Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2024-02-21

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Feb 21
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
352 head
▼ 56 vs last sale 408▼ 150 vs year ago 502 · −29.9%
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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 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%High1,373157.032,1562thin
Dairy SteersChoiceLow1,505145.472,18935
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,438130.531,8773thin
HeifersChoiceLow1,346179.222,41381
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,228175.002,1492thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,455178.152,59274
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,322168.012,2215thin

Every lot

11 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 Choice1,322168.01/cwt146.00–175.002,2215
Steers—Choice1,379173.33/cwt165.00–175.002,3909
Steers—Choice1,450179.83/cwt176.00–182.002,60862
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,778157.97/cwt150.00–176.002,8093
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,228175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,1492
Heifers—Choice1,346179.38/cwt176.00–182.002,41478
Heifers—Choice1,352175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,3663
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,373157.03/cwt156.00–158.002,1562
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,438130.53/cwt126.00–135.001,8773
Dairy Steers—Choice1,477146.16/cwt144.00–152.002,15932
Dairy Steers—Choice1,805138.06/cwt130.00–142.002,4923

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.