Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers traded steady to 1.00 higher. Trade was active with moderate 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	1,510	147.10	2,222	40
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,508	137.41	2,072	4thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,422	113.00	1,607	3thin
Dairy Steers	Standard	Average	1,638	111.35	1,824	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,304	172.92	2,255	235
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,121	157.00	1,760	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,371	172.17	2,361	170
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,209	150.63	1,821	19

Every lot, as filed

14 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	Select and Choice	—	1,121	157.00/cwt	130.00–168.00	1,760	9
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,690	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,636	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,298	173.92/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,257	211
Heifers	Choice	—	1,342	164.48/cwt	146.00–169.00	2,207	23
Steers	Choice	—	1,344	173.94/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,338	149
Steers	Choice	—	1,384	160.84/cwt	150.00–169.00	2,226	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,505	147.17/cwt	144.00–155.00	2,215	36
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,465	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,344	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,590	142.01/cwt	140.00–143.00	2,258	3
Dairy Steers	Standard	—	1,638	111.35/cwt	101.00–121.00	1,824	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,422	113.00/cwt	101.00–121.00	1,607	3
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,508	137.41/cwt	130.00–140.00	2,072	4
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,674	158.88/cwt	145.00–175.00	2,660	13
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,209	150.63/cwt	140.00–168.00	1,821	19

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 Nov 29, 2023

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

Receipts 743Last week 517Year ago 692

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers traded steady to 1.00 higher. Trade was active with moderate demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,121	130.00–168.00	157.00
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,690	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
211	—	1,298	170.00–180.00	173.92
23	—	1,342	146.00–169.00	164.48
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
149	—	1,344	170.00–180.00	173.94
8	—	1,384	150.00–169.00	160.84
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,674	145.00–175.00	158.88
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,209	140.00–168.00	150.63
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,505	144.00–155.00	147.17
1	—	1,465	160.00	160.00
3	—	1,590	140.00–143.00	142.01
Dairy Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,638	101.00–121.00	111.35
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,422	101.00–121.00	113.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,508	130.00–140.00	137.41

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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