Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers, slaughter dairy steers, and slaughter heifers sold 2.00 lower. 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	1,275	185.00	2,359	2thin
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,093	182.00	1,989	3thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,400	188.00	2,632	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,349	156.16	2,107	28
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,406	150.00	2,109	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,224	191.47	2,343	115
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,035	173.00	1,791	2thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,353	191.32	2,589	95
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,200	172.31	2,068	10

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	—	1,223	191.70/cwt	187.00–195.00	2,344	112
Heifers	Choice	—	1,247	182.74/cwt	180.00–185.00	2,279	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,035	173.00/cwt	160.00–186.00	1,791	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,420	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,428	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,342	191.78/cwt	187.00–195.00	2,574	91
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,200	172.31/cwt	150.00–185.00	2,068	10
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,400	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,632	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,275	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,359	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,093	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,989	3
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,677	184.24/cwt	180.00–188.00	3,090	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,353	156.39/cwt	153.00–162.00	2,116	27
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,245	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,868	1
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,406	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,109	4

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 Aug 14, 2024

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

Receipts 397Last week 403Year ago 568

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,223	187.00–195.00	191.70
3	—	1,247	180.00–185.00	182.74
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,035	160.00–186.00	173.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	171.00	171.00
91	—	1,342	187.00–195.00	191.78
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,200	150.00–185.00	172.31
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,677	180.00–188.00	184.24
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	188.00	188.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,275	185.00	185.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,093	182.00	182.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,353	153.00–162.00	156.39
1	—	1,245	150.00	150.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,406	150.00	150.00

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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