Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2025-04-09

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Apr 9
● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
303 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 338▼ 128 vs year ago 431 · −29.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and 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
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,496169.382,53436
HeifersChoiceLow1,262206.122,60262
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,183197.662,3384thin
SteersChoiceLow1,339206.472,76455
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,285188.372,4219thin
SteersSelectAverage1,153165.001,9022thin

Every lot

9 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—SelectReturn to Feed1,040180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,8721
Steers—Select1,265150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,8981
Steers—Select and Choice1,285188.37/cwt170.00–205.002,4219
Steers—Choice1,328208.17/cwt206.00–214.002,76439
Steers—Choice1,365202.34/cwt190.00–205.002,76216
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,183197.66/cwt195.00–205.002,3384
Heifers—Choice1,193202.58/cwt180.00–205.002,41725
Heifers—Choice1,309208.52/cwt206.00–212.002,73037
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,496169.38/cwt165.00–174.002,53436

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.