Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2021-05-12

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, May 12
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
538 head
45 vs last sale 493 204 vs year ago 742 · 27.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.25 to 2.50 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold .50 lower. 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
BullocksAverage1,29791.061,1815thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,23597.151,2004thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,33177.751,0354thin
Dairy SteersChoiceHigh1,38096.701,33540
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,41582.011,1606thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,30373.139532thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,242120.911,50280
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,108112.461,2462thin
SteersChoiceLow1,350120.551,627248
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,329111.121,4777thin
SteersSelectAverage1,15285.749874thin
SteersStandardAverage1,47874.891,1075thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Dairy SteersSelect1,30373.13/cwt71.00–75.009532
SteersSelect1,16290.65/cwt90.00–91.001,0533
Dairy SteersChoice1,380102.86/cwt100.00–103.501,41911
SteersChoice1,371110.84/cwt105.00–117.001,5208
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,653113.87/cwt110.00–115.001,8828
HeifersChoiceLight Weight1,000117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,1701
SteersStandard1,47874.89/cwt71.00–76.001,1075
Bullocks1,38193.82/cwt90.00–95.001,2964
Bullocks96080.00/cwt80.00–80.007681
SteersSelect1,12071.00/cwt71.00–71.007951
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,228106.20/cwt101.00–111.001,3043
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,25570.00/cwt70.00–70.008791
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,41582.01/cwt80.00–85.001,1606
HeifersChoice1,237121.01/cwt118.00–124.001,49769
HeifersChoice1,318125.35/cwt125.00–127.001,6526
HeifersChoice1,283113.55/cwt106.00–116.001,4574
SteersChoice1,333120.87/cwt118.00–124.001,611220
SteersChoice1,437125.69/cwt125.00–128.001,80612
Dairy SteersChoice1,38394.70/cwt90.00–98.001,31028
Dairy SteersChoice1,31585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,1181
SteersSelect and Choice1,329111.12/cwt105.00–115.001,4777
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,30080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0403
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,42571.00/cwt71.00–71.001,0121
HeifersSelect and Choice1,108112.46/cwt110.00–115.001,2462

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.