Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 higher. Slaughter dairy cross steers and slaughter dairy cross heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 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
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,287	183.92	2,367	9thin
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,195	165.00	1,972	1thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,475	180.94	2,669	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,499	150.51	2,256	29
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,286	186.53	2,398	105
Steers	Choice	High	1,376	187.03	2,573	87
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,185	159.02	1,884	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,020	130.00	1,326	1thin

Every lot, as filed

10 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	—	1,240	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,860	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,195	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,972	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,287	183.92/cwt	180.00–185.00	2,367	9
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,475	180.94/cwt	180.00–183.00	2,669	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,499	150.51/cwt	145.00–155.00	2,256	29
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,185	159.02/cwt	150.00–175.00	1,884	4
Steers	Select	—	1,020	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,326	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,311	193.30/cwt	192.00–195.00	2,534	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,379	186.73/cwt	180.00–190.00	2,575	83
Heifers	Choice	—	1,286	186.88/cwt	180.00–190.00	2,403	104

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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Greenville Livestock Cattle Auction - Greenville, IL

Wed Mar 27, 2024

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

Receipts 473Last week 598Year ago 530

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	150.00	150.00
104	—	1,286	180.00–190.00	186.88
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	165.00	165.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,287	180.00–185.00	183.92
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,475	180.00–183.00	180.94
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,499	145.00–155.00	150.51
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,185	150.00–175.00	159.02
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	130.00	130.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,311	192.00–195.00	193.30
83	—	1,379	180.00–190.00	186.73

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More