Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2025-12-17

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Dec 17
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
422 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 368▼ 64 vs year ago 486 · −13.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 4.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter dairy cross steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher in a light test to 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 HeifersChoiceHigh1,519215.893,28018
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,539212.913,2776thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceLow1,480188.002,7821thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,584197.093,12123
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,491184.892,7574thin
HeifersChoiceLow1,274222.732,83887
SteersChoiceAverage1,441224.183,230100
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,296205.392,6625thin

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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,296205.39/cwt200.00–215.002,6625
Steers—Choice1,441224.18/cwt220.00–230.003,230100
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,272223.70/cwt219.00–228.002,84582
Heifers—Choice1,307206.89/cwt196.00–215.002,7045
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,480188.00/cwt188.00–188.002,7821
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,379187.56/cwt185.00–188.002,5867
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,491184.89/cwt182.00–187.002,7574
Dairy Steers—Choice1,673201.26/cwt192.00–205.003,36716
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers—Choice1,478216.20/cwt213.00–217.003,19515
Beef/Dairy Heifers—Choice1,630227.00/cwt227.00–227.003,7001
Beef/Dairy Heifers—Choice1,765196.00/cwt196.00–196.003,4591
Beef/Dairy Heifers—Choice1,785220.00/cwt220.00–220.003,9271
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers—Choice1,539212.91/cwt210.00–216.003,2776

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.