Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate demand on a downward trending market.

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	1,428	141.00	2,013	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,453	138.18	2,008	33
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,431	128.63	1,841	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,289	165.42	2,132	160
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,127	148.35	1,672	9thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,386	164.52	2,281	125
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,269	150.91	1,915	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,172	141.83	1,662	3thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,705	130.00	2,217	1thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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%	—	1,428	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	2,013	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,127	148.35/cwt	136.00–157.00	1,672	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,402	154.86/cwt	151.00–158.00	2,171	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,287	165.62/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,132	157
Steers	Choice	—	1,310	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,293	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,338	152.49/cwt	150.00–155.00	2,040	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,360	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,972	1
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,431	128.63/cwt	120.00–142.00	1,841	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,369	165.37/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,264	114
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,654	154.17/cwt	136.00–160.00	2,550	8
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,105	144.74/cwt	141.00–148.00	1,599	2
Steers	Select	—	1,305	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,775	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,269	150.91/cwt	144.00–156.00	1,915	9
Steers	Standard	—	1,705	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,217	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,503	130.35/cwt	130.00–131.00	1,959	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,451	138.75/cwt	134.00–143.00	2,013	29

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 13, 2023

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

Receipts 530Last week 605Year ago 518

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate demand on a downward trending market.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,428	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,127	136.00–157.00	148.35
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,402	151.00–158.00	154.86
157	—	1,287	160.00–170.00	165.62
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	175.00	175.00
2	—	1,338	150.00–155.00	152.49
114	—	1,369	160.00–170.00	165.37
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,654	136.00–160.00	154.17
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,105	141.00–148.00	144.74
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	136.00	136.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,269	144.00–156.00	150.91
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,705	130.00	130.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	145.00	145.00
3	—	1,503	130.00–131.00	130.35
29	—	1,451	134.00–143.00	138.75
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,431	120.00–142.00	128.63

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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