Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2024-12-04

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Dec 4
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
528 head
▲ 61 vs last sale 467▼ 77 vs year ago 605 · −12.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 7.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers traded steady. Slaughter dairy cross steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher to last weeks light test. Trade was active with very 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 HeifersChoiceHigh1,323178.852,36613
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceLow1,423178.862,54617
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,383170.002,3512thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceLow1,406148.002,0811thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,509154.742,33537
HeifersChoiceLow1,260187.892,368156
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,166171.832,0047thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,363188.082,563145
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,287172.392,21911
SteersStandardAverage1,540150.002,3101thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,383170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,3512
HeifersChoice—1,230181.05/cwt180.00–182.002,2272
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,660180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,9881
HeifersChoiceLight Weight—983176.91/cwt172.00–182.001,7392
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,166171.83/cwt166.00–181.002,0047
HeifersChoice—1,260188.13/cwt183.00–193.002,370150
Dairy SteersChoice—1,513153.86/cwt150.00–160.002,32834
Dairy SteersChoice—1,463164.69/cwt164.00–165.002,4093
SteersStandard—1,540150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,3101
SteersChoice—1,354188.55/cwt183.00–194.002,553137
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice—1,275184.00/cwt184.00–184.002,3461
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice—1,327178.42/cwt172.00–182.002,36812
SteersSelect and Choice—1,287172.39/cwt160.00–182.002,21911
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,406148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,0811
SteersChoice—1,395195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,7201
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,648179.38/cwt170.00–185.002,9564
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice—1,373168.99/cwt168.00–170.002,3202
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice—1,430180.18/cwt173.00–185.002,57715
HeifersChoice—1,500195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,9251
SteersChoice—1,362175.85/cwt166.00–181.002,3953

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.