Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2020-05-13

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, May 13
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
742 head
▲ 223 vs last sale 519▲ 742 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 were sharply higher, selling 12.75 higher. Slaughter dairy steers were also higher, selling 6.25 higher. Slaughter dairy heifers were lightly tested. Trade was active with 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—Average1,37887.371,2043thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Low1,60077.011,2325thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,50379.001,1872thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceLow1,32464.788584thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,54581.001,251132
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,49071.821,07012
HeifersChoiceHigh1,264112.381,421210
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,182105.931,2529thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,380111.941,544235
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,311107.211,40613

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,311107.21/cwt100.00–109.001,40613
Steers—Choice1,363112.96/cwt110.00–116.001,540207
Steers—Choice1,395105.63/cwt100.00–109.001,47415
Steers—Choice1,461117.24/cwt117.00–118.001,7134
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,69896.57/cwt86.00–103.001,6409
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceLight Weight980105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0291
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,070114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,2201
Heifers—Select and Choice1,196104.92/cwt99.00–108.001,2558
Heifers—Choice1,264112.83/cwt110.00–116.001,426183
Heifers—Choice1,268107.62/cwt105.00–109.001,36521
Heifers—Choice1,310117.18/cwt117.00–118.001,5355
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,42395.03/cwt94.00–96.001,3522
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,71865.00/cwt65.00–65.001,1173
Slaughter Cattle · Bullocks1 lot · lightest first
Bullocks——1,37887.37/cwt86.00–88.001,2043
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers6 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,19079.00/cwt79.00–79.009401
Dairy Steers—Choice1,50086.62/cwt85.00–95.001,29917
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,51271.78/cwt65.00–76.001,08510
Dairy Steers—Choice1,52781.39/cwt77.00–84.001,24396
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,57065.00/cwt65.00–65.001,0211
Dairy Steers—Choice1,67374.01/cwt70.00–76.001,23819
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,25568.00/cwt65.00–72.008532
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,39361.55/cwt60.00–63.008572
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,50379.00/cwt78.00–80.001,1872

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.