Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 higher. 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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,373	157.03	2,156	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Low	1,505	145.47	2,189	35
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,438	130.53	1,877	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,346	179.22	2,413	81
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,228	175.00	2,149	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,455	178.15	2,592	74
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,322	168.01	2,221	5thin

Every lot, as filed

11 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	—	1,438	130.53/cwt	126.00–135.00	1,877	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,805	138.06/cwt	130.00–142.00	2,492	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,477	146.16/cwt	144.00–152.00	2,159	32
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,778	157.97/cwt	150.00–176.00	2,809	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,322	168.01/cwt	146.00–175.00	2,221	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,379	173.33/cwt	165.00–175.00	2,390	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,450	179.83/cwt	176.00–182.00	2,608	62
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,228	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,149	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,352	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,366	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,346	179.38/cwt	176.00–182.00	2,414	78
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,373	157.03/cwt	156.00–158.00	2,156	2

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 21, 2024

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

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Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,438	126.00–135.00	130.53
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,805	130.00–142.00	138.06
32	—	1,477	144.00–152.00	146.16
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,778	150.00–176.00	157.97
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,322	146.00–175.00	168.01
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,379	165.00–175.00	173.33
62	—	1,450	176.00–182.00	179.83
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,228	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,352	175.00	175.00
78	—	1,346	176.00–182.00	179.38
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,373	156.00–158.00	157.03

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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