Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2023-05-17

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, May 17
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
539 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 537▲ 127 vs year ago 412 · +30.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 4.00 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%Low1,398108.101,5112thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceLow1,364133.761,8244thin
Dairy SteersChoiceLow1,532143.012,19135
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,439113.761,63719
HeifersChoiceAverage1,195175.242,095132
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,130165.831,8743thin
SteersChoiceLow1,401175.782,463183
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,237152.011,88012

Every lot

15 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,237152.01/cwt140.00–170.001,88012
Steers—Choice1,350166.46/cwt165.00–170.002,2474
Steers—Choice1,371177.45/cwt173.00–183.002,433158
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,639165.02/cwt140.00–173.002,70521
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceLight Weight983174.81/cwt172.00–177.001,7185
Heifers—Select and Choice1,130165.83/cwt156.00–172.001,8743
Heifers—Choice1,200176.75/cwt173.00–183.002,121112
Heifers—Choice1,231164.15/cwt140.00–172.002,02115
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,398108.10/cwt95.00–120.001,5112
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,423170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,4192
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,439113.76/cwt110.00–135.001,63719
Dairy Steers—Choice1,517143.39/cwt140.00–150.002,17526
Dairy Steers—Choice1,619133.91/cwt124.00–138.002,1687
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,360131.68/cwt130.00–135.001,7913
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,375140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,9251

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.