Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2026-04-04

Greenville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Sat, Apr 4
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2043
Receipts
455 head
▲ 455 vs last sale 0▼ 160 vs year ago 615 · −26.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Greenville, a mostly long timed weaned and multiple vaccinated, grass ready offering was met with good to very good demand on active trade. Today's prices were reflective of current market trends, with prices noticeably higher across most classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $512.87/cwt on 87 head, up $32.32 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 4 comparable sales and sits +30.97 against this barn's trailing median of $481.90.
Average price
$512.87
▲ 32.32 vs prior sale
87 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,823
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1,158
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$204.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+22.50
vs IL average
+29.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543554.833,01328
Large 1-2555550.003,0532thin
Medium and Large 1-2546521.772,84632
Small 1-2560520.002,9121thin
Medium and Large 2567452.952,56623
Medium and Large 2-3530350.001,8551thin
One grade step is worth $204.83/cwt here — about $1,158 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 sale87 hd
512.87
—
IL average3 barns · 250 hd
490.37
+22.50
National average169 barns · 10,003 hd
483.18
+29.69
This barn, trailing median4 sales
481.90
+30.97
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

76 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 · Steers44 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1250700.00/cwt700.00–700.001,7501
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2255612.75/cwt600.00–625.001,5632
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1329670.96/cwt640.00–710.002,2075
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy345720.00/cwt720.00–720.002,4842
Steers350–400Large 1350700.00/cwt700.00–700.002,4501
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1369670.84/cwt655.00–685.002,47515
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370625.00/cwt625.00–625.002,3131
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,7361
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3408545.00/cwt545.00–545.002,2244
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,1251
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1429638.08/cwt620.00–670.002,73714
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432557.26/cwt530.00–595.002,4076
Steers450–500Large 1-2463547.50/cwt547.50–547.502,5351
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465600.51/cwt570.00–625.002,79210
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469558.64/cwt500.00–587.502,62028
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2474467.47/cwt430.00–480.002,2164
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524532.22/cwt480.00–565.002,78916
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525570.01/cwt550.00–580.002,99316
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530457.87/cwt435.00–470.002,4278
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3530350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8551
Steers550–600Large 1-2555550.00/cwt550.00–550.003,0532
Steers550–600Small 1-2560520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,9121
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1567534.58/cwt530.00–535.003,03112
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2567511.32/cwt475.00–545.002,89916
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2586450.32/cwt400.00–480.002,63915
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2609442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,6956
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3610362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,2111
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2615355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1831
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1616464.54/cwt450.00–470.002,86222
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy620460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,8521
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1657463.99/cwt462.00–475.003,04811
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy660500.00/cwt500.00–500.003,3001
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670433.45/cwt405.00–455.002,9049
Steers650–700Large 1-2675436.57/cwt410.00–445.002,9474
Steers650–700Large 2680375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,5501
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3695370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,5721
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1736402.41/cwt384.00–435.002,96217
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1764416.87/cwt395.00–420.003,1858
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770381.36/cwt372.50–390.002,9362
Steers750–800Large 1-2790375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,9631
Steers800–850Large 1802375.00/cwt375.00–375.003,0082
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2805345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,7771
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1866367.02/cwt362.50–370.003,17810
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2885338.50/cwt338.50–338.502,99624
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280634.46/cwt620.00–650.001,7762
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2290550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,5951
Heifers300–350Medium 1-2325450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4631
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327632.59/cwt560.00–665.002,0694
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,8431
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378407.15/cwt400.00–415.001,5392
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379579.53/cwt555.00–605.002,1965
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2386540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,0845
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy410660.00/cwt660.00–660.002,7061
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423498.96/cwt475.00–525.002,1119
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8281
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440581.65/cwt545.00–600.002,5599
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468490.79/cwt450.00–525.002,29713
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478527.92/cwt500.00–565.002,5237
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521482.54/cwt455.00–485.002,51414
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530491.09/cwt485.00–525.002,60311
Heifers550–600Medium 1-2562500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,8102
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574474.10/cwt442.50–515.002,7219
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578399.82/cwt375.00–430.002,3114
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581449.46/cwt435.00–495.002,6114
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632425.20/cwt355.00–440.002,6879
Heifers600–650Large 2-3635430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,7311
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1642494.69/cwt465.00–555.003,1763
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,7143
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy665330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1951
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718381.00/cwt330.00–400.002,7365
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,9261
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,5711
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1825350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,8881
Heifers800–850Large 3830255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,1171
Heifers850–900Large 3860255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,1931
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1878336.08/cwt327.50–345.002,9512

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.