Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2021-05-19

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, May 19
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
407 head
▼ 131 vs last sale 538▼ 574 vs year ago 981 · −58.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded steady to .75 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.50 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
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,62476.311,2407thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,24370.518762thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,42893.671,33867
HeifersChoiceLow1,197120.621,44490
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,118117.001,3082thin
SteersChoiceLow1,370121.051,659167
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,330113.671,5127thin

Every lot

14 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 Choice1,330113.67/cwt106.00–118.001,5127
Steers—Choice1,363121.46/cwt119.00–125.001,655154
Steers—Choice1,395126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,7582
Steers—Choice1,402114.47/cwt110.00–118.001,6058
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,648114.34/cwt113.00–115.001,8843
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceLight Weight945115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0871
Heifers—Select and Choice1,118117.00/cwt116.00–118.001,3082
Heifers—Choice1,177117.71/cwt116.00–118.001,38510
Heifers—Choice1,203121.06/cwt119.00–125.001,45679
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,49381.00/cwt81.00–81.001,2092
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,67774.44/cwt70.00–76.001,2485
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select1,24370.51/cwt70.00–71.008762
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,41899.07/cwt98.00–100.001,4054
Dairy Steers—Choice1,42993.33/cwt90.00–97.001,33463

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.