Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2021-10-20

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Oct 20
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
261 head
85 vs last sale 346 333 vs year ago 594 · 56.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded steady. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 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
Dairy SteersChoiceLow1,491105.011,56625
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,40096.221,3479thin
Dairy SteersSelectLow1,31470.009203thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,216127.311,54954
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,170119.831,4023thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,384127.121,76040
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,276121.231,5474thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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
HeifersChoice1,211127.50/cwt125.00–131.001,54437
HeifersChoice1,283134.57/cwt133.00–136.001,7277
HeifersChoice1,243121.65/cwt120.00–124.001,5128
HeifersSelect and Choice1,170119.83/cwt117.00–122.001,4023
HeifersChoiceLight Weight978121.02/cwt120.00–122.001,1842
SteersChoice1,383127.76/cwt125.00–131.001,76731
Dairy SteersChoice1,34098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,3131
Dairy SteersSelect1,40540.00/cwt40.00–40.005621
SteersChoice1,318135.44/cwt132.00–140.001,7853
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,638115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,8842
SteersSelect and Choice1,276121.23/cwt120.00–123.001,5474
SteersChoice1,318121.95/cwt120.00–123.001,6074
Dairy SteersChoice1,493101.18/cwt99.00–105.001,51117
Dairy SteersSelect1,26885.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0782
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,40096.22/cwt90.00–98.001,3479
Dairy SteersChoice1,509115.33/cwt110.00–120.001,7407

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.