Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2024-01-03

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Jan 3
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
391 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 395▼ 120 vs year ago 511 · −23.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Also included in the offering were two lots of mixed steers and heifers, one lot of 42 head weighing 1175 pounds, grading select&choice and selling for 170/cwt. The other lot of 12 head, weighing 1195 pounds, grading Select&Choice, and selling for 165/cwt. 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%Low1,453115.001,6702thin
Dairy SteersChoiceHigh1,432138.531,98438
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,245130.001,6191thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,310110.001,4412thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,305169.512,213112
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,182152.681,8056thin
SteersChoiceLow1,401169.852,38051
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,284154.191,98010
SteersSelectAverage1,335120.001,6021thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,284154.19/cwt140.00–168.001,98010
Steers—Select1,335120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,6021
Steers—Choice1,364166.16/cwt165.00–168.002,2668
Steers—Choice1,391171.33/cwt170.00–175.002,38340
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,638159.89/cwt155.00–165.002,6193
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,182152.68/cwt130.00–168.001,8056
Heifers—Choice1,265166.62/cwt161.00–168.002,10825
Heifers—Choice1,300170.90/cwt169.00–175.002,22283
Heifers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,671158.68/cwt155.00–165.002,6524
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,420100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,4201
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,485130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,9311
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,245130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,6191
Dairy Steers—Select1,310110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,4412
Dairy Steers—Choice1,426137.80/cwt135.00–145.001,96536
Dairy Steers—Choice1,540151.67/cwt148.00–155.002,3362

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.