Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2020-12-16

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Dec 16
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
523 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 576▲ 48 vs year ago 475 · +10.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold .50 to .75 lower. Slaughter dairy steers traded steady. 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—Average1,45591.001,3241thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,34861.008222thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,37279.871,0965thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,54386.761,33858
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,26367.508524thin
HeifersChoiceHigh1,285104.101,33895
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,09881.498953thin
SteersChoiceHigh1,403102.541,438151
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,23991.171,1307thin
SteersStandardAverage1,27581.001,0332thin

Every lot

20 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,085102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,1071
Steers—Select and Choice1,26589.36/cwt81.00–96.001,1306
Steers—Standard1,27581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,0332
Steers—Choice1,38792.33/cwt91.00–95.001,2813
Steers—Choice1,390103.30/cwt100.00–106.001,436136
Steers—Choice1,414107.40/cwt107.00–108.001,5195
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,65188.65/cwt81.00–95.001,4647
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,09881.49/cwt75.00–85.008953
Heifers—Choice1,284103.93/cwt100.00–106.001,33490
Heifers—Choice1,307107.19/cwt107.00–108.001,4015
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,34561.00/cwt61.00–61.008201
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,35061.00/cwt61.00–61.008241
Slaughter Cattle · Bullocks1 lot · lightest first
Bullocks——1,45591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,3241
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,19570.00/cwt70.00–70.008372
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,33065.00/cwt65.00–65.008652
Dairy Steers—Choice1,45191.75/cwt91.00–92.001,3314
Dairy Steers—Choice1,54387.15/cwt83.00–90.001,34549
Dairy Steers—Choice1,61178.92/cwt75.00–82.001,2715
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,36084.53/cwt80.00–88.001,1503
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,39072.87/cwt72.00–74.001,0132

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.