Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2020-02-19

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Feb 19
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
445 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 394▲ 445 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 2.25 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 1.25 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold .75 higher. Slaughter dairy heifers were lightly tested. 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%Average1,36585.241,1642thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,48387.321,2952thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,43489.831,28846
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,22375.959292thin
Dairy SteersSelectLow1,41764.149094thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,264120.011,51792
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,152111.651,2865thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,327117.881,56556
SteersStandardLow1,49781.911,2265thin

Every lot

16 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—Choice1,302119.14/cwt116.00–122.001,55148
Steers—Standard1,43572.38/cwt70.00–75.001,0392
Steers—Choice1,480110.29/cwt100.00–115.001,6328
Steers—Standard1,53888.26/cwt85.00–95.001,3573
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,152111.65/cwt106.00–115.001,2865
Heifers—Choice1,239123.65/cwt123.00–125.001,53212
Heifers—Choice1,266119.62/cwt116.00–122.001,51478
Heifers—Choice1,350113.58/cwt113.00–114.001,5332
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,36585.24/cwt80.00–90.001,1642
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers6 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,22375.95/cwt71.00–81.009292
Dairy Steers—Choice1,33895.00/cwt95.00–95.001,2712
Dairy Steers—Select1,37768.85/cwt66.00–70.009483
Dairy Steers—Choice1,38081.00/cwt81.00–81.001,1181
Dairy Steers—Choice1,44089.80/cwt87.00–94.001,29343
Dairy Steers—Select1,53550.00/cwt50.00–50.007681
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,48387.32/cwt85.00–90.001,2952

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.