Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 6.00 higher. Slaughter dairy cross steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 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	1,293	179.37	2,319	4thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Low	1,316	179.08	2,356	9thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,408	157.24	2,214	31
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,148	185.13	2,125	84
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	992	154.41	1,532	3thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,263	185.95	2,348	83
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,243	175.76	2,185	4thin

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
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,243	175.76/cwt	175.00–176.00	2,185	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,255	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	2,422	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,293	179.37/cwt	175.00–183.00	2,319	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,305	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,245	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,205	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	2,241	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,333	179.10/cwt	175.00–185.00	2,387	7
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,397	155.90/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,178	27
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,484	166.28/cwt	165.00–167.00	2,468	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,255	186.31/cwt	181.00–192.00	2,338	77
Steers	Choice	—	1,382	179.00/cwt	177.00–180.00	2,474	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,151	185.78/cwt	181.00–192.00	2,138	76
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	992	154.41/cwt	151.00–161.00	1,532	3
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	970	181.01/cwt	180.00–182.00	1,756	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,260	176.98/cwt	175.00–180.00	2,230	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 28, 2024

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

Receipts 284Last week 497Year ago 544

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,243	175.00–176.00	175.76
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	193.00	193.00
77	—	1,255	181.00–192.00	186.31
5	—	1,382	177.00–180.00	179.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,293	175.00–183.00	179.37
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	172.00	172.00
1	—	1,205	186.00	186.00
7	—	1,333	175.00–185.00	179.10
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,397	150.00–160.00	155.90
4	—	1,484	165.00–167.00	166.28
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,151	181.00–192.00	185.78
4	—	1,260	175.00–180.00	176.98
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	992	151.00–161.00	154.41
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	970	180.00–182.00	181.01

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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