Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2020-02-26

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Feb 26
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
509 head
▲ 64 vs last sale 445▲ 509 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 1.00 to 1.50 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 lower. 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
Bulls—High1,43594.181,3513thin
Dairy SteersChoiceHigh1,49290.301,34750
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,60175.711,21213
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,37060.158245thin
HeifersChoiceHigh1,258118.651,49394
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,065112.461,1982thin
HeifersSelectAverage880100.038813thin
SteersChoiceLow1,395117.911,644165
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,265107.981,3663thin

Every lot

15 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 Choice1,265107.98/cwt103.00–113.001,3663
Steers—Choice1,280108.84/cwt106.00–111.001,3932
Steers—Choice1,394117.89/cwt115.00–121.001,643159
Steers—Choice1,474123.27/cwt122.00–125.001,8174
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed855120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0261
Heifers—Select89390.04/cwt89.00–91.008042
Heifers—Select and Choice1,065112.46/cwt111.00–114.001,1982
Heifers—Choice1,253118.49/cwt115.00–121.001,48590
Heifers—Choice1,370122.24/cwt122.00–123.001,6754
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,43594.18/cwt90.00–96.001,3513
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,31576.00/cwt76.00–76.009991
Dairy Steers—Select1,37060.15/cwt50.00–65.008245
Dairy Steers—Choice1,45588.47/cwt85.00–92.001,28740
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,60175.71/cwt70.00–80.001,21213
Dairy Steers—Choice1,677100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,6779

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.