Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers were unevenly steady. Slaughter dairy steers sold 5.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter dairy cross steers were steady. 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	1,317	181.71	2,393	7thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,343	182.80	2,455	9thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,503	154.01	2,315	9thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,334	143.08	1,909	5thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,270	120.00	1,524	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,239	187.61	2,325	58
Heifers	Select	Average	1,050	131.00	1,376	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,291	186.62	2,409	58

Every lot, as filed

9 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
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,317	181.71/cwt	180.00–185.00	2,393	7
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,343	182.80/cwt	180.00–185.00	2,455	9
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,334	143.08/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,909	5
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,270	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,524	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,503	154.01/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,315	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,291	186.62/cwt	183.00–190.00	2,409	58
Heifers	Select	—	1,050	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,376	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,418	181.07/cwt	180.00–182.00	2,568	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,233	187.84/cwt	183.00–192.00	2,316	56

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 9, 2024

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

Receipts 214Last week 378Year ago 313

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,317	180.00–185.00	181.71
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,343	180.00–185.00	182.80
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,334	140.00–145.00	143.08
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	120.00	120.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,503	150.00–160.00	154.01
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,291	183.00–190.00	186.62
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,418	180.00–182.00	181.07
56	—	1,233	183.00–192.00	187.84

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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