Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2024-08-28

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Aug 28
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
284 head
▼ 213 vs last sale 497▼ 260 vs year ago 544 · −47.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 6.00 higher. Slaughter dairy cross steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher in a light test. 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
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,293179.372,3194thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceLow1,316179.082,3569thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,408157.242,21431
HeifersChoiceAverage1,148185.132,12584
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage992154.411,5323thin
SteersChoiceHigh1,263185.952,34883
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,243175.762,1854thin

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 Choice1,243175.76/cwt175.00–176.002,1854
Steers—Choice1,255193.00/cwt193.00–193.002,4221
Steers—Choice1,255186.31/cwt181.00–192.002,33877
Steers—Choice1,382179.00/cwt177.00–180.002,4745
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceLight Weight970181.01/cwt180.00–182.001,7564
Heifers—Select and Choice992154.41/cwt151.00–161.001,5323
Heifers—Choice1,151185.78/cwt181.00–192.002,13876
Heifers—Choice1,260176.98/cwt175.00–180.002,2304
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers—Choice1,293179.37/cwt175.00–183.002,3194
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers—Choice1,205186.00/cwt186.00–186.002,2411
Beef/Dairy Steers—Choice1,305172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,2451
Beef/Dairy Steers—Choice1,333179.10/cwt175.00–185.002,3877
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,397155.90/cwt150.00–160.002,17827
Dairy Steers—Choice1,484166.28/cwt165.00–167.002,4684

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.