Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers traded steady. Slaughter dairy cross steers and heifers sold 2.00 higher in a light test. Trade was active with 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,298	212.28	2,755	4thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,370	213.00	2,918	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,478	193.42	2,859	36
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,468	185.52	2,723	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,200	218.78	2,625	29
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,130	211.00	2,384	1thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,359	219.14	2,978	64
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,144	195.72	2,239	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,030	181.00	1,864	1thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,298	212.28/cwt	210.00–215.00	2,755	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,370	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,918	1
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,468	185.52/cwt	185.00–186.00	2,723	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,596	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	3,272	9
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,439	189.56/cwt	188.00–192.00	2,728	27
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,144	195.72/cwt	191.00–205.00	2,239	6
Steers	Select	—	1,030	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,864	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,248	208.01/cwt	205.00–212.00	2,596	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,468	226.24/cwt	217.00–230.00	3,321	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,361	219.55/cwt	215.00–225.00	2,988	57
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,130	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,384	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,200	218.78/cwt	215.00–224.00	2,625	29

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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Greenville Livestock Cattle Auction - Greenville, IL

Wed Sep 16, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Springfield, IL (LS-GX)

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,298	210.00–215.00	212.28
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,370	213.00	213.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,468	185.00–186.00	185.52
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,596	205.00	205.00
27	—	1,439	188.00–192.00	189.56
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,144	191.00–205.00	195.72
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	181.00	181.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,248	205.00–212.00	208.01
3	—	1,468	217.00–230.00	226.24
57	—	1,361	215.00–225.00	219.55
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,200	215.00–224.00	218.78

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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