Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2025-02-05

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Feb 5
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
361 head
▲ 103 vs last sale 258▼ 153 vs year ago 514 · −29.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady. Slaughter dairy steers sold 4.00 lower. Slaughter dairy cross steers and heifers had a light test to last week. 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,450194.462,8204thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceHigh1,388194.252,6978thin
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,580170.002,6861thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,600165.002,6401thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,270154.001,9561thin
Dairy SteersChoiceHigh1,514161.542,44540
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,382155.002,1423thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,247202.182,521106
SteersChoiceLow1,353201.732,72999
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,149189.082,1734thin

Every lot

17 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,149189.08/cwt175.00–196.002,1734
Steers—Choice1,351201.93/cwt198.00–205.002,72896
Steers—Choice1,415195.30/cwt195.00–196.002,7633
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,238202.49/cwt200.00–210.002,507103
Heifers—Choice1,315195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,5641
Heifers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,658190.00/cwt190.00–190.003,1502
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers—Choice1,383193.14/cwt190.00–196.002,6717
Beef/Dairy Steers—Choice1,425202.00/cwt202.00–202.002,8791
Beef/Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,580170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,6861
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,382155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,1423
Dairy Steers—Choice1,490153.24/cwt150.00–155.002,2833
Dairy Steers—Choice1,505161.86/cwt160.00–170.002,43636
Dairy Steers—Choice1,895175.00/cwt175.00–175.003,3161
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,270154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,9561
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,600165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,6401
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers—Choice1,445202.00/cwt202.00–202.002,9191
Beef/Dairy Heifers—Choice1,452191.95/cwt190.00–195.002,7873

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.