Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2021-03-03

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Mar 3
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
516 head
▼ 277 vs last sale 793▲ 81 vs year ago 435 · +18.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 1.25 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 3.25 lower. 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 HeifersChoiceLow1,43885.241,2264thin
Dairy SteersChoiceHigh1,45388.331,28345
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,52775.841,1586thin
HeifersChoiceHigh1,306114.811,500135
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,135103.081,1704thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,387112.971,56681
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,245102.121,2716thin

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,245102.12/cwt92.00–109.001,2716
Steers—Choice1,370114.30/cwt111.00–117.001,56668
Steers—Choice1,389106.41/cwt99.00–110.001,4789
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,664105.04/cwt102.00–107.001,7484
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,135103.08/cwt91.00–110.001,1704
Heifers—Choice1,275109.33/cwt108.00–110.001,3946
Heifers—Choice1,302114.83/cwt111.00–117.001,495117
Heifers—Choice1,335118.68/cwt118.00–120.001,58411
Heifers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,650103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,7001
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,28888.98/cwt88.00–90.001,1462
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,58881.50/cwt81.00–82.001,2942
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,29874.03/cwt72.00–75.009613
Dairy Steers—Choice1,42988.49/cwt84.00–90.001,26533
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,52775.84/cwt71.00–81.001,1586
Dairy Steers—Choice1,59192.49/cwt92.00–95.001,4729

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.