Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2021-01-20

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Jan 20
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
579 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 550▲ 123 vs year ago 456 · +27.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 1.50 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.25 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
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,32391.001,2042thin
Dairy SteersChoiceLow1,46388.031,28826
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,42581.051,1554thin
HeifersChoiceHigh1,287105.811,36199
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,23597.531,2042thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,366105.541,441196
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,21199.891,2105thin
SteersSelectAverage1,03382.838562thin

Every lot

16 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—Select1,03382.83/cwt80.00–86.008562
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,170105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,2292
Steers—Select and Choice1,23896.49/cwt90.00–100.001,1953
Steers—Choice1,355105.70/cwt103.00–109.001,432181
Steers—Choice1,426110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,5695
Steers—Choice1,508101.12/cwt100.00–102.001,5259
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,70094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,5981
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,23597.53/cwt95.00–100.001,2042
Heifers—Choice1,277105.83/cwt103.00–109.001,35186
Heifers—Choice1,331110.24/cwt110.00–112.001,4678
Heifers—Choice1,38298.42/cwt90.00–102.001,3605
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,390100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,3901
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,42581.05/cwt80.00–83.001,1554
Dairy Steers—Choice1,46487.74/cwt84.00–91.001,28524
Dairy Steers—Choice1,51083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,2531
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,32391.00/cwt91.00–91.001,2042

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.