Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2024-02-28

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Feb 28
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
587 head
▲ 235 vs last sale 352▼ 31 vs year ago 618 · −5.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers traded steady. 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 SteersChoiceLow1,332143.831,91621
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,329137.661,8309thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,105112.001,2381thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,310180.212,361160
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,235171.642,1203thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,418180.302,557145
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,283167.652,1512thin

Every lot

13 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 Choice1,283167.65/cwt165.00–170.002,1512
Steers—Choice1,404170.22/cwt165.00–172.002,3907
Steers—Choice1,415180.63/cwt175.00–186.002,556132
Steers—Choice1,467187.80/cwt187.00–188.002,7555
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,675170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,8481
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,235171.64/cwt170.00–174.002,1203
Heifers—Choice1,280164.16/cwt160.00–169.002,1018
Heifers—Choice1,309180.85/cwt175.00–185.002,367148
Heifers—Choice1,419188.51/cwt188.00–190.002,6754
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,105112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,2381
Dairy Steers—Choice1,323146.33/cwt145.00–150.001,93617
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,329137.66/cwt130.00–143.001,8309
Dairy Steers—Choice1,371133.23/cwt120.00–137.001,8274

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.