Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2023-03-15

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Mar 15
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
450 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 428▲ 26 vs year ago 424 · +6.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded unevenly steady. Slaughter dairy steers sold up to 2.00 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
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,598130.002,0772thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceHigh1,481132.901,9688thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,155120.001,3861thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,30390.001,1732thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,561133.122,07823
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,465115.781,6962thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,28389.221,1453thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,265164.912,08678
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,118156.321,74810
HeifersSelectAverage993129.501,2852thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,380167.582,31290
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,276156.081,99212
SteersSelectAverage1,290125.001,6131thin

Every lot

22 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—Select and Choice1,276156.08/cwt130.00–166.001,99212
Steers—Select1,290125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,6131
Steers—Choice1,340170.28/cwt168.00–176.002,28272
Steers—Choice1,423161.07/cwt151.00–167.002,29210
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,682151.44/cwt125.00–166.002,5478
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceLight Weight965160.10/cwt155.00–165.001,5452
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed980139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,3621
Heifers—Select1,005120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2061
Heifers—Select and Choice1,118156.32/cwt130.00–167.001,74810
Heifers—Choice1,259169.47/cwt166.00–173.002,13450
Heifers—Choice1,300156.52/cwt130.00–165.002,03526
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,580135.00/cwt135.00–135.002,1331
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,615125.00/cwt125.00–125.002,0191
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,28389.22/cwt80.00–100.001,1453
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,465115.78/cwt110.00–120.001,6962
Dairy Steers—Choice1,535134.34/cwt130.00–140.002,06220
Dairy Steers—Choice1,737125.00/cwt125.00–125.002,1713
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,155120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,3861
Dairy Heifers—Select1,30390.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1732
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,318125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,6482
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,523143.83/cwt141.00–147.002,1912
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,541131.39/cwt130.00–135.002,0254

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.