Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2020-05-27

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, May 27
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
351 head
▼ 630 vs last sale 981▲ 18 vs year ago 333 · +5.4%
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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 .25 lower. No real price comparison to last week for slaughter dairy heifers. Trade was active with moderate 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%Average1,37687.971,2115thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,37878.551,0829thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,19866.808003thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,12560.546812thin
Dairy SteersChoiceLow1,48182.361,22095
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,39271.911,0015thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,35760.658233thin
HeifersChoiceLow1,257111.511,40272
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,097104.631,1483thin
SteersChoiceLow1,346110.521,48760
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,21196.231,1655thin

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,21196.23/cwt91.00–102.001,1655
Steers—Choice1,274102.83/cwt100.00–106.001,3107
Steers—Choice1,342110.65/cwt107.00–113.001,48543
Steers—Choice1,413115.32/cwt114.00–118.001,62910
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,097104.63/cwt104.00–105.001,1483
Heifers—Choice1,201105.14/cwt101.00–106.001,2638
Heifers—Choice1,251115.77/cwt114.00–120.001,44821
Heifers—Choice1,271110.62/cwt107.00–113.001,40643
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,26577.00/cwt77.00–77.009741
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,40490.71/cwt90.00–91.001,2744
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select1,12560.54/cwt60.00–61.006812
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,19866.80/cwt65.00–70.008003
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,37280.73/cwt80.00–82.001,1087
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,39870.92/cwt70.00–72.009912
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,35760.65/cwt57.00–65.008233
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,39271.91/cwt68.00–77.001,0015
Dairy Steers—Choice1,39587.92/cwt86.00–90.001,2268
Dairy Steers—Choice1,48981.90/cwt78.00–85.001,21986
Dairy Steers—Choice1,50077.00/cwt77.00–77.001,1551

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.