Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 7.00 higher. 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	Average	1,404	149.48	2,099	25
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,355	134.74	1,826	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,202	183.82	2,210	64
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,145	175.00	2,004	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,308	182.98	2,393	47
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,310	170.11	2,228	2thin

Every lot, as filed

9 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
Heifers	Choice	—	1,207	183.96/cwt	180.00–189.00	2,220	63
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,145	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,004	2
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	910	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,593	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,306	183.09/cwt	180.00–190.00	2,391	46
Steers	Choice	—	1,390	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,474	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,310	170.11/cwt	165.00–175.00	2,228	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,404	149.04/cwt	145.00–155.00	2,093	24
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,405	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,248	1
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,355	134.74/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,826	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 Oct 4, 2023

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

Receipts 304Last week 347Year ago 279

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 7.00 higher. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,207	180.00–189.00	183.96
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,145	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	175.00	175.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,306	180.00–190.00	183.09
1	—	1,390	178.00	178.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,310	165.00–175.00	170.11
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,404	145.00–155.00	149.04
1	—	1,405	160.00	160.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,355	130.00–140.00	134.74

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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