Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 6.00 lower. Slaughter dairy cross steers and heifers were lightly tested. Trade was active with moderate 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	1,194	174.33	2,081	6thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,381	159.87	2,208	6thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,464	170.11	2,490	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,413	151.03	2,134	16
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,526	138.25	2,110	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,233	187.99	2,318	160
Steers	Choice	Average	1,336	187.85	2,509	112
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,213	168.16	2,040	9thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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%	—	1,585	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,615	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,403	172.66/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,422	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,251	173.63/cwt	150.00–183.00	2,172	8
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,685	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,865	1
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	970	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,804	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,231	188.89/cwt	185.00–196.00	2,325	150
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,526	138.25/cwt	130.00–143.00	2,110	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,401	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,242	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,293	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,263	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,425	152.31/cwt	150.00–155.00	2,170	4
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,144	171.50/cwt	166.00–175.00	1,962	4
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,293	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,327	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,213	168.16/cwt	160.00–184.00	2,040	9
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,680	165.01/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,772	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,326	188.62/cwt	185.00–192.00	2,501	107
Steers	Choice	—	1,333	181.17/cwt	180.00–182.00	2,415	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,415	150.10/cwt	145.00–155.00	2,124	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,425	137.76/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,963	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.

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Greenville Livestock Cattle Auction - Greenville, IL

Wed Aug 21, 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
1	—	1,585	165.00	165.00
2	—	1,403	170.00–175.00	172.66
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,251	150.00–183.00	173.63
150	—	1,231	185.00–196.00	188.89
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,685	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	186.00	186.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,526	130.00–143.00	138.25
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,401	160.00	160.00
10	—	1,415	145.00–155.00	150.10
2	—	1,425	135.00–140.00	137.76
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,293	175.00	175.00
4	—	1,425	150.00–155.00	152.31
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,144	166.00–175.00	171.50
2	—	1,293	180.00	180.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,213	160.00–184.00	168.16
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,680	160.00–170.00	165.01
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	1,326	185.00–192.00	188.62
2	—	1,333	180.00–182.00	181.17

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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