Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 4.00 higher in a light test. Trade was active with 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 Heifers	Choice	Average	1,360	150.00	2,040	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,338	135.01	1,806	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,365	115.02	1,570	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,362	146.24	1,992	11
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,378	140.10	1,931	6thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,355	127.00	1,721	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,289	172.82	2,227	115
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,188	155.67	1,849	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,371	172.68	2,367	83
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,264	161.21	2,038	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,410	130.00	1,833	1thin

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	Select and Choice	—	1,188	155.67/cwt	145.00–168.00	1,849	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,288	173.13/cwt	170.00–181.00	2,230	110
Heifers	Choice	—	1,304	166.00/cwt	160.00–168.00	2,165	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,367	173.10/cwt	170.00–179.00	2,366	78
Steers	Choice	—	1,369	166.35/cwt	165.00–168.00	2,277	4
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,685	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,780	1
Steers	Select	—	1,410	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,833	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,264	161.21/cwt	146.00–168.00	2,038	10
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,360	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,040	1
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,338	135.01/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,806	2
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,365	115.02/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,570	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,370	147.27/cwt	145.00–155.00	2,018	9
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,328	141.58/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,880	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,355	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,721	1
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,378	140.10/cwt	135.00–143.00	1,931	6

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 Feb 7, 2024

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

Receipts 514Last week 670Year ago 484

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 4.00 higher in a light test. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,188	145.00–168.00	155.67
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	1,288	170.00–181.00	173.13
5	—	1,304	160.00–168.00	166.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,367	170.00–179.00	173.10
4	—	1,369	165.00–168.00	166.35
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,685	165.00	165.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	130.00	130.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,264	146.00–168.00	161.21
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	150.00	150.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,338	130.00–140.00	135.01
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,365	110.00–120.00	115.02
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,370	145.00–155.00	147.27
2	—	1,328	140.00–143.00	141.58
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	127.00	127.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,378	135.00–143.00	140.10

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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