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Greenville Livestock Auction

Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-18

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Dec 18

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046

← Dec 11Dec 18Jan 1 →

Receipts

486 head

▼ 102 vs last sale 588▲ 106 vs year ago 380 · +27.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers traded steady. No slaughter dairy cross steers and heifers last week for a price comparison. 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	Low	1,348	176.14	2,374	7thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Low	1,508	177.98	2,683	13
Bullocks	—	High	1,342	156.67	2,102	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Low	1,551	150.72	2,337	41
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,476	137.20	2,025	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,275	189.86	2,420	138
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,251	167.30	2,093	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,373	188.80	2,593	73
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,371	167.13	2,291	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,130	129.51	1,463	2thin

Every lot

19 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,130	129.51/cwt	120.00–140.00	1,463	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,297	181.43/cwt	180.00–184.00	2,353	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,359	189.56/cwt	185.00–195.00	2,576	66
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,371	167.13/cwt	151.00–184.00	2,291	5
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,665	181.85/cwt	170.00–188.00	3,028	4
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,251	167.30/cwt	160.00–181.00	2,093	4
Heifers	—	Choice	1,253	182.74/cwt	182.00–183.00	2,290	4
Heifers	—	Choice	1,271	190.13/cwt	185.00–195.00	2,417	132
Heifers	—	Choice	1,455	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	2,866	1
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,670	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,923	1
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,306	172.51/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,253	4
Beef/Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,403	180.99/cwt	178.00–183.00	2,539	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,476	137.20/cwt	130.00–145.00	2,025	5
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,513	154.81/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,342	29
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,642	140.82/cwt	125.00–148.00	2,312	12
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,504	182.43/cwt	180.00–184.00	2,744	9
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,516	167.96/cwt	160.00–172.00	2,546	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bullocks2 lots · lightest first
Bullocks	—	—	1,295	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,943	2
Bullocks	—	—	1,435	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,440	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.

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

Greenville Livestock Cattle Auction - Greenville, IL

Wed Dec 18, 2024

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

Receipts 486Last week 588Year ago 380

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,359	185.00–195.00	189.56
3	—	1,297	180.00–184.00	181.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,371	151.00–184.00	167.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,130	120.00–140.00	129.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,665	170.00–188.00	181.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,306	170.00–175.00	172.51
3	—	1,403	178.00–183.00	180.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,642	125.00–148.00	140.82
29	—	1,513	150.00–160.00	154.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,476	130.00–145.00	137.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,516	160.00–172.00	167.96
9	—	1,504	180.00–184.00	182.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,435	170.00	170.00
2	—	1,295	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,253	182.00–183.00	182.74
1	—	1,455	197.00	197.00
132	—	1,271	185.00–195.00	190.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,670	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,251	160.00–181.00	167.30

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.