Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2021-09-08

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Sep 8
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
446 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 422▲ 33 vs year ago 413 · +8.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

i. Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter steers and heifers weighing over 1300 lbs sold with a price spread of 5.00 above their counterparts that were below 1300 lbs. Slaughter dairy steers sold 3.50 lower. Trade was active with moderate 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%Average1,245100.771,2544thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,451104.101,51129
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,37089.841,23114
HeifersChoiceAverage1,204124.321,49788
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,131104.321,1807thin
HeifersSelectAverage94878.997493thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,303125.261,633118
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,253110.571,38520
SteersSelectAverage1,18884.691,0066thin

Every lot

17 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—Select1,18884.69/cwt79.00–90.001,0066
Steers—Select and Choice1,251111.65/cwt91.00–124.001,39719
Steers—Select and Choice1,29090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1611
Steers—Choice1,296125.36/cwt120.00–131.001,62595
Steers—Choice1,321131.65/cwt129.00–136.001,7396
Steers—Choice1,339122.45/cwt115.00–124.001,64017
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select94878.99/cwt70.00–93.007493
Heifers—Select and Choice1,131104.32/cwt95.00–115.001,1807
Heifers—Choice1,188124.24/cwt120.00–131.001,47674
Heifers—Choice1,257129.38/cwt127.00–133.001,6267
Heifers—Choice1,321120.08/cwt115.00–123.001,5867
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,21397.36/cwt96.00–100.001,1813
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,340111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,4871
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,25080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0001
Dairy Steers—Choice1,365110.47/cwt107.00–120.001,5088
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,37089.84/cwt80.00–97.001,23114
Dairy Steers—Choice1,496102.75/cwt98.00–105.001,53720

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.