Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2024-12-11

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Dec 11
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
588 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 528▲ 58 vs year ago 530 · +10.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 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
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,523155.512,36832
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,278140.711,7987thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,235187.382,313214
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage999167.891,6774thin
SteersChoiceLow1,336185.742,482147
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,301166.572,1677thin
SteersSelectAverage1,145130.001,4891thin

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—Select1,145130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,4891
Steers—Select and Choice1,301166.57/cwt148.00–182.002,1677
Steers—Choice1,307186.91/cwt183.00–190.002,443128
Steers—Choice1,384177.51/cwt160.00–182.002,4578
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,640178.17/cwt170.00–182.002,92211
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceLight Weight990181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,7921
Heifers—Select and Choice999167.89/cwt155.00–181.001,6774
Heifers—Choice1,174178.17/cwt170.00–182.002,0924
Heifers—Choice1,235187.62/cwt183.00–192.002,317208
Heifers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,620180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,9161
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,278140.71/cwt130.00–145.001,7987
Dairy Steers—Choice1,458162.00/cwt162.00–162.002,3622
Dairy Steers—Choice1,527155.08/cwt150.00–160.002,36830

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.