Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2022-03-09

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Mar 9
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
504 head
▼ 96 vs last sale 600▼ 100 vs year ago 604 · −16.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 4.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 4.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 6.50 lower. The price spread on Choice cattle remains large. 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
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,499127.101,9055thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,421119.781,70344
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,295109.471,4182thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,286137.621,76979
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,050125.841,3212thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,448139.352,018105
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,119118.211,3237thin
SteersSelectAverage1,037107.131,1113thin

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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceLight Weight923108.74/cwt106.00–110.001,0043
Steers—Select1,037107.13/cwt104.00–109.001,1113
Steers—Select and Choice1,266125.32/cwt110.00–133.001,5874
Steers—Choice1,393132.15/cwt120.00–136.001,84117
Steers—Choice1,448141.17/cwt137.00–147.002,04482
Steers—Choice1,450148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,1461
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,632132.35/cwt125.00–136.002,1605
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceLight Weight995135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3431
Heifers—Select and Choice1,050125.84/cwt121.00–130.001,3212
Heifers—Choice1,284139.64/cwt137.00–145.001,79356
Heifers—Choice1,285132.71/cwt121.00–136.001,70521
Heifers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,690130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,1971
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,499127.10/cwt125.00–135.001,9055
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,295109.47/cwt107.00–112.001,4182
Dairy Steers—Choice1,380124.32/cwt123.00–126.001,71612
Dairy Steers—Choice1,432118.60/cwt115.00–122.001,69829
Dairy Steers—Choice1,485112.96/cwt112.00–114.001,6773

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.