Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2021-04-14

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Apr 14
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
509 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 467▲ 509 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.75 to 3.25 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 SteersChoiceHigh1,42797.771,39535
HeifersChoiceHigh1,214123.171,495112
SteersChoiceLow1,377123.301,698148
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,350118.001,5932thin

Every lot

10 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 Choice1,350118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,5932
Steers—Choice1,365123.37/cwt120.00–126.001,684134
Steers—Choice1,425115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,6391
Steers—Choice1,434127.67/cwt127.00–129.001,8319
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,634113.21/cwt111.00–116.001,8504
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceLight Weight970114.02/cwt110.00–118.001,1062
Heifers—Choice1,216123.17/cwt120.00–129.001,498106
Heifers—Choice1,285127.72/cwt127.00–130.001,6414
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,335115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,5351
Dairy Steers—Choice1,43097.26/cwt95.00–102.001,39134

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.