Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2020-03-11

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Mar 11
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
466 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 435▲ 466 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers, slaughter dairy steers, and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 1.50 lower. Slaughter dairy heifers were lightly tested. Trade was active with moderate 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,46584.001,2312thin
Dairy SteersChoiceHigh1,44686.431,25053
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,44075.801,09111
HeifersChoiceAverage1,258112.221,412102
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,100101.491,11611
SteersChoiceAverage1,333111.101,48178
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,117105.661,1807thin
SteersSelectAverage96591.618843thin

Every lot

20 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select89077.00/cwt77.00–77.006851
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,00398.92/cwt97.00–101.009922
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,080110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1881
Steers—Select and Choice1,123104.94/cwt100.00–109.001,1786
Steers—Choice1,303107.38/cwt100.00–109.001,39919
Steers—Choice1,324112.92/cwt110.00–116.001,49555
Steers—Choice1,503117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,7592
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,70590.51/cwt90.00–91.001,5432
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceLight Weight995105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0451
Heifers—Select and Choice1,098104.04/cwt99.00–108.001,1429
Heifers—Select and Choice1,10890.00/cwt90.00–90.009972
Heifers—Choice1,170106.18/cwt91.00–109.001,24213
Heifers—Choice1,272113.06/cwt110.00–116.001,43885
Heifers—Choice1,345117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,5743
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,43776.88/cwt70.00–81.001,10510
Dairy Steers—Choice1,44286.45/cwt83.00–90.001,24750
Dairy Steers—Choice1,45091.52/cwt91.00–92.001,3272
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,46565.00/cwt65.00–65.009521
Dairy Steers—Choice1,65575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,2411
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,46584.00/cwt84.00–84.001,2312

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.