Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2020-10-21

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Oct 21
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
594 head
▲ 293 vs last sale 301▲ 23 vs year ago 571 · +4.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.25 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 higher. Trade was active with moderate to 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—Average1,31088.401,1582thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,38588.681,2283thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,35687.621,18824
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,41279.101,1173thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,242104.991,304147
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,063100.631,0703thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,355105.221,426232
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,22898.371,20814
SteersSelectAverage1,06090.009542thin

Every lot

15 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 Feed1,06090.00/cwt90.00–90.009542
Steers—Select and Choice1,22898.37/cwt91.00–102.001,20814
Steers—Choice1,298100.89/cwt96.00–102.001,31013
Steers—Choice1,354105.54/cwt103.00–109.001,429214
Steers—Choice1,425110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,5681
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,601101.01/cwt100.00–103.001,6174
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,063100.63/cwt100.00–101.001,0703
Heifers—Choice1,16497.18/cwt90.00–101.001,1317
Heifers—Choice1,244105.35/cwt102.00–108.001,311139
Heifers—Choice1,505110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,6561
Slaughter Cattle · Bullocks1 lot · lightest first
Bullocks——1,31088.40/cwt81.00–95.001,1582
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,35487.43/cwt84.00–90.001,18423
Dairy Steers—Choice1,40592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,2931
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,41279.10/cwt75.00–82.001,1173
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,38588.68/cwt88.00–90.001,2283

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.