Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2020-11-04

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Nov 4
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
262 head
▼ 257 vs last sale 519▼ 211 vs year ago 473 · −44.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded steady. Slaughter dairy steers sold 3.50 lower. 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
Bullocks—Average1,22882.361,0112thin
Dairy SteersChoiceLow1,43685.331,22526
HeifersChoiceLow1,253103.151,29282
SteersChoiceLow1,361103.361,40643
SteersStandardAverage1,63080.001,3042thin

Every lot

12 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—Choice1,26098.13/cwt95.00–100.001,2364
Steers—Choice1,355103.86/cwt101.00–107.001,40735
Steers—Choice1,457108.67/cwt108.00–110.001,5833
Steers—Standard1,63080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,3042
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,67591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,5241
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceLight Weight94090.00/cwt90.00–90.008461
Heifers—Choice1,246103.94/cwt101.00–107.001,29568
Heifers—Choice1,30697.63/cwt91.00–100.001,27510
Heifers—Choice1,332108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,4393
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,43585.46/cwt83.00–90.001,22625
Dairy Steers—Choice1,45082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,1891
Slaughter Cattle · Bullocks1 lot · lightest first
Bullocks——1,22882.36/cwt80.00–85.001,0112

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.