Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2020-12-30

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Dec 30
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
806 head
▲ 283 vs last sale 523▲ 806 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 5.50 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.25 higher. 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
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,39885.501,1952thin
Dairy SteersChoiceHigh1,48689.981,33731
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,39580.001,1161thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,244110.201,371209
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,118100.001,11812
HeifersSelectAverage1,04576.558002thin
SteersChoiceLow1,398110.271,541155
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,23396.981,1964thin
SteersStandardAverage2,03071.001,4411thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,23396.98/cwt86.00–103.001,1964
Steers—Choice1,374105.64/cwt105.00–106.001,4516
Steers—Choice1,394110.25/cwt107.00–113.001,537141
Steers—Choice1,479114.13/cwt114.00–115.001,6888
Steers—StandardHeavy Weight2,03071.00/cwt71.00–71.001,4411
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceLight Weight993100.51/cwt95.00–106.009982
Heifers—Select1,04576.55/cwt71.00–81.008002
Heifers—Select and Choice1,118100.00/cwt91.00–106.001,11812
Heifers—Choice1,214101.74/cwt91.00–106.001,2358
Heifers—Choice1,241110.46/cwt107.00–113.001,371191
Heifers—Choice1,405114.78/cwt114.00–116.001,6138
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,39580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1161
Dairy Steers—Choice1,48589.61/cwt87.00–92.001,33130
Dairy Steers—Choice1,520101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,5351
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,39885.50/cwt84.00–87.001,1952

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.