Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2024-05-15

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, May 15
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
441 head
21 vs last sale 462 98 vs year ago 539 · 18.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers as well as slaughter dairy cross heifers traded steady, Slaughter dairy steers sold 3.00 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,286179.052,30313
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceLow1,372177.952,4419thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,461145.412,1255thin
Dairy SteersChoiceLow1,434150.952,16530
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,317141.021,8573thin
HeifersChoiceLow1,222183.792,246103
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,020177.001,8051thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,373183.892,524133
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,425174.002,4801thin
SteersStandardAverage1,620164.002,6571thin

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
HeifersChoice1,415176.13/cwt175.00–177.002,4922
HeifersSelect and Choice1,020177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,8051
HeifersChoice1,218183.94/cwt180.00–190.002,240101
SteersChoice1,366184.15/cwt180.00–187.002,515130
SteersChoice1,635178.00/cwt178.00–178.002,9101
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,668170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,8362
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,480160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,3681
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,286179.05/cwt175.00–184.002,30313
SteersSelect and Choice1,425174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,4801
SteersStandard1,620164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,6571
Dairy HeifersChoice1,449147.76/cwt145.00–151.002,1414
Dairy HeifersChoice1,510136.00/cwt136.00–136.002,0541
Dairy SteersChoice1,453143.00/cwt143.00–143.002,0782
Dairy SteersChoice1,433151.52/cwt145.00–155.002,17128
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,317141.02/cwt135.00–144.001,8573
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,358180.19/cwt178.00–183.002,4478

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.