Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2024-09-18

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Sep 18
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
335 head
▼ 71 vs last sale 406▼ 106 vs year ago 441 · −24.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter dairy cross steers and heifers were lightly tested. 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 SteersChoiceAverage1,275184.002,3461thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Low1,308137.951,8042thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,357151.012,0484thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,403132.521,8592thin
Dairy SteersChoiceLow1,519152.582,31832
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,405135.371,9022thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,210182.272,20647
HeifersSelect and ChoiceLow1,182178.932,11520
HeifersSelectAverage1,150121.001,3921thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,376183.672,527112
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,234165.512,0424thin
SteersSelectAverage1,265137.381,7383thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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
HeifersChoice—1,199183.97/cwt180.00–188.002,20638
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,308137.95/cwt136.00–140.001,8042
HeifersChoice—1,291174.38/cwt170.00–175.002,2518
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,200131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,5721
HeifersChoiceLight Weight—980181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,7741
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,181181.45/cwt175.00–181.802,14319
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,405135.37/cwt130.00–140.001,9022
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,683172.52/cwt170.00–175.002,9042
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice—1,275184.00/cwt184.00–184.002,3461
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,303160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,0852
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice—1,403132.52/cwt130.00–135.001,8592
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,410142.02/cwt138.00–145.002,0022
Dairy SteersChoice—1,537142.87/cwt138.00–145.002,1965
SteersChoice—1,510173.57/cwt172.00–175.002,6214
Dairy SteersChoice—1,516154.38/cwt150.00–160.002,34027
HeifersSelect—1,150121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,3921
SteersChoice—1,365184.26/cwt180.00–188.002,515106
SteersSelect—1,265137.38/cwt131.00–141.001,7383
SteersSelect and Choice—1,234165.51/cwt157.00–175.002,0424

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.