Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2021-05-12

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, May 12
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
538 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 493▼ 204 vs year ago 742 · −27.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.25 to 2.50 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold .50 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
Bullocks—Average1,29791.061,1815thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,23597.151,2004thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,33177.751,0354thin
Dairy SteersChoiceHigh1,38096.701,33540
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,41582.011,1606thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,30373.139532thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,242120.911,50280
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,108112.461,2462thin
SteersChoiceLow1,350120.551,627248
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,329111.121,4777thin
SteersSelectAverage1,15285.749874thin
SteersStandardAverage1,47874.891,1075thin

Every lot

24 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,12071.00/cwt71.00–71.007951
Steers—Select1,16290.65/cwt90.00–91.001,0533
Steers—Select and Choice1,329111.12/cwt105.00–115.001,4777
Steers—Choice1,333120.87/cwt118.00–124.001,611220
Steers—Choice1,371110.84/cwt105.00–117.001,5208
Steers—Choice1,437125.69/cwt125.00–128.001,80612
Steers—Standard1,47874.89/cwt71.00–76.001,1075
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,653113.87/cwt110.00–115.001,8828
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceLight Weight1,000117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,1701
Heifers—Select and Choice1,108112.46/cwt110.00–115.001,2462
Heifers—Choice1,237121.01/cwt118.00–124.001,49769
Heifers—Choice1,283113.55/cwt106.00–116.001,4574
Heifers—Choice1,318125.35/cwt125.00–127.001,6526
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,228106.20/cwt101.00–111.001,3043
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,25570.00/cwt70.00–70.008791
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,30373.13/cwt71.00–75.009532
Dairy Steers—Choice1,31585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,1181
Dairy Steers—Choice1,380102.86/cwt100.00–103.501,41911
Dairy Steers—Choice1,38394.70/cwt90.00–98.001,31028
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,41582.01/cwt80.00–85.001,1606
Slaughter Cattle · Bullocks2 lots · lightest first
Bullocks——96080.00/cwt80.00–80.007681
Bullocks——1,38193.82/cwt90.00–95.001,2964
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,30080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0403
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,42571.00/cwt71.00–71.001,0121

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.