Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2026-04-08

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Apr 8
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
377 head
▲ 104 vs last sale 273▲ 74 vs year ago 303 · +24.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week. slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 9.00 higher. Slaughter dairy cross steers and heifers were lightly tested. Trade was active with good to very good demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,425229.033,2635thin
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,300215.492,8012thin
Bullocks—Average1,715221.003,7901thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,595200.003,1901thin
Dairy SteersChoiceHigh1,443206.242,97644
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,240191.512,3752thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,244239.992,98581
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,075214.172,3023thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,333240.903,21275
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,220228.582,7895thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersChoice—1,243239.86/cwt235.00–245.002,98180
HeifersChoice—1,310250.00/cwt250.00–250.003,2751
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,075214.17/cwt200.00–230.002,3023
SteersChoice—1,332240.80/cwt235.00–246.003,20774
SteersChoice—1,440248.00/cwt248.00–248.003,5711
SteersSelect and Choice—1,220228.58/cwt221.00–231.002,7895
Dairy SteersChoice—1,305215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,8061
Dairy SteersChoice—1,446206.04/cwt200.00–210.002,97943
Bullocks——1,715221.00/cwt221.00–221.003,7901
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice—1,458238.38/cwt235.00–240.003,4763
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,300215.49/cwt215.00–216.002,8012
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice—1,375215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,9562
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,595200.00/cwt200.00–200.003,1901
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,240191.51/cwt191.00–192.002,3752

How this sale compares

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.