Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2024-05-15

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, May 15
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
441 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 462▼ 98 vs year ago 539 · −18.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers as well as slaughter dairy cross heifers traded steady, Slaughter dairy steers sold 3.00 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,286179.052,30313
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceLow1,372177.952,4419thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,461145.412,1255thin
Dairy SteersChoiceLow1,434150.952,16530
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,317141.021,8573thin
HeifersChoiceLow1,222183.792,246103
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,020177.001,8051thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,373183.892,524133
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,425174.002,4801thin
SteersStandardAverage1,620164.002,6571thin

Every lot

16 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—Choice1,366184.15/cwt180.00–187.002,515130
Steers—Select and Choice1,425174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,4801
Steers—Standard1,620164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,6571
Steers—Choice1,635178.00/cwt178.00–178.002,9101
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,668170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,8362
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,020177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,8051
Heifers—Choice1,218183.94/cwt180.00–190.002,240101
Heifers—Choice1,415176.13/cwt175.00–177.002,4922
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers—Choice1,358180.19/cwt178.00–183.002,4478
Beef/Dairy Steers—Choice1,480160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,3681
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers—Choice1,286179.05/cwt175.00–184.002,30313
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,449147.76/cwt145.00–151.002,1414
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,510136.00/cwt136.00–136.002,0541
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,317141.02/cwt135.00–144.001,8573
Dairy Steers—Choice1,433151.52/cwt145.00–155.002,17128
Dairy Steers—Choice1,453143.00/cwt143.00–143.002,0782

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.