Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2025-04-16

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Apr 16
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
313 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 303▼ 137 vs year ago 450 · −30.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 3.00 lower. No slaughter dairy cross steers and heifers last week for a price comparison today. 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 HeifersChoiceLow1,402184.152,58315
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,400182.322,5529thin
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceLow1,595170.002,7121thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,482167.012,47624
HeifersChoiceLow1,309205.232,68669
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,068199.002,1252thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,450205.962,98674
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,250178.962,2373thin

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 Choice1,250178.96/cwt166.00–200.002,2373
Steers—Choice1,405201.31/cwt200.00–202.002,8283
Steers—Choice1,441206.63/cwt203.00–212.002,97868
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,698195.48/cwt185.00–202.003,3193
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,068199.00/cwt199.00–199.002,1252
Heifers—Choice1,095150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,6431
Heifers—Choice1,312206.04/cwt203.00–212.002,70368
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,465175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,5642
Dairy Steers—Choice1,484166.28/cwt160.00–173.002,46822
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers—Choice1,343192.28/cwt190.00–198.002,5824
Beef/Dairy Steers—Choice1,445174.35/cwt170.00–178.002,5195
Beef/Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,595170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,7121
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers—Choice1,280197.01/cwt190.00–200.002,5224
Beef/Dairy Heifers—Choice1,447179.48/cwt176.00–180.002,59711

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.