Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2020-04-01

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Apr 1
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
479 head
▼ 257 vs last sale 736▲ 479 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, the slaughter cattle reported sold sharply lower. Slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 9.50 to 10.25 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 6.75 lower. Trade was active with poor 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%Average1,19268.678193thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,26877.649842thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceLow1,56565.001,0171thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,37880.491,10929
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,50572.671,0942thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,33560.008011thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,197109.721,313107
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,028103.521,0649thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,341110.081,476106
SteersSelectAverage1,033107.591,1112thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,415103.171,4603thin

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,033107.59/cwt105.00–110.001,1112
Steers—Choice1,312110.03/cwt107.00–113.001,44480
Steers—Choice1,405114.81/cwt114.00–117.001,61316
Steers—Select and Choice1,415103.17/cwt100.00–105.001,4603
Steers—Choice1,450103.28/cwt100.00–105.001,4989
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,615100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,6151
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceLight Weight982101.70/cwt100.00–105.009993
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,005110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1061
Heifers—Select and Choice1,031102.71/cwt100.00–106.001,0598
Heifers—Choice1,061104.36/cwt100.00–105.001,1078
Heifers—Choice1,213110.26/cwt106.00–112.001,33792
Heifers—Choice1,261114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,4384
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,19086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,0231
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,19360.00/cwt60.00–60.007162
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,33560.00/cwt60.00–60.008011
Dairy Steers—Choice1,36097.00/cwt97.00–97.001,3191
Dairy Steers—Choice1,37979.90/cwt77.00–80.001,10228
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,50572.67/cwt70.00–75.001,0942
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,26877.64/cwt75.00–80.009842
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,56565.00/cwt65.00–65.001,0171

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.