Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2025-12-06

Greenville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Sat, Dec 6
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2043
Receipts
443 head
▲ 443 vs last sale 0▼ 66 vs year ago 509 · −13.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Greenville, a mostly long timed weaned and multiple vaccinated offering was met with good demand and active trade. Winter conditions in central/southern Illinois drove a lighter than usual offering. Feeder cattle 500-600lbs met with good to excellent demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $397.73/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −84.17 against this barn's trailing median of $481.90.
Average price
$397.73
74 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,193
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$730
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2
$126.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.44
vs IL average
−31.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551426.382,35020
Large 1595400.002,38012thin
Medium and Large 1-2541390.802,11537
Medium and Large 2519336.201,7454thin
Large 2540300.001,6201thin
One grade step is worth $126.38/cwt here — about $730 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 sale74 hd
397.73
—
IL average2 barns · 195 hd
395.28
+2.44
National average190 barns · 23,426 hd
429.15
−31.42
This barn, trailing median4 sales
481.90
−84.17
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

78 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 · Steers46 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3259359.13/cwt300.00–380.009304
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2270435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,1751
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3300235.00/cwt235.00–235.007051
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2310340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0541
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3315300.00/cwt300.00–300.009452
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1331515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,7054
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2341412.89/cwt400.00–452.501,4084
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2350450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5751
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1389465.28/cwt450.00–482.501,8107
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,5871
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420341.25/cwt332.50–350.001,4332
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy423525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,2217
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428464.73/cwt445.00–485.001,9897
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3435267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,1641
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3459335.54/cwt317.50–340.001,5405
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3460250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1501
Steers450–500Large 2470300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4101
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473469.44/cwt445.00–493.002,22028
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475334.86/cwt325.00–345.001,5913
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477424.83/cwt390.00–440.002,02616
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2519336.20/cwt302.50–367.501,7454
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528442.58/cwt410.00–450.002,3379
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528397.10/cwt362.50–425.002,09726
Steers500–550Large 2540300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6201
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570413.13/cwt400.00–442.502,35511
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572375.90/cwt360.00–390.002,15011
Steers550–600Large 1595400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,38012
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618384.78/cwt365.00–400.002,37824
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623349.44/cwt332.50–365.002,1774
Steers650–700Large 1658381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,5077
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1669377.94/cwt347.50–385.002,52820
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,4471
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710320.35/cwt310.00–331.002,2742
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1713364.45/cwt341.00–375.002,59921
Steers700–750Large 1-2730330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4091
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3730302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,2081
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2755303.38/cwt300.00–310.002,2913
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1761344.16/cwt327.50–350.002,6194
Steers750–800Large 1770317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,4451
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2780276.17/cwt270.00–282.502,1542
Steers800–850Large 2810252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,0451
Steers800–850Large 1-2845326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,7551
Steers850–900Large 2870270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,3491
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2875276.38/cwt276.00–277.502,4184
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2925250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,3131
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 21,085220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,3871
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2215305.00/cwt305.00–305.006561
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2270400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0801
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275345.00/cwt345.00–345.009491
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372388.80/cwt385.00–392.501,4464
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374428.30/cwt402.50–480.001,6025
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420315.77/cwt300.00–325.001,3263
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423421.99/cwt382.50–442.501,78518
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5441
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3401
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480415.74/cwt400.00–425.001,99613
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490380.11/cwt367.50–402.501,8633
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2505322.50/cwt312.50–332.501,6292
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522387.82/cwt365.00–412.502,02423
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528369.09/cwt342.50–385.001,9493
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2564368.10/cwt342.50–385.002,07624
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1661
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,4521
Heifers600–650Large 2600250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5001
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610344.33/cwt332.50–354.002,1009
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620345.67/cwt342.50–350.002,1437
Heifers600–650Large 1643333.21/cwt332.50–337.502,1437
Heifers650–700Large 1-2650325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1131
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1657357.99/cwt327.50–370.002,3528
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2755270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0391
Heifers750–800Large 2772292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,2582
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2828252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,0912
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2863258.66/cwt252.50–265.002,2322
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 3930225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,0931
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2395382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,5111
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers400–450Large 2-3443362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,60611
Dairy Steers500–550Large 2-3526328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,7259
Dairy Steers650–700Large 2-3687280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9242

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.