Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 3.00 higher. Slaughter dairy cross steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher in a light test. 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	Average	1,420	185.00	2,627	1thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,418	182.68	2,590	9thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,170	130.00	1,521	1thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,200	120.00	1,440	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,464	158.40	2,318	11
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,350	142.04	1,918	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,241	185.58	2,303	65
Steers	Choice	Average	1,372	186.40	2,558	113

Every lot, as filed

11 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	—	1,246	186.09/cwt	182.00–190.00	2,319	62
Heifers	Choice	—	1,135	175.05/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,987	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,377	186.56/cwt	184.00–192.00	2,569	110
Steers	Choice	—	1,200	180.68/cwt	180.00–181.00	2,168	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,428	159.74/cwt	158.00–163.00	2,281	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,820	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,639	1
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,350	142.04/cwt	132.00–145.00	1,918	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,418	182.68/cwt	180.00–185.00	2,590	9
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,200	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,440	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,170	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,521	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,420	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,627	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.

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Greenville Livestock Cattle Auction - Greenville, IL

Wed Oct 2, 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
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,246	182.00–190.00	186.09
3	—	1,135	170.00–180.00	175.05
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	1,377	184.00–192.00	186.56
3	—	1,200	180.00–181.00	180.68
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,428	158.00–163.00	159.74
1	—	1,820	145.00	145.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,350	132.00–145.00	142.04
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,418	180.00–185.00	182.68
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	120.00	120.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	130.00	130.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	185.00	185.00

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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