Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2024-05-08

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, May 8
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
462 head
46 vs last sale 508 75 vs year ago 537 · 14.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers, slaughter heifers, and slaughter dairy cross heifers traded steady. Slaughter dairy steers sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate to 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,303179.922,34416
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,370148.882,04023
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,383141.041,9513thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,465100.001,4651thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,248184.112,298141
SteersChoiceLow1,347183.532,47289
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,248160.942,0093thin

Every lot, as filed

10 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 HeifersChoice1,303179.92/cwt175.00–182.002,34416
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,383141.04/cwt140.00–143.001,9513
Dairy SteersSelect1,465100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,4651
Dairy SteersChoice1,370148.88/cwt145.00–150.002,04023
SteersSelect and Choice1,248160.94/cwt150.00–171.002,0093
SteersChoice1,342176.05/cwt170.00–178.002,3636
SteersChoice1,347184.07/cwt180.00–191.002,47983
HeifersChoiceLight Weight973168.99/cwt165.00–173.001,6442
HeifersChoice1,215176.92/cwt175.00–178.002,1503
HeifersChoice1,253184.49/cwt180.00–190.002,312136

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.