Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2019-05-22

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, May 22
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
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Receipts
460 head
▲ 460 vs last sale 0▲ 460 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week. slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 1.25 higher. Slaughter Holstein steers sold 1.75 higher. No real price comparison for slaughter Holstein heifers to last weeks light test. 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
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,39481.991,1437thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,45288.991,29369
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,37378.501,0786thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,209122.201,478108
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,181113.911,3458thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,319122.701,619104
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,180117.061,3812thin

Every lot

15 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,180117.06/cwt116.00–118.001,3812
Steers—Choice1,317122.91/cwt120.00–126.001,61998
Steers—Choice1,350114.99/cwt111.00–118.001,5524
Steers—Choice1,370128.01/cwt127.00–129.001,7542
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceLight Weight965118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,1391
Heifers—Select and Choice1,181113.91/cwt107.00–117.001,3458
Heifers—Choice1,202122.38/cwt119.00–125.001,47191
Heifers—Choice1,220116.43/cwt113.00–118.001,4208
Heifers—Choice1,311126.51/cwt126.00–128.001,6598
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,37378.50/cwt71.00–83.001,0786
Dairy Steers—Choice1,38882.35/cwt82.00–83.001,1433
Dairy Steers—Choice1,44387.25/cwt84.00–91.001,25954
Dairy Steers—Choice1,51198.48/cwt92.00–105.001,48812
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,37184.97/cwt82.00–86.001,1655
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,45074.55/cwt70.00–80.001,0812

This sale against other markets

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.