Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2025-04-05

Greenville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Sat, Apr 5
● Final102 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2043
Receipts
615 head
▲ 615 vs last sale 0▼ 308 vs year ago 923 · −33.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today in Greenville, solid overall offering was met with good to strong demand on active trade. Most weight classes reflective of current upward trends/highs in the feeder cattle market. Grass ready feeder steers and heifers above 600lbs in strong demand. Good across the board demand on feeder heifers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $351.61/cwt on 71 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −130.29 against this barn's trailing median of $481.90.
Average price
$351.61
71 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,953
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1,027
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$166.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.56
vs IL average
−17.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1561368.802,07020
Medium and Large 1-2559354.071,98042
Medium and Large 2527316.071,6647thin
Large 2525302.501,5881thin
Medium and Large 3515202.501,0431thin
One grade step is worth $166.30/cwt here — about $1,027 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale71 hd
351.61
—
IL average2 barns · 205 hd
352.17
−0.56
National average168 barns · 11,835 hd
369.01
−17.40
This barn, trailing median4 sales
481.90
−130.29
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales
527484441398median 481.9003/0704/0406/0609/1209/12
Steers 500–600 lb: high $512.87, low $412.47, median $481.90 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

102 lots · USDA AMS · Greenville Livestock Cattle Special - 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
Feeder Cattle · Steers47 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2245395.00/cwt395.00–395.009681
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2282400.75/cwt400.00–402.501,1303
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2290250.00/cwt250.00–250.007251
Steers300–350Medium 1-2329438.00/cwt438.00–438.001,4415
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1334425.44/cwt420.00–430.001,4217
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2350402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,4091
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3355202.50/cwt202.50–202.507191
Steers350–400Large 1-2380372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,4161
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,3492
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1399435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,7365
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2417381.71/cwt377.50–385.001,5923
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422408.78/cwt400.00–427.501,72516
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3450252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,1361
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471417.65/cwt397.50–435.001,96720
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy473437.50/cwt437.50–437.502,0693
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480380.65/cwt355.00–387.501,8277
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3515202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,0431
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2516326.66/cwt320.00–330.001,6866
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524362.60/cwt355.00–370.001,90013
Steers500–550Large 2525302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,5881
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1541390.63/cwt372.50–402.502,1135
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568361.52/cwt350.00–377.502,05315
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575350.24/cwt337.50–367.502,01429
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,4901
Steers600–650Large 1605332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,0121
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy625350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1881
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627342.87/cwt340.00–350.002,15032
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,5281
Steers600–650Large 1-2640342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,1921
Steers650–700Large 1-2660297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,9641
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682291.46/cwt285.00–322.501,9888
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683333.65/cwt330.00–345.002,27912
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2685272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,8671
Steers650–700Large 2-3690245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6911
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy700277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,9431
Steers700–750Large 1-2702320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2462
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720303.44/cwt292.50–310.002,18515
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,0291
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy760280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1281
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,2118
Steers750–800Large 1-2775271.31/cwt262.50–280.002,1032
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2787273.00/cwt265.00–281.002,1494
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1822269.81/cwt260.00–279.002,21810
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2826271.41/cwt269.00–272.002,24210
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1850251.00/cwt251.00–251.002,1344
Steers850–900Large 1860247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,1291
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,007245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,46745
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2205310.00/cwt310.00–310.006361
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2225402.50/cwt402.50–402.509061
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1282437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,2342
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,1861
Heifers300–350Large 2335292.50/cwt292.50–292.509801
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1337416.01/cwt400.00–437.501,4025
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,3091
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,1251
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370394.61/cwt362.50–407.501,4609
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385398.78/cwt392.50–402.501,5354
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2408378.65/cwt362.50–395.001,5452
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2410289.87/cwt270.00–300.001,1883
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418381.06/cwt347.50–392.501,59314
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2467393.88/cwt375.00–397.501,8396
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483369.18/cwt367.50–370.001,7836
Heifers450–500Large 1-2485357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,7341
Heifers500–550Large 1-2520350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8201
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6281
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527369.34/cwt352.50–392.501,94632
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530356.76/cwt350.00–362.501,8914
Heifers550–600Large 1-2555330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8321
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2561332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,8654
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579341.35/cwt337.50–350.001,97610
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3592327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,9392
Heifers550–600Large 2-3595232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,3831
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open605322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,9512
Heifers600–650Large 1-2610300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8301
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616307.22/cwt290.00–325.001,89222
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620261.16/cwt250.00–272.501,6192
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9265
Heifers650–700Large 1Guaranteed Open685295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0216
Heifers650–700Large 2-3695245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7031
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1717260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8642
Heifers700–750Large 1745271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,0191
Heifers800–850Large 1-2825260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,1452
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1831260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,1613
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy860245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,1071
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open900230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,07054
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy910202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,8431
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers11 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3427177.50/cwt177.50–177.507582
Dairy Steers500–550Large 2-3503292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,4716
Dairy Steers550–600Large 2-3589260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,53120
Dairy Steers600–650Large 2-3615297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,8273
Dairy Steers650–700Large 2-3685252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,7301
Dairy Steers700–750Large 2-3720219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,57711
Dairy Steers750–800Large 3795167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,3321
Dairy Steers800–850Large 2-3849207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,76215
Dairy Steers850–900Large 3-4860137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,1831
Dairy Steers850–900Large 3863190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6403
Dairy Steers950–1000Large 3-4985152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,5021
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers350–400Large 3372202.50/cwt202.50–202.507534
Dairy Heifers750–800Large 3750137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,0311
Dairy Heifers900–950Large 3910146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,3291
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers500–550Medium and Large 2512302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,5492
Beef/Dairy Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7701

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.