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Greenville Livestock Auction

Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-06

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, May 6

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046

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Receipts

347 head

▲ 41 vs last sale 306▼ 123 vs year ago 470 · −26.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers and slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter dairy cross steers and heifers traded steady to 1.00 lower. 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,320	237.62	3,136	12
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Low	1,390	238.74	3,319	21
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,318	223.59	2,947	3thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,195	190.00	2,271	1thin
Bullocks	—	Average	1,320	221.00	2,917	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,476	205.79	3,037	20
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,220	192.00	2,342	1thin
Heifers	Choice	High	1,249	251.01	3,136	74
Steers	Choice	Low	1,378	251.70	3,468	95
Steers	Standard	Average	1,440	185.00	2,664	1thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,225	239.25/cwt	230.00–243.00	2,931	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,383	252.11/cwt	246.00–256.00	3,487	89
Steers	—	Standard	1,440	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,664	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,455	258.57/cwt	257.00–260.00	3,762	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,180	258.61/cwt	257.00–260.00	3,052	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,248	251.08/cwt	246.00–256.00	3,133	70
Heifers	—	Choice	1,370	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	3,302	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bullocks1 lot · lightest first
Bullocks	—	—	1,320	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,917	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,220	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,342	1
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,465	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	3,150	1
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,470	205.93/cwt	202.00–212.00	3,027	17
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,528	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	3,056	2
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,277	230.64/cwt	230.00–232.00	2,945	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,334	239.94/cwt	238.00–243.00	3,201	9
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,195	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,271	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,298	230.46/cwt	230.00–231.00	2,991	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,318	223.59/cwt	220.00–230.00	2,947	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,400	239.61/cwt	235.00–245.00	3,355	19

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.

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Greenville Livestock Cattle Auction - Greenville, IL

Wed May 6, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Springfield, IL (LS-GX)

Receipts 347Last week 306Year ago 470

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	192.00	192.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,470	202.00–212.00	205.93
2	—	1,528	200.00	200.00
1	—	1,465	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,225	230.00–243.00	239.25
89	—	1,383	246.00–256.00	252.11
2	—	1,455	257.00–260.00	258.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,334	238.00–243.00	239.94
3	—	1,277	230.00–232.00	230.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,318	220.00–230.00	223.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,298	230.00–231.00	230.46
19	—	1,400	235.00–245.00	239.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,180	257.00–260.00	258.61
2	—	1,370	241.00	241.00
70	—	1,248	246.00–256.00	251.08

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.