Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers traded steady. Slaughter dairy cross steers and heifers were lightly tested. Trade was active with moderate to 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	1,230	180.99	2,226	2thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,373	178.88	2,456	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,435	143.38	2,058	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Low	1,381	149.79	2,069	12
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,345	135.97	1,829	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,304	185.14	2,414	73
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	890	150.00	1,335	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,386	183.88	2,549	108
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,320	165.74	2,188	7thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,523	121.40	1,849	6thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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%	—	1,480	155.07/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,295	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,345	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,614	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,311	185.50/cwt	180.00–190.00	2,432	70
Heifers	Choice	—	1,233	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,158	2
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	950	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,710	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	890	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,335	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,385	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,981	1
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,345	135.97/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,829	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,373	178.88/cwt	175.00–182.00	2,456	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,230	180.99/cwt	180.00–182.00	2,226	2
Steers	Standard	—	1,496	125.93/cwt	100.00–140.00	1,884	4
Steers	Standard	—	1,578	112.34/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,773	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,378	184.96/cwt	180.00–190.00	2,549	100
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,713	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,998	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,419	168.85/cwt	150.00–175.00	2,396	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,320	165.74/cwt	150.00–178.00	2,188	7
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,381	150.41/cwt	145.00–155.00	2,077	11

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 Apr 3, 2024

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,480	150.00–160.00	155.07
1	—	1,345	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,311	180.00–190.00	185.50
2	—	1,233	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	150.00	150.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	143.00	143.00
11	—	1,381	145.00–155.00	150.41
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,345	130.00–140.00	135.97
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,373	175.00–182.00	178.88
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,230	180.00–182.00	180.99
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,496	100.00–140.00	125.93
2	—	1,578	110.00–115.00	112.34
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	1,378	180.00–190.00	184.96
6	—	1,419	150.00–175.00	168.85
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,713	175.00	175.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,320	150.00–178.00	165.74

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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