Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 higher. Slaughter dairy cross steers and heifers traded steady 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	1,363	180.00	2,453	2thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,406	176.67	2,484	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,562	155.20	2,424	19
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,450	143.51	2,081	13
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,274	186.48	2,376	127
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,051	167.19	1,757	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,383	186.96	2,585	126
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,225	180.00	2,205	1thin

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
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,363	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,453	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,406	176.67/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,484	6
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,450	143.51/cwt	140.00–148.00	2,081	13
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,562	155.20/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,424	19
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,665	177.47/cwt	175.00–180.00	2,955	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,225	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,205	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,275	175.35/cwt	170.00–181.00	2,236	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,380	187.31/cwt	183.00–192.00	2,585	122
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,051	167.19/cwt	153.00–180.00	1,757	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,393	174.89/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,436	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,271	186.76/cwt	182.00–192.00	2,374	124

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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Greenville Livestock Cattle Auction - Greenville, IL

Wed Oct 23, 2024

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

Receipts 473Last week 320Year ago 491

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,363	180.00	180.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,406	170.00–180.00	176.67
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,450	140.00–148.00	143.51
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,562	150.00–160.00	155.20
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,665	175.00–180.00	177.47
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	180.00	180.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,275	170.00–181.00	175.35
122	—	1,380	183.00–192.00	187.31
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,051	153.00–180.00	167.19
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,393	170.00–180.00	174.89
124	—	1,271	182.00–192.00	186.76

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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