Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2026-01-17

Greenville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Sat, Jan 17
● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2043
Receipts
830 head
▲ 830 vs last sale 0▼ 10 vs year ago 840 · −1.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today in Greenville, a quality offering of long time weaned and multi-vaccinated cattle was met with good to very good demand. Excellent demand on calves 500-700lbs with several consignments topping recent market highs for the region. Demand remains high for mid weight 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 $483.95/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 4 of 4 comparable sales and sits +2.05 against this barn's trailing median of $481.90.
Average price
$483.95
74 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,665
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$718
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$168.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.11
vs IL average
+11.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525529.682,78132
Medium and Large 1-2570458.352,61238
Medium and Large 2571361.262,0634thin
One grade step is worth $168.42/cwt here — about $718 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
483.95
—
IL average2 barns · 261 hd
472.83
+11.11
National average187 barns · 29,067 hd
471.98
+11.97
This barn, trailing median4 sales
481.90
+2.05
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

89 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 · Steers45 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2240485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,1641
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2270418.33/cwt335.00–495.001,1293
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2300505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,5151
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2315410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,2921
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1339556.57/cwt540.00–565.001,8877
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2363498.16/cwt490.00–530.001,8085
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1371581.66/cwt550.00–600.002,1586
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,3311
Steers350–400Large 1-2380455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7291
Steers400–450Large 1400535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,1402
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424467.69/cwt435.00–490.001,9837
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428540.54/cwt500.00–560.002,31414
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,8832
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471513.77/cwt500.00–550.002,42023
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471480.54/cwt450.00–495.002,26310
Steers450–500Medium 1-2495425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,1042
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518535.18/cwt505.00–570.002,77227
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536454.66/cwt427.50–480.002,4378
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,8155
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2571361.26/cwt355.00–365.002,0634
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579459.33/cwt432.50–475.002,66030
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2619355.68/cwt325.00–362.502,20214
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623405.64/cwt370.00–420.002,5278
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625444.67/cwt427.50–460.002,77950
Steers600–650Large 2625352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,2031
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673445.68/cwt425.00–470.002,99975
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2674329.85/cwt320.00–342.502,2236
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681400.86/cwt385.00–425.002,73018
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2716322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,3063
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2719387.02/cwt367.50–395.002,78317
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1728404.77/cwt390.00–422.502,94732
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2767370.29/cwt360.00–384.002,84010
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2773324.35/cwt302.50–330.002,5075
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3775252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,9571
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2805330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,6572
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1812360.42/cwt330.00–370.002,92718
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2842306.13/cwt302.00–307.502,5784
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2865328.35/cwt310.00–332.502,84011
Steers850–900Large 3865200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7301
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2901301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,7125
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1910320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,9121
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2950287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,7311
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,018251.26/cwt250.00–252.502,5582
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,023300.00/cwt300.00–300.003,0693
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,070247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,6482
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3230345.00/cwt345.00–345.007941
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2290410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,1891
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,6482
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335427.28/cwt420.00–435.001,4312
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380496.82/cwt490.00–505.001,88817
Heifers350–400Medium 1-2385465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,7901
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422455.22/cwt435.00–480.001,92113
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426400.73/cwt380.00–410.001,7075
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2460415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,9091
Heifers450–500Medium 2465355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6511
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1489474.14/cwt440.00–500.002,31928
Heifers500–550Medium 1506435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,2018
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510470.79/cwt430.00–500.002,40122
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518412.20/cwt385.00–425.002,1354
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2538354.95/cwt345.00–365.001,9102
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2553355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9633
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568449.44/cwt435.00–495.002,55322
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579414.51/cwt382.50–425.002,40026
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open581398.00/cwt398.00–398.002,31213
Heifers600–650Medium 2600305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8303
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620349.92/cwt345.00–355.002,1702
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1637368.62/cwt355.00–375.002,3489
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open653380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,48126
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664363.80/cwt340.00–370.002,41618
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1475
Heifers700–750Medium 2702311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,1837
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open703360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,53113
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1726361.82/cwt320.00–375.002,6278
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2744329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,4485
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1751360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,7044
Heifers750–800Large 1775340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,6352
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2775280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1701
Heifers750–800Large 2-3785240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8841
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2805285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,2941
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2820295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,4191
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1827316.20/cwt316.00–325.002,61546
Heifers800–850Large 2845280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,3661
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2850280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,3801
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy875280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,4502
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2885285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,5227
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers450–500Large 2-3485390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,8924
Dairy Steers550–600Large 2-3550322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,7741
Dairy Steers600–650Large 2-3640293.00/cwt282.50–300.001,8755
Dairy Steers800–850Large 2-3831290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,41012

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.