Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2024-04-24

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Apr 24
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
382 head
68 vs last sale 450 101 vs year ago 281 · +35.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter dairy cross steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. 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
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,486169.122,5139thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,538178.952,7529thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,450150.002,1751thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,430152.002,1741thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,436149.762,15129
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,426140.001,9968thin
HeifersChoiceLow1,282181.572,32999
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,183158.201,8722thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,350181.402,45083
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,318150.741,9872thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,763130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,2922
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,407180.30/cwt170.00–184.002,5377
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,538178.95/cwt170.00–184.002,7529
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,426140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,9968
Dairy SteersChoice1,436149.76/cwt145.00–155.002,15129
Dairy HeifersChoice1,430152.00/cwt152.00–152.002,1741
SteersSelect and Choice1,318150.74/cwt140.00–160.001,9872
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,730148.73/cwt145.00–150.002,5734
SteersChoice1,330182.97/cwt180.00–188.002,43478
SteersChoice1,420190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,6981
HeifersChoice1,244171.07/cwt165.00–175.002,1285
HeifersChoice1,055190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,0051
HeifersChoice1,287182.04/cwt177.00–185.002,34393
HeifersSelect and Choice1,183158.20/cwt140.00–175.001,8722
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,450150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,1751

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.