Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2021-12-15

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Dec 15
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
586 head
▲ 128 vs last sale 458▲ 63 vs year ago 523 · +12.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded steady. Slaughter dairy steers sold 5.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate to 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
Bulls—Average1,49598.001,4652thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,50790.791,3685thin
Dairy SteersChoiceLow1,517107.011,62336
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,32593.451,2382thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,26551.416502thin
HeifersChoiceLow1,277138.961,774120
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,217126.281,5378thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,10792.641,0263thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,411137.551,941123
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,343128.391,72418
SteersSelectAverage1,10393.321,02911

Every lot

21 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—Select1,10393.32/cwt85.00–95.001,02911
Steers—Select and Choice1,343128.39/cwt110.00–137.001,72418
Steers—Choice1,378135.34/cwt120.00–137.001,86543
Steers—Choice1,391140.43/cwt138.00–145.001,95367
Steers—Choice1,470150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,2051
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,635128.35/cwt110.00–136.002,09912
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,10792.64/cwt85.00–102.001,0263
Heifers—Select and Choice1,216131.46/cwt112.00–135.001,5997
Heifers—Select and Choice1,22590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1031
Heifers—Choice1,246147.98/cwt146.00–150.001,8447
Heifers—Choice1,257133.35/cwt116.00–137.001,67636
Heifers—Choice1,289140.77/cwt138.00–145.001,81577
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,425101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,4391
Bulls——1,56595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,4871
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,470107.32/cwt101.00–110.001,5783
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,56366.00/cwt66.00–66.001,0322
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,26551.41/cwt40.00–61.006502
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,32593.45/cwt92.00–95.001,2382
Dairy Steers—Choice1,495111.07/cwt109.00–115.001,66015
Dairy Steers—Choice1,528104.95/cwt100.00–108.001,60419
Dairy Steers—Choice1,57096.06/cwt95.00–97.001,5082

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.