Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2024-12-18

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Dec 18
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
486 head
102 vs last sale 588 106 vs year ago 380 · +27.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers traded steady. No slaughter dairy cross steers and heifers last week for a price comparison. 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 HeifersChoiceLow1,348176.142,3747thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceLow1,508177.982,68313
BullocksHigh1,342156.672,1023thin
Dairy SteersChoiceLow1,551150.722,33741
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,476137.202,0255thin
HeifersChoiceLow1,275189.862,420138
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,251167.302,0934thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,373188.802,59373
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,371167.132,2915thin
SteersSelectAverage1,130129.511,4632thin

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
SteersChoice1,359189.56/cwt185.00–195.002,57666
SteersSelect and Choice1,371167.13/cwt151.00–184.002,2915
SteersSelect1,130129.51/cwt120.00–140.001,4632
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,665181.85/cwt170.00–188.003,0284
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,306172.51/cwt170.00–175.002,2534
Dairy SteersChoice1,642140.82/cwt125.00–148.002,31212
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,516167.96/cwt160.00–172.002,5464
Bullocks1,435170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,4401
Bullocks1,295150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,9432
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,476137.20/cwt130.00–145.002,0255
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,403180.99/cwt178.00–183.002,5393
Dairy SteersChoice1,513154.81/cwt150.00–160.002,34229
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,504182.43/cwt180.00–184.002,7449
SteersChoice1,297181.43/cwt180.00–184.002,3533
HeifersChoice1,253182.74/cwt182.00–183.002,2904
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,670175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,9231
HeifersSelect and Choice1,251167.30/cwt160.00–181.002,0934
HeifersChoice1,455197.00/cwt197.00–197.002,8661
HeifersChoice1,271190.13/cwt185.00–195.002,417132

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.