Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2025-08-20

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Aug 20
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
271 head
▼ 263 vs last sale 534▼ 226 vs year ago 497 · −45.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers, and slaughter dairy cross steers and heifers were lightly tested. Trade was active with good demand on a light run today.

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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,268223.362,8322thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,362225.773,0753thin
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,260174.002,1921thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,210200.002,4201thin
Dairy SteersChoiceLow1,588185.722,9493thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,464183.512,68715
HeifersChoiceAverage1,246237.792,96328
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,101220.022,4224thin
SteersChoiceLow1,401237.903,33479
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,238210.962,6129thin
SteersSelectAverage1,083187.002,0242thin

Every lot

13 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—Select1,060173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,8341
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,105201.00/cwt201.00–201.002,2211
Steers—Select and Choice1,238210.96/cwt182.00–230.002,6129
Steers—Choice1,388231.06/cwt230.00–232.003,2074
Steers—Choice1,402238.27/cwt235.00–243.003,34175
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,101220.02/cwt195.00–230.002,4224
Heifers—Choice1,246237.79/cwt234.00–240.002,96328
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,210200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,4201
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,260174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,1921
Beef/Dairy Steers—Choice1,362225.77/cwt220.00–230.003,0753
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers—Choice1,268223.36/cwt220.00–227.002,8322
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,464183.51/cwt180.00–190.002,68715
Dairy Steers—Choice1,588185.72/cwt180.00–188.002,9493

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.