Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2024-09-11

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Sep 11
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
406 head
78 vs last sale 328 181 vs year ago 587 · 30.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 higher. No test to last week for dairy cross steers and heifers. Trade was active with moderate 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,225175.002,1442thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceLow1,373168.552,3146thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,623155.842,52916
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,425144.452,0583thin
HeifersChoiceLow1,233182.102,246118
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,170170.051,9904thin
SteersChoiceLow1,324181.512,40391
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,312176.122,3116thin
SteersStandardAverage1,408135.691,9112thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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 HeifersChoice1,225175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,1442
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,348161.14/cwt152.00–166.002,1723
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,398175.95/cwt175.00–178.002,4603
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,425144.45/cwt140.00–148.002,0583
Dairy SteersChoice1,623155.84/cwt152.00–160.002,52916
SteersStandard1,408135.69/cwt130.00–142.001,9112
SteersSelect and Choice1,312176.12/cwt170.00–178.002,3116
SteersChoice1,372169.11/cwt155.00–179.002,3205
SteersChoice1,321182.23/cwt180.00–188.002,40786
HeifersSelect and Choice1,170170.05/cwt165.00–175.001,9904
HeifersChoice1,198164.49/cwt164.00–165.001,9712
HeifersChoice1,234182.40/cwt180.00–186.002,251116

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.