Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2025-03-12

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Mar 12
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
400 head
▲ 82 vs last sale 318▲ 24 vs year ago 376 · +6.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 8.00 higher. Slaughter dairy cross steers and heifers sold a bit higher in a light test. 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,250196.522,4572thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceLow1,389187.822,6096thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,371168.512,31133
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,253151.351,8964thin
Dairy SteersStandardAverage1,295124.001,6061thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,245199.092,47960
SteersChoiceAverage1,397199.762,79095
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,312183.162,4033thin
SteersStandardAverage1,435165.122,3692thin

Every lot

15 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—Select and Choice1,312183.16/cwt174.00–190.002,4033
Steers—Choice1,393200.30/cwt195.00–205.002,79091
Steers—Choice1,407186.12/cwt180.00–194.002,6193
Steers—Standard1,435165.12/cwt160.00–170.002,3692
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,720192.00/cwt192.00–192.003,3021
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,236199.57/cwt195.00–205.002,46751
Heifers—Choice1,251192.47/cwt190.00–194.002,4087
Heifers—Choice1,458210.00/cwt210.00–210.003,0622
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,253151.35/cwt145.00–160.001,8964
Dairy Steers—Standard1,295124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,6061
Dairy Steers—Choice1,345160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,1522
Dairy Steers—Choice1,373169.06/cwt165.00–175.002,32131
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers—Choice1,348180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,4262
Beef/Dairy Steers—Choice1,410191.73/cwt190.00–195.002,7034
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers—Choice1,250196.52/cwt195.00–198.002,4572

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.