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 HeifersChoice—1,303179.92/cwt175.00–182.002,34416
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,383141.04/cwt140.00–143.001,9513
Dairy SteersSelect—1,465100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,4651
Dairy SteersChoice—1,370148.88/cwt145.00–150.002,04023
SteersSelect and Choice—1,248160.94/cwt150.00–171.002,0093
SteersChoice—1,342176.05/cwt170.00–178.002,3636
SteersChoice—1,347184.07/cwt180.00–191.002,47983
HeifersChoiceLight Weight—973168.99/cwt165.00–173.001,6442
HeifersChoice—1,215176.92/cwt175.00–178.002,1503
HeifersChoice—1,253184.49/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.