Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2021-08-18

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Aug 18
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
451 head
2 vs last sale 449 451 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 1.50 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 lower on a lower quality set. 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%Average1,21991.191,1125thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceHigh1,450117.631,7062thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,31287.301,1453thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,36375.001,0222thin
Dairy SteersChoiceHigh1,496101.491,51813
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,62690.001,46310
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,27673.919434thin
HeifersChoiceHigh1,217126.831,544147
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,126117.351,32113
SteersChoiceAverage1,312126.291,657108
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,199115.601,38613
SteersSelectAverage1,01997.829975thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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 SteersSelect1,27673.91/cwt70.00–80.009434
SteersSelect1,12595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,0691
Dairy HeifersSelect1,36375.00/cwt75.00–75.001,0222
SteersSelectReturn to Feed99398.52/cwt91.00–103.009784
Dairy SteersChoice1,550116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,7981
HeifersSelect and Choice1,126117.35/cwt101.00–124.001,32113
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,25595.24/cwt90.00–101.001,1954
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,07575.00/cwt75.00–75.008061
Dairy SteersChoice1,491100.28/cwt98.00–103.001,49512
SteersSelect and Choice1,199115.60/cwt105.00–124.001,38613
SteersChoice1,330127.15/cwt125.00–131.001,69188
SteersChoice1,380132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,8221
HeifersChoice1,185132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,5641
HeifersChoice1,186122.45/cwt115.00–124.001,45224
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,62690.00/cwt90.00–90.001,46310
Dairy HeifersChoice1,450117.63/cwt115.00–120.001,7062
SteersChoice1,226122.01/cwt118.00–124.001,49619
HeifersChoiceLight Weight1,000122.06/cwt120.00–125.001,2214
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,31287.30/cwt82.00–90.001,1453
HeifersChoice1,231127.84/cwt125.00–131.001,574118

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.