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Greenville Livestock Auction

Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-08

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, May 8

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046

← May 1May 8May 15 →

Receipts

462 head

▼ 46 vs last sale 508▼ 75 vs year ago 537 · −14.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers, slaughter heifers, and slaughter dairy cross heifers traded steady. Slaughter dairy steers sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. 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	1,303	179.92	2,344	16
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,370	148.88	2,040	23
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,383	141.04	1,951	3thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,465	100.00	1,465	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,248	184.11	2,298	141
Steers	Choice	Low	1,347	183.53	2,472	89
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,248	160.94	2,009	3thin

Every lot

10 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,248	160.94/cwt	150.00–171.00	2,009	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,342	176.05/cwt	170.00–178.00	2,363	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,347	184.07/cwt	180.00–191.00	2,479	83
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceLight Weight	973	168.99/cwt	165.00–173.00	1,644	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,215	176.92/cwt	175.00–178.00	2,150	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,253	184.49/cwt	180.00–190.00	2,312	136
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,303	179.92/cwt	175.00–182.00	2,344	16
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,370	148.88/cwt	145.00–150.00	2,040	23
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,383	141.04/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,951	3
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,465	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,465	1

This sale against other markets

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 May 8, 2024

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

Receipts 462Last week 508Year ago 537

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,303	175.00–182.00	179.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,383	140.00–143.00	141.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,465	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,370	145.00–150.00	148.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,248	150.00–171.00	160.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,342	170.00–178.00	176.05
83	—	1,347	180.00–191.00	184.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	973	165.00–173.00	168.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,215	175.00–178.00	176.92
136	—	1,253	180.00–190.00	184.49

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.