Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 higher. 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
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,523	155.51	2,368	32
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,278	140.71	1,798	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,235	187.38	2,313	214
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	999	167.89	1,677	4thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,336	185.74	2,482	147
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,301	166.57	2,167	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,145	130.00	1,489	1thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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	—	1,235	187.62/cwt	183.00–192.00	2,317	208
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	990	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,792	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,174	178.17/cwt	170.00–182.00	2,092	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	999	167.89/cwt	155.00–181.00	1,677	4
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,620	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,916	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,384	177.51/cwt	160.00–182.00	2,457	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,527	155.08/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,368	30
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,458	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,362	2
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,278	140.71/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,798	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,307	186.91/cwt	183.00–190.00	2,443	128
Steers	Select	—	1,145	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,489	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,301	166.57/cwt	148.00–182.00	2,167	7
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,640	178.17/cwt	170.00–182.00	2,922	11

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 Dec 11, 2024

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

Receipts 588Last week 528Year ago 530

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
208	—	1,235	183.00–192.00	187.62
4	—	1,174	170.00–182.00	178.17
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	999	155.00–181.00	167.89
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,620	180.00	180.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,384	160.00–182.00	177.51
128	—	1,307	183.00–190.00	186.91
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	130.00	130.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,301	148.00–182.00	166.57
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,640	170.00–182.00	178.17
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,527	150.00–160.00	155.08
2	—	1,458	162.00	162.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,278	130.00–145.00	140.71

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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