Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter dairy cross steers and 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	High	1,318	182.39	2,404	30
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,382	184.56	2,551	18
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,385	153.14	2,121	33
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,328	143.42	1,905	3thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,355	130.00	1,762	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,218	186.78	2,275	57
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,053	177.55	1,870	2thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,345	188.16	2,531	86
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,290	175.00	2,258	1thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,550	175.00	2,713	1thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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	—	1,405	179.58/cwt	178.00–180.00	2,523	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,053	177.55/cwt	175.00–180.00	1,870	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,204	187.32/cwt	182.00–192.00	2,255	53
Steers	Choice	—	1,254	179.27/cwt	178.00–181.00	2,248	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,351	188.71/cwt	182.00–191.00	2,549	81
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,290	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,258	1
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,328	143.42/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,905	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,385	153.14/cwt	148.00–158.00	2,121	33
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,382	184.56/cwt	182.00–185.00	2,551	18
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,355	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,534	10
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,400	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,408	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,288	180.98/cwt	175.00–184.00	2,331	18
Steers	Standard	—	1,550	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,713	1
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,355	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,762	1

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 May 22, 2024

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

Receipts 339Last week 441Year ago 497

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,405	178.00–180.00	179.58
53	—	1,204	182.00–192.00	187.32
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,053	175.00–180.00	177.55
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,254	178.00–181.00	179.27
81	—	1,351	182.00–191.00	188.71
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	175.00	175.00
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	175.00	175.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,328	140.00–146.00	143.42
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,385	148.00–158.00	153.14
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	130.00	130.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,382	182.00–185.00	184.56
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,355	187.00	187.00
2	—	1,400	172.00	172.00
18	—	1,288	175.00–184.00	180.98

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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