Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2020-05-13

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, May 13
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
742 head
223 vs last sale 519 742 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 were sharply higher, selling 12.75 higher. Slaughter dairy steers were also higher, selling 6.25 higher. Slaughter dairy heifers were lightly tested. 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
BullocksAverage1,37887.371,2043thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Low1,60077.011,2325thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,50379.001,1872thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceLow1,32464.788584thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,54581.001,251132
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,49071.821,07012
HeifersChoiceHigh1,264112.381,421210
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,182105.931,2529thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,380111.941,544235
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,311107.211,40613

Every lot, as filed

23 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
Bullocks1,37887.37/cwt86.00–88.001,2043
HeifersChoice1,310117.18/cwt117.00–118.001,5355
HeifersChoiceLight Weight980105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0291
HeifersChoice1,264112.83/cwt110.00–116.001,426183
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,19079.00/cwt79.00–79.009401
Dairy SteersChoice1,52781.39/cwt77.00–84.001,24396
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,57065.00/cwt65.00–65.001,0211
Dairy SteersChoice1,50086.62/cwt85.00–95.001,29917
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,51271.78/cwt65.00–76.001,08510
Dairy SteersChoice1,67374.01/cwt70.00–76.001,23819
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,69896.57/cwt86.00–103.001,6409
SteersChoice1,461117.24/cwt117.00–118.001,7134
SteersChoice1,363112.96/cwt110.00–116.001,540207
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,070114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,2201
HeifersChoice1,268107.62/cwt105.00–109.001,36521
HeifersSelect and Choice1,196104.92/cwt99.00–108.001,2558
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,39361.55/cwt60.00–63.008572
Dairy HeifersChoice1,50379.00/cwt78.00–80.001,1872
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,25568.00/cwt65.00–72.008532
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,71865.00/cwt65.00–65.001,1173
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,42395.03/cwt94.00–96.001,3522
SteersChoice1,395105.63/cwt100.00–109.001,47415
SteersSelect and Choice1,311107.21/cwt100.00–109.001,40613

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.