Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter dairy cross heifers sold 7.00 higher in a light test. 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	1,251	185.11	2,316	5thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,380	180.00	2,484	1thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,375	175.00	2,406	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Low	1,407	154.09	2,169	14
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,410	134.63	1,898	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,219	193.30	2,357	80
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,150	177.93	2,046	5thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,345	193.36	2,601	145
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,292	172.99	2,235	3thin

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
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,356	144.23/cwt	135.00–150.00	1,956	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,428	158.04/cwt	155.00–162.00	2,257	10
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,292	172.99/cwt	155.00–185.00	2,235	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,290	182.92/cwt	180.00–186.00	2,360	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,251	185.11/cwt	183.00–190.00	2,316	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,380	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,484	1
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,410	134.63/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,898	2
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,650	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,135	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,344	193.53/cwt	188.00–198.00	2,601	142
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,150	177.93/cwt	150.00–186.00	2,046	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,330	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,328	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,218	193.53/cwt	188.00–197.00	2,357	79
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,375	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,406	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.

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

Greenville Livestock Cattle Auction - Greenville, IL

Wed Aug 7, 2024

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

Receipts 403Last week 400Year ago 472

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,356	135.00–150.00	144.23
10	—	1,428	155.00–162.00	158.04
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,410	130.00–140.00	134.63
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,292	155.00–185.00	172.99
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,290	180.00–186.00	182.92
142	—	1,344	188.00–198.00	193.53
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	190.00	190.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,251	183.00–190.00	185.11
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,150	150.00–186.00	177.93
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	175.00	175.00
79	—	1,218	188.00–197.00	193.53
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,375	175.00	175.00

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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