Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2020-03-18

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Mar 18
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
368 head
▼ 98 vs last sale 466▲ 368 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 3.75 to 4.50 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 5.25 lower. Slaughter dairy heifers were lightly tested. Trade was active with soft 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%High1,43788.781,2766thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,39673.571,0277thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,37367.559272thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,53881.491,25431
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,56072.221,1277thin
HeifersChoiceHigh1,225109.951,34732
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,240105.001,3022thin
SteersChoiceHigh1,440106.951,54068
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,331102.901,3705thin

Every lot

19 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—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,075121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,3011
Steers—Choice1,180116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,3691
Steers—Select and Choice1,39598.38/cwt95.00–105.001,3724
Steers—Choice1,418102.55/cwt95.00–105.001,4548
Steers—Choice1,422109.26/cwt107.00–112.001,55452
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,63493.53/cwt90.00–95.001,5287
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,180116.71/cwt115.00–120.001,3778
Heifers—Choice1,232108.55/cwt107.00–113.001,33722
Heifers—Select and Choice1,240105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,3022
Heifers—Choice1,33598.25/cwt95.00–102.001,3122
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,254100.46/cwt100.00–101.001,2604
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,80365.42/cwt60.00–71.001,1802
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,47588.44/cwt87.00–90.001,3042
Dairy Steers—Choice1,48576.51/cwt76.00–77.001,1362
Dairy Steers—Choice1,54781.34/cwt78.00–85.001,25827
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,56072.22/cwt65.00–75.001,1277
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,35075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,0135
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,37367.55/cwt65.00–70.009272
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,51070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0572

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.