Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2022-02-16

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Feb 16
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
670 head
250 vs last sale 420 325 vs year ago 345 · +94.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 3.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00 higher. The price spread on Choice beef cattle remains large. 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,310120.001,5722thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,484116.171,72453
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,34993.091,2564thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,305143.841,87786
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,129124.901,4106thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,442142.772,059123
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,305127.611,6659thin
SteersStandardAverage1,350110.001,4852thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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
HeifersChoice1,298144.30/cwt140.00–150.001,87376
HeifersSelect and Choice1,129124.90/cwt118.00–136.001,4106
HeifersChoiceLight Weight1,020135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3771
HeifersChoice1,368151.97/cwt151.00–154.002,0794
HeifersChoice1,412132.10/cwt130.00–136.001,8655
SteersChoice1,420144.24/cwt140.00–150.002,04896
Dairy HeifersChoice1,280115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,4721
Dairy HeifersChoice1,340125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,6751
Dairy SteersChoice1,482113.38/cwt110.00–117.001,68034
Dairy SteersChoice1,438125.62/cwt120.00–131.001,80615
Dairy SteersChoice1,675104.51/cwt103.00–107.001,7514
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,34993.09/cwt86.00–100.001,2564
SteersChoice1,413151.19/cwt151.00–152.002,1365
SteersChoice1,425135.91/cwt132.00–139.001,93710
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,644133.26/cwt115.00–140.002,19112
SteersSelect and Choice1,305127.61/cwt120.00–135.001,6659
SteersStandard1,390125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,7381
SteersStandard1,31095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,2451

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.