Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2024-03-27

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Mar 27
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
473 head
▼ 125 vs last sale 598▼ 57 vs year ago 530 · −10.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 higher. Slaughter dairy cross steers and slaughter dairy cross heifers sold 2.00 to 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
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,287183.922,3679thin
Beef/Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,195165.001,9721thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,475180.942,6693thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,499150.512,25629
HeifersChoiceLow1,286186.532,398105
SteersChoiceHigh1,376187.032,57387
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,185159.021,8844thin
SteersSelectAverage1,020130.001,3261thin

Every lot

10 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—Select1,020130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,3261
Steers—Select and Choice1,185159.02/cwt150.00–175.001,8844
Steers—Choice1,311193.30/cwt192.00–195.002,5344
Steers—Choice1,379186.73/cwt180.00–190.002,57583
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,240150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,8601
Heifers—Choice1,286186.88/cwt180.00–190.002,403104
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,195165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,9721
Beef/Dairy Heifers—Choice1,287183.92/cwt180.00–185.002,3679
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers—Choice1,475180.94/cwt180.00–183.002,6693
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,499150.51/cwt145.00–155.002,25629

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.