Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers traded steady. 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 Steers	Choice	Low	1,332	143.83	1,916	21
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,329	137.66	1,830	9thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,105	112.00	1,238	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,310	180.21	2,361	160
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,235	171.64	2,120	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,418	180.30	2,557	145
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,283	167.65	2,151	2thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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	Choice	—	1,309	180.85/cwt	175.00–185.00	2,367	148
Heifers	Choice	—	1,419	188.51/cwt	188.00–190.00	2,675	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,280	164.16/cwt	160.00–169.00	2,101	8
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,235	171.64/cwt	170.00–174.00	2,120	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,283	167.65/cwt	165.00–170.00	2,151	2
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,675	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,848	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,371	133.23/cwt	120.00–137.00	1,827	4
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,105	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,238	1
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,329	137.66/cwt	130.00–143.00	1,830	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,415	180.63/cwt	175.00–186.00	2,556	132
Steers	Choice	—	1,467	187.80/cwt	187.00–188.00	2,755	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,404	170.22/cwt	165.00–172.00	2,390	7
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,323	146.33/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,936	17

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 28, 2024

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

Receipts 587Last week 352Year ago 618

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers traded steady. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	1,309	175.00–185.00	180.85
4	—	1,419	188.00–190.00	188.51
8	—	1,280	160.00–169.00	164.16
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,235	170.00–174.00	171.64
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,283	165.00–170.00	167.65
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,675	170.00	170.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	1,415	175.00–186.00	180.63
5	—	1,467	187.00–188.00	187.80
7	—	1,404	165.00–172.00	170.22
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,371	120.00–137.00	133.23
17	—	1,323	145.00–150.00	146.33
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	112.00	112.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,329	130.00–143.00	137.66

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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