Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2024-11-13

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Nov 13
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
466 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 429▼ 51 vs year ago 517 · −9.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 5.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter dairy cross steers sold 5.00 lower, while dairy cross heifers sold 1.00 lower. 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,238177.002,1913thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,467174.692,56310
Dairy SteersChoiceLow1,401151.122,11825
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,481138.512,05111
HeifersChoiceAverage1,309180.012,357108
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,097160.241,7583thin
HeifersSelectAverage910159.001,4471thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,387180.362,501115
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,140165.301,8845thin
SteersStandardAverage1,610160.002,5762thin
SteersSelectAverage1,130157.001,7742thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,481138.51/cwt130.00–145.002,05111
SteersStandard—1,610160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,5762
SteersSelect—1,145145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,6601
SteersSelectReturn to Feed—1,115169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,8841
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,860150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,7901
SteersSelect and Choice—1,140165.30/cwt151.00–174.001,8845
SteersChoice—1,355170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,3042
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice—1,238177.00/cwt175.00–178.002,1913
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice—1,467174.69/cwt170.00–180.002,56310
Dairy SteersChoice—1,478141.76/cwt140.00–145.002,0953
Dairy SteersChoice—1,391152.40/cwt150.00–158.002,12022
SteersChoice—1,383180.82/cwt175.00–185.002,501112
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed—910159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,4471
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,740150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,6101
HeifersChoice—1,299181.42/cwt175.00–185.002,35799
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,097160.24/cwt152.00–167.001,7583
HeifersChoice—1,384166.30/cwt130.00–173.002,3028

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.