Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2019-12-04

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Dec 4
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
960 head
264 vs last sale 696 960 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 to 3.25 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.25 lower. Slaughter dairy heifers sold 2.50 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsPremium White 65-75%Low1,60371.441,1459thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceLow1,44980.221,16311
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceLow1,43853.007622thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,33752.286995thin
Dairy SteersChoiceHigh1,49487.751,31185
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,35070.119467thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,275116.221,482169
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,163106.261,23614
SteersChoiceLow1,410115.241,625245
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,256104.081,30735
SteersSelectAverage1,15499.281,14610

Every lot, as filed

27 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,69356.00/cwt56.00–56.009485
Dairy SteersChoice1,51994.64/cwt89.00–100.001,43824
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,45292.32/cwt90.00–96.001,3403
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,60586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,3801
SteersChoice1,404109.56/cwt96.00–114.001,53860
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,70690.56/cwt85.00–100.001,5457
SteersSelect and Choice1,260104.20/cwt91.00–114.001,31334
SteersChoice1,397117.81/cwt115.00–121.001,646164
SteersSelect1,31589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,1701
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,115100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1151
SteersChoice1,433122.71/cwt122.00–125.001,75813
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,600111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,7761
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,136100.42/cwt100.00–103.001,1419
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,36973.30/cwt70.00–77.001,0036
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,23551.00/cwt51.00–51.006301
HeifersChoice1,280117.58/cwt114.00–120.001,505119
HeifersChoice1,227107.91/cwt96.00–113.001,32429
HeifersSelect and Choice1,163106.26/cwt90.00–113.001,23614
HeifersChoice1,335121.46/cwt121.00–123.001,62120
HeifersChoiceLight Weight94091.00/cwt91.00–91.008551
Dairy HeifersChoice1,52362.51/cwt60.00–65.009522
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,36555.00/cwt55.00–55.007511
Dairy HeifersChoice1,44682.49/cwt80.00–85.001,1937
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,51051.00/cwt51.00–51.007701
Dairy HeifersChoice1,38890.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2492
Dairy HeifersSelect1,33752.28/cwt50.00–56.006995
Dairy SteersChoice1,48485.04/cwt80.00–88.001,26261

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.