Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2020-02-05

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Feb 5
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
371 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 396▲ 371 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 1.25 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold .50 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 2.75 lower. No test to last week for slaughter dairy heifers. Trade was active with moderate to 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 HeifersChoiceLow1,31580.251,05512
Dairy SteersChoiceLow1,45088.051,27757
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceLow1,40973.831,0408thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,28263.918193thin
HeifersChoiceLow1,283120.601,54782
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,145111.161,2733thin
SteersChoiceLow1,368120.941,65553
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,310108.651,4232thin
SteersSelectAverage1,11283.559293thin

Every lot

18 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,11283.55/cwt80.00–86.009293
Steers—Choice1,267116.63/cwt115.00–117.001,4785
Steers—Select and Choice1,310108.65/cwt106.00–111.001,4232
Steers—Choice1,363121.07/cwt118.00–124.001,65040
Steers—Choice1,417125.58/cwt125.00–127.001,7797
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,740105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,8271
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,145111.16/cwt105.00–115.001,2733
Heifers—Choice1,271120.49/cwt117.00–123.001,53169
Heifers—Choice1,325109.41/cwt101.00–115.001,4503
Heifers—Choice1,350124.71/cwt124.00–126.001,68410
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,12560.00/cwt60.00–60.006751
Dairy Steers—Select1,28263.91/cwt60.00–70.008193
Dairy Steers—Choice1,44688.97/cwt85.00–92.001,28753
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,44975.80/cwt70.00–84.001,0987
Dairy Steers—Choice1,50675.88/cwt70.00–80.001,1434
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,29380.00/cwt80.00–80.001,03410
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,40563.00/cwt63.00–63.008851
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,440100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,4401

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.