Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2024-01-24

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Jan 24
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
505 head
▲ 127 vs last sale 378▲ 179 vs year ago 326 · +54.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded steady. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. 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
Dairy HeifersChoiceHigh1,350142.501,9242thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,285125.001,6061thin
Dairy SteersChoiceLow1,493140.532,09836
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,463128.751,8846thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,253112.281,4072thin
HeifersChoiceLow1,276172.832,206161
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,237167.512,0726thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,373171.212,35196
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,278161.622,0665thin

Every lot

14 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 Choice1,278161.62/cwt148.00–168.002,0665
Steers—Choice1,342172.54/cwt170.00–177.002,31586
Steers—Choice1,462167.14/cwt165.00–168.002,4443
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,716156.63/cwt151.00–172.002,6887
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,237167.51/cwt167.00–168.002,0726
Heifers—Choice1,276173.31/cwt170.00–180.002,211151
Heifers—Choice1,282165.65/cwt155.00–169.002,12410
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,285125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,6061
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,295130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,6841
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,405155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,1781
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,253112.28/cwt110.00–115.001,4072
Dairy Steers—Choice1,310135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,7691
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,463128.75/cwt125.00–135.001,8846
Dairy Steers—Choice1,498140.69/cwt140.00–148.002,10835

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.