Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2019-05-29

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, May 29
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
333 head
▼ 127 vs last sale 460▲ 333 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 3.50 lower. Slaughter Holstein steers sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 2.25 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
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,41786.591,22741
HeifersChoiceAverage1,170119.701,40074
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,051107.191,12715
SteersChoiceAverage1,319120.441,588181
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,158110.741,28210

Every lot

12 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,140115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,3111
Steers—Select and Choice1,158110.74/cwt100.00–115.001,28210
Steers—Choice1,305119.61/cwt116.00–122.001,561134
Steers—Choice1,343123.66/cwt123.00–125.001,66143
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,643112.97/cwt111.00–115.001,8563
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceLight Weight983109.51/cwt106.00–113.001,0762
Heifers—Select and Choice1,051107.19/cwt91.00–115.001,12715
Heifers—Choice1,115113.19/cwt111.00–115.001,2628
Heifers—Choice1,156119.93/cwt116.00–122.001,38649
Heifers—Choice1,269123.77/cwt123.00–126.001,57115
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,360100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,3601
Dairy Steers—Choice1,41886.25/cwt83.00–89.001,22340

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.