Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2021-02-24

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Feb 24
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
793 head
▲ 448 vs last sale 345▲ 284 vs year ago 509 · +55.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.75 to 2.25 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.75 lower. 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 SteersChoiceAverage1,50991.211,37665
HeifersChoiceAverage1,268115.411,463187
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,035104.061,0772thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,05094.509922thin
SteersChoiceLow1,351115.331,558206
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,209107.041,2944thin

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 Choice1,209107.04/cwt101.00–111.001,2944
Steers—Choice1,276110.86/cwt108.00–112.001,4157
Steers—Choice1,343115.61/cwt113.00–119.001,553190
Steers—Choice1,445120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,7345
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,731103.78/cwt91.00–110.001,7964
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed950101.00/cwt101.00–101.009601
Heifers—ChoiceLight Weight1,00591.00/cwt91.00–91.009151
Heifers—Select and Choice1,035104.06/cwt100.00–108.001,0772
Heifers—Select1,15088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,0121
Heifers—Choice1,233109.38/cwt100.00–112.001,3498
Heifers—Choice1,269115.76/cwt113.00–119.001,469176
Heifers—Choice1,420120.52/cwt120.00–121.001,7112
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,43696.72/cwt96.00–98.001,38922
Dairy Steers—Choice1,44291.87/cwt88.00–95.001,32527
Dairy Steers—Choice1,72182.50/cwt82.50–82.501,42016

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.