Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A light run today because of the heat. Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter 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%	Average	1,603	125.00	2,004	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,496	147.37	2,205	13
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,404	137.18	1,926	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,200	186.52	2,238	55
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,143	172.14	1,968	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,360	186.60	2,538	71
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,228	173.95	2,136	8thin

Every lot, as filed

11 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	—	1,404	137.18/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,926	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,496	147.37/cwt	145.00–155.00	2,205	13
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,615	180.33/cwt	180.00–181.00	2,912	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,228	173.95/cwt	160.00–181.00	2,136	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,383	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,489	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,348	187.09/cwt	183.00–191.00	2,522	66
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	995	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,811	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,143	172.14/cwt	150.00–181.00	1,968	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,175	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	2,127	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,204	186.71/cwt	182.00–190.00	2,248	53
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,603	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	2,004	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 Aug 23, 2023

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

Receipts 247Last week 568Year ago 474

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,404	130.00–140.00	137.18
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,496	145.00–155.00	147.37
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,615	180.00–181.00	180.33
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,228	160.00–181.00	173.95
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,383	180.00	180.00
66	—	1,348	183.00–191.00	187.09
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,143	150.00–181.00	172.14
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	181.00	181.00
53	—	1,204	182.00–190.00	186.71
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,603	125.00	125.00

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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