Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2019-12-04

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Dec 4
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
960 head
▲ 264 vs last sale 696▲ 960 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 slaughter heifers sold 3.00 to 3.25 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.25 lower. Slaughter dairy heifers sold 2.50 higher. 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
CowsPremium White 65-75%Low1,60371.441,1459thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceLow1,44980.221,16311
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceLow1,43853.007622thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,33752.286995thin
Dairy SteersChoiceHigh1,49487.751,31185
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,35070.119467thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,275116.221,482169
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,163106.261,23614
SteersChoiceLow1,410115.241,625245
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,256104.081,30735
SteersSelectAverage1,15499.281,14610

Every lot

27 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,115100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1151
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,136100.42/cwt100.00–103.001,1419
Steers—Select and Choice1,260104.20/cwt91.00–114.001,31334
Steers—Select1,31589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,1701
Steers—Choice1,397117.81/cwt115.00–121.001,646164
Steers—Choice1,404109.56/cwt96.00–114.001,53860
Steers—Choice1,433122.71/cwt122.00–125.001,75813
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,600111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,7761
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,70690.56/cwt85.00–100.001,5457
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceLight Weight94091.00/cwt91.00–91.008551
Heifers—Select and Choice1,163106.26/cwt90.00–113.001,23614
Heifers—Choice1,227107.91/cwt96.00–113.001,32429
Heifers—Choice1,280117.58/cwt114.00–120.001,505119
Heifers—Choice1,335121.46/cwt121.00–123.001,62120
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,45292.32/cwt90.00–96.001,3403
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,60586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,3801
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,69356.00/cwt56.00–56.009485
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,23551.00/cwt51.00–51.006301
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,36973.30/cwt70.00–77.001,0036
Dairy Steers—Choice1,48485.04/cwt80.00–88.001,26261
Dairy Steers—Choice1,51994.64/cwt89.00–100.001,43824
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select1,33752.28/cwt50.00–56.006995
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,36555.00/cwt55.00–55.007511
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,38890.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2492
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,44682.49/cwt80.00–85.001,1937
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,51051.00/cwt51.00–51.007701
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,52362.51/cwt60.00–65.009522

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.