Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2025-01-01

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Jan 1
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
531 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 486▲ 140 vs year ago 391 · +35.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers traded steady. Slaughter dairy cross steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate to 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,393174.522,4312thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,493177.252,6468thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,435151.132,1696thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,422143.302,0383thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,560155.582,42640
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,535137.192,1063thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,310188.162,465135
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,107178.451,9759thin
SteersChoiceLow1,404186.912,623102
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,192171.802,04811
SteersStandardAverage1,513168.762,5532thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice—1,422143.30/cwt135.00–148.002,0383
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,398152.35/cwt150.00–156.002,1305
SteersSelect and Choice—1,192171.80/cwt161.00–181.002,04811
SteersChoice—1,341181.66/cwt172.00–184.002,43612
SteersChoice—1,386188.66/cwt185.00–195.002,61582
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,678176.85/cwt150.00–190.002,9688
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice—1,393174.52/cwt174.00–175.002,4312
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice—1,493177.25/cwt175.00–184.002,6468
Dairy SteersChoice—1,572155.06/cwt150.00–161.002,43838
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,535137.19/cwt135.00–143.002,1063
Dairy SteersChoice—1,323165.54/cwt165.00–166.002,1902
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,620145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,3491
SteersStandard—1,513168.76/cwt165.00–173.002,5532
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,107178.45/cwt168.00–184.001,9759
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,655167.24/cwt157.00–180.002,7683
HeifersChoice—1,304189.41/cwt185.00–195.002,470122
HeifersChoice—1,277177.15/cwt165.00–184.002,2629
HeifersChoice—1,290197.00/cwt197.00–197.002,5411

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.