Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2020-03-25

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Mar 25
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
736 head
▲ 368 vs last sale 368▲ 736 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle sold sharply higher, with slaughter steers and slaughter heifers selling 11.00 to 11.25 higher, Slaughter dairy steers sold 5.50 higher. Trade was active with very 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
Bullocks—High1,16881.259494thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,08599.501,0802thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,46986.761,27464
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,38077.641,07113
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,33560.008012thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,236119.611,479137
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,041104.991,0935thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,05070.297382thin
SteersChoiceLow1,337120.241,608201
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,179110.631,30428
SteersSelectAverage1,02292.509456thin

Every lot

23 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,00885.09/cwt80.00–91.008584
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,050107.33/cwt105.00–110.001,1272
Steers—Select and Choice1,179110.63/cwt100.00–115.001,30428
Steers—Choice1,309113.87/cwt106.00–115.001,49116
Steers—Choice1,330120.32/cwt116.00–122.001,600145
Steers—Choice1,365123.60/cwt123.00–125.001,68739
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,71080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,3681
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceLight Weight970110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0671
Heifers—Select and Choice1,041104.99/cwt100.00–112.001,0935
Heifers—Select1,05070.29/cwt60.00–80.007382
Heifers—Choice1,220119.74/cwt116.00–122.001,461103
Heifers—Choice1,220111.24/cwt100.00–115.001,35712
Heifers—Choice1,337124.23/cwt123.00–127.001,66121
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,02590.00/cwt90.00–90.009231
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,145109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,2481
Slaughter Cattle · Bullocks3 lots · lightest first
Bullocks——1,07370.00/cwt70.00–70.007512
Bullocks——1,16080.00/cwt80.00–80.009281
Bullocks——1,365105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,4331
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,33560.00/cwt60.00–60.008012
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,38077.64/cwt70.00–83.001,07113
Dairy Steers—Choice1,46786.89/cwt84.00–90.001,27561
Dairy Steers—Choice1,49595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,4201
Dairy Steers—Choice1,51578.53/cwt77.00–80.001,1902

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.