Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2021-08-25

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Aug 25
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
314 head
▼ 137 vs last sale 451▲ 314 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 .75 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 3.25 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 HeifersChoiceLow1,396100.121,3985thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,451104.541,51733
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,31292.031,2073thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,28075.319642thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,211128.291,55364
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,113122.921,3682thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,339128.111,71557
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,219114.731,3999thin
SteersSelectAverage1,06182.568764thin

Every lot

18 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—Select1,06182.56/cwt80.00–90.008764
Steers—Select and Choice1,219114.73/cwt100.00–124.001,3999
Steers—Choice1,310100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,3101
Steers—Choice1,338127.94/cwt125.00–131.001,71250
Steers—Choice1,351134.19/cwt132.00–135.001,8136
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceLight Weight955121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1561
Heifers—Select and Choice1,113122.92/cwt122.00–124.001,3682
Heifers—Choice1,205128.58/cwt125.00–131.001,54958
Heifers—Choice1,260133.03/cwt132.00–134.001,6762
Heifers—Choice1,375122.02/cwt120.00–123.001,6783
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,38599.86/cwt95.00–104.001,3833
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,405111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,5601
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,42090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2781
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,28075.31/cwt70.00–81.009642
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,31292.03/cwt85.00–97.001,2073
Dairy Steers—Choice1,391110.60/cwt108.00–123.001,5387
Dairy Steers—Choice1,455103.57/cwt100.00–106.001,50724
Dairy Steers—Choice1,62095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,5392

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.