Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 5.00 lower. 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 Heifers	Choice	Average	1,463	140.00	2,048	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,295	138.00	1,787	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,477	142.15	2,100	21
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,287	133.88	1,723	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,300	171.83	2,234	167
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,115	166.00	1,851	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,371	170.88	2,342	138
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,241	146.61	1,819	6thin

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
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,287	133.88/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,723	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,477	142.15/cwt	140.00–143.00	2,100	21
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,295	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,787	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,463	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,048	2
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,679	157.75/cwt	151.00–160.00	2,649	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,241	146.61/cwt	135.00–155.00	1,819	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,369	161.23/cwt	158.00–165.00	2,207	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,361	171.74/cwt	170.00–177.00	2,337	128
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,680	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,621	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,115	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,851	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,400	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,240	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,297	172.00/cwt	168.00–175.00	2,231	165

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 Dec 6, 2023

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

Receipts 605Last week 743Year ago 574

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 5.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,287	130.00–138.00	133.88
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,477	140.00–143.00	142.15
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	138.00	138.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,463	140.00	140.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,679	151.00–160.00	157.75
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,241	135.00–155.00	146.61
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,369	158.00–165.00	161.23
128	—	1,361	170.00–177.00	171.74
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,680	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	160.00	160.00
165	—	1,297	168.00–175.00	172.00

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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