Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2025-05-07

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, May 7
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
470 head
▲ 155 vs last sale 315▲ 8 vs year ago 462 · +1.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 lower. Slaughter dairy cross steers were lightly tested. Slaughter dairy cross heifers sold 10.00 higher. Trade was active with very 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,396204.322,85213
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceHigh1,298215.002,7912thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,440181.602,61413
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,562164.392,56814
HeifersChoiceAverage1,239218.332,70487
SteersChoiceAverage1,378218.003,004139
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,221207.882,5385thin

Every lot

11 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 Choice1,221207.88/cwt203.00–211.002,5385
Steers—Choice1,345206.80/cwt200.00–211.002,7818
Steers—Choice1,380218.68/cwt215.00–225.003,018131
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceLight Weight1,030210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,1631
Heifers—Choice1,241219.29/cwt215.00–225.002,72179
Heifers—Choice1,243208.64/cwt200.00–212.002,5937
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,436179.18/cwt175.00–185.002,57311
Dairy Steers—Choice1,460194.88/cwt190.00–200.002,8452
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,562164.39/cwt160.00–170.002,56814
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers—Choice1,298215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,7912
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers—Choice1,396204.32/cwt200.00–205.002,85213

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.