Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2020-05-20

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, May 20
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
981 head
▲ 239 vs last sale 742▲ 521 vs year ago 460 · +113.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.00 to 2.50 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 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
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,50980.401,2137thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceLow1,40374.901,0517thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,46482.801,21297
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,35568.069225thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,34160.788158thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,260113.991,436357
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,105104.491,1548thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,390113.471,577281
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,351100.151,3539thin

Every lot

22 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—Choice1,337118.86/cwt118.00–125.001,58951
Steers—Select and Choice1,351100.15/cwt90.00–110.001,3539
Steers—Choice1,360115.00/cwt111.00–117.001,564187
Steers—Choice1,510104.25/cwt90.00–110.001,57424
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,67495.66/cwt90.00–110.001,60119
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceLight Weight1,000105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0501
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,040112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,1651
Heifers—Select and Choice1,133103.15/cwt91.00–110.001,1696
Heifers—Choice1,222118.36/cwt118.00–120.001,44617
Heifers—Choice1,251114.27/cwt111.00–117.001,430315
Heifers—Choice1,361108.77/cwt106.00–110.001,48022
Heifers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,66598.54/cwt95.00–101.001,6413
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,49972.16/cwt70.00–81.001,0825
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,533101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,5482
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers6 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,27062.71/cwt60.00–65.007962
Dairy Steers—Select1,34160.78/cwt51.00–65.008158
Dairy Steers—Choice1,38190.58/cwt88.00–100.001,2518
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,41271.63/cwt70.00–75.001,0113
Dairy Steers—Choice1,47082.19/cwt80.00–87.001,20887
Dairy Steers—Choice1,51878.42/cwt77.00–80.001,1902
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,39085.49/cwt85.00–86.001,1882
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,40870.66/cwt70.00–74.009955

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.