	142.00	142.00
5	—	1,426	155.00–157.00	155.60
27	—	1,486	143.00–153.00	146.64
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,615	183.00	183.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,201	150.00–180.00	165.62
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,347	175.00–182.00	178.78
117	—	1,291	184.00–195.00	187.88
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	968	180.00–183.00	181.52
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,129	150.00–182.00	169.84
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,183	175.00–183.00	179.44
131	—	1,189	184.00–195.00	187.79

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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