Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2022-02-16

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Feb 16
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
670 head
▲ 250 vs last sale 420▲ 325 vs year ago 345 · +94.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 3.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00 higher. The price spread on Choice beef cattle remains large. 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,310120.001,5722thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,484116.171,72453
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,34993.091,2564thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,305143.841,87786
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,129124.901,4106thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,442142.772,059123
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,305127.611,6659thin
SteersStandardAverage1,350110.001,4852thin

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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,305127.61/cwt120.00–135.001,6659
Steers—Standard1,31095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,2451
Steers—Standard1,390125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,7381
Steers—Choice1,413151.19/cwt151.00–152.002,1365
Steers—Choice1,420144.24/cwt140.00–150.002,04896
Steers—Choice1,425135.91/cwt132.00–139.001,93710
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,644133.26/cwt115.00–140.002,19112
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceLight Weight1,020135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3771
Heifers—Select and Choice1,129124.90/cwt118.00–136.001,4106
Heifers—Choice1,298144.30/cwt140.00–150.001,87376
Heifers—Choice1,368151.97/cwt151.00–154.002,0794
Heifers—Choice1,412132.10/cwt130.00–136.001,8655
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,280115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,4721
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,340125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,6751
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,34993.09/cwt86.00–100.001,2564
Dairy Steers—Choice1,438125.62/cwt120.00–131.001,80615
Dairy Steers—Choice1,482113.38/cwt110.00–117.001,68034
Dairy Steers—Choice1,675104.51/cwt103.00–107.001,7514

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.