Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2021-08-18

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Aug 18
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
451 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 449▲ 451 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 1.50 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 lower on a lower quality set. 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%Average1,21991.191,1125thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceHigh1,450117.631,7062thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,31287.301,1453thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,36375.001,0222thin
Dairy SteersChoiceHigh1,496101.491,51813
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,62690.001,46310
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,27673.919434thin
HeifersChoiceHigh1,217126.831,544147
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,126117.351,32113
SteersChoiceAverage1,312126.291,657108
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,199115.601,38613
SteersSelectAverage1,01997.829975thin

Every lot

20 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed99398.52/cwt91.00–103.009784
Steers—Select1,12595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,0691
Steers—Select and Choice1,199115.60/cwt105.00–124.001,38613
Steers—Choice1,226122.01/cwt118.00–124.001,49619
Steers—Choice1,330127.15/cwt125.00–131.001,69188
Steers—Choice1,380132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,8221
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceLight Weight1,000122.06/cwt120.00–125.001,2214
Heifers—Select and Choice1,126117.35/cwt101.00–124.001,32113
Heifers—Choice1,185132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,5641
Heifers—Choice1,186122.45/cwt115.00–124.001,45224
Heifers—Choice1,231127.84/cwt125.00–131.001,574118
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,07575.00/cwt75.00–75.008061
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,25595.24/cwt90.00–101.001,1954
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,27673.91/cwt70.00–80.009434
Dairy Steers—Choice1,491100.28/cwt98.00–103.001,49512
Dairy Steers—Choice1,550116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,7981
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,62690.00/cwt90.00–90.001,46310
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,31287.30/cwt82.00–90.001,1453
Dairy Heifers—Select1,36375.00/cwt75.00–75.001,0222
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,450117.63/cwt115.00–120.001,7062

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.