Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 5.00 lower on a lesser kind. Trade was 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	1,504	148.30	2,231	24
Dairy Steers	Standard	Average	1,735	138.00	2,394	1thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,532	137.78	2,111	14
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,404	123.57	1,735	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,249	183.81	2,297	121
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,143	175.21	2,003	3thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,348	183.79	2,478	145
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,255	175.12	2,198	11
Steers	Select	Average	1,048	130.07	1,363	2thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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	—	1,251	184.34/cwt	182.00–188.00	2,306	112
Heifers	Choice	—	1,309	179.27/cwt	170.00–181.00	2,347	7
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	953	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,620	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,143	175.21/cwt	165.00–181.00	2,003	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,339	175.67/cwt	150.00–181.00	2,352	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,344	184.37/cwt	182.00–188.00	2,478	136
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,655	172.48/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,855	2
Steers	Select	—	1,048	130.07/cwt	121.00–140.00	1,363	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,255	175.12/cwt	155.00–180.00	2,198	11
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,529	146.71/cwt	144.00–152.00	2,243	15
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,518	168.85/cwt	160.00–175.00	2,563	4
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,532	137.78/cwt	130.00–142.00	2,111	14
Dairy Steers	Standard	—	1,735	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	2,394	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,420	136.62/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,940	5
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,404	123.57/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,735	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 Oct 18, 2023

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

Receipts 527Last week 313Year ago 176

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 5.00 lower on a lesser kind. Trade was moderate to good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,251	182.00–188.00	184.34
7	—	1,309	170.00–181.00	179.27
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	953	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,143	165.00–181.00	175.21
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,339	150.00–181.00	175.67
136	—	1,344	182.00–188.00	184.37
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,655	170.00–175.00	172.48
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,048	121.00–140.00	130.07
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,255	155.00–180.00	175.12
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,529	144.00–152.00	146.71
4	—	1,518	160.00–175.00	168.85
5	—	1,420	135.00–140.00	136.62
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,532	130.00–142.00	137.78
Dairy Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,735	138.00	138.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,404	120.00–125.00	123.57

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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