Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers traded steady. 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	1,388	127.47	1,769	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Low	1,282	140.00	1,795	3thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,320	110.36	1,457	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,514	146.81	2,222	26
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,174	188.27	2,211	164
Steers	Choice	Average	1,278	187.39	2,394	143
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,160	176.25	2,045	12

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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,388	127.47/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,769	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,180	188.43/cwt	184.00–193.00	2,223	157
Heifers	Choice	—	1,187	180.66/cwt	180.00–182.00	2,144	3
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	943	187.56/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,769	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,270	188.20/cwt	184.00–193.00	2,390	131
Steers	Choice	—	1,339	177.98/cwt	175.00–183.00	2,383	11
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,160	176.25/cwt	170.00–183.00	2,045	12
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,615	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,988	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,282	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,795	3
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,320	110.36/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,457	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,506	147.21/cwt	144.00–150.00	2,217	24
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,608	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	2,283	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 30, 2023

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

Receipts 544Last week 247Year ago 523

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers traded steady. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,388	125.00–130.00	127.47
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
157	—	1,180	184.00–193.00	188.43
3	—	1,187	180.00–182.00	180.66
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	943	180.00–190.00	187.56
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	1,270	184.00–193.00	188.20
11	—	1,339	175.00–183.00	177.98
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,160	170.00–183.00	176.25
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,615	185.00	185.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,282	140.00	140.00
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,320	105.00–115.00	110.36
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,506	144.00–150.00	147.21
2	—	1,608	142.00	142.00

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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