Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2019-08-21

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Aug 21
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
303 head
▼ 49 vs last sale 352▲ 303 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, all classes of slaughter cattle reported sold .75 to 1.00 higher. Trade was active with moderate demand. The Tyson plant closure continues to affect the market.

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 SteersChoiceAverage1,41186.311,21848
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,37072.759977thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,139107.761,22771
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,01599.661,0123thin
SteersChoiceHigh1,283108.671,39461
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,15799.501,1513thin

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,15799.50/cwt91.00–104.001,1513
Steers—Choice1,235103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,2721
Steers—Choice1,263112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,4154
Steers—Choice1,285108.53/cwt105.00–111.001,39556
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceLight Weight948100.50/cwt100.00–101.009532
Heifers—Select and Choice1,01599.66/cwt98.00–101.001,0123
Heifers—Choice1,143107.82/cwt104.00–110.001,23266
Heifers—Choice1,180111.35/cwt111.00–112.001,3143
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,32595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,2591
Dairy Steers—Choice1,33074.00/cwt74.00–74.009841
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,37072.75/cwt65.00–80.009977
Dairy Steers—Choice1,41586.39/cwt83.00–90.001,22246

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.