Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2023-05-03

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, May 3
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
468 head
▲ 187 vs last sale 281▲ 28 vs year ago 440 · +6.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 7.00 higher on a better kind. 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 SteersChoiceAverage1,435143.702,06231
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,490130.001,9372thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,247175.462,188163
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,067158.261,6899thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,346173.122,33061
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,240152.201,88715
SteersSelectAverage1,233124.151,5313thin
SteersStandardAverage1,447116.891,6913thin

Every lot

16 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—ChoiceLight Weight955150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4331
Steers—Choice1,201157.85/cwt154.00–160.001,8964
Steers—Select1,233124.15/cwt120.00–130.001,5313
Steers—Select and Choice1,240152.20/cwt141.00–165.001,88715
Steers—Standard1,270100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,2701
Steers—Choice1,345175.56/cwt170.00–180.002,36153
Steers—Standard1,535125.33/cwt120.00–130.001,9242
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,690158.18/cwt140.00–170.002,6733
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceLight Weight910141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,2831
Heifers—Select and Choice1,067158.26/cwt150.00–165.001,6899
Heifers—Choice1,244176.16/cwt170.00–181.002,191155
Heifers—Choice1,270182.00/cwt182.00–182.002,3112
Heifers—Choice1,390158.11/cwt151.00–166.002,1985
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,333127.97/cwt125.00–133.001,7063
Dairy Steers—Choice1,446145.39/cwt140.00–151.002,10228
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,490130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,9372

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.