Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2025-08-27

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Aug 27
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
354 head
▲ 83 vs last sale 271▲ 70 vs year ago 284 · +24.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers and slaughter dairy cross steers and heifers were lightly tested compared to the light number offered last week. 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 HeifersChoiceLow1,355226.553,0704thin
Beef/Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,160205.002,3781thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,495234.153,50217
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,605205.003,2901thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,474195.302,87917
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,282186.432,3907thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,185140.001,6591thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,120235.312,6353thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,177234.512,760108
SteersChoiceHigh1,303241.563,14781
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,183222.262,6298thin

Every lot

18 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 Choice1,183222.26/cwt211.00–236.002,6298
Steers—Choice1,299241.81/cwt237.00–248.003,14176
Steers—Choice1,346234.70/cwt233.00–236.003,1594
Steers—Choice1,405250.00/cwt250.00–250.003,5131
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceLight Weight967240.05/cwt238.00–242.002,3213
Heifers—Select and Choice1,120235.31/cwt235.00–236.002,6353
Heifers—Choice1,172241.83/cwt238.00–248.002,83492
Heifers—Choice1,245250.00/cwt250.00–250.003,1131
Heifers—Choice1,260175.72/cwt150.00–236.002,21412
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers—Choice1,487235.66/cwt230.00–240.003,50416
Beef/Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,605205.00/cwt205.00–205.003,2901
Beef/Dairy Steers—Choice1,630210.00/cwt210.00–210.003,4231
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,160205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,3781
Beef/Dairy Heifers—Choice1,265210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,6571
Beef/Dairy Heifers—Choice1,385232.06/cwt225.00–235.003,2143
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,185140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,6591
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,282186.43/cwt180.00–190.002,3907
Dairy Steers—Choice1,474195.30/cwt195.00–200.002,87917

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.