Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 4.00 lower. Slaughter dairy cross steers and heifers sold 14.00 to 16.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate 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	1,223	179.31	2,193	3thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,426	182.63	2,604	7thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,640	166.00	2,722	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,455	165.67	2,410	25
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,290	130.00	1,677	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,277	201.29	2,571	69
Steers	Choice	Average	1,380	200.40	2,765	85
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,273	178.08	2,267	2thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Choice	—	1,358	200.60/cwt	195.00–205.00	2,724	71
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,730	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,941	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,223	179.31/cwt	178.00–180.00	2,193	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,426	182.63/cwt	180.00–188.00	2,604	7
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,290	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,677	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,468	172.78/cwt	172.00–175.00	2,536	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,452	164.32/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,386	21
Steers	Choice	—	1,477	209.59/cwt	207.00–212.00	3,096	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,463	192.37/cwt	190.00–194.00	2,814	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,273	178.08/cwt	172.00–186.00	2,267	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,195	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,294	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,385	210.28/cwt	208.00–215.00	2,912	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,270	200.72/cwt	196.00–206.00	2,549	63
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,640	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,722	1

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 Feb 26, 2025

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

Receipts 421Last week 247Year ago 587

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,358	195.00–205.00	200.60
7	—	1,477	207.00–212.00	209.59
6	—	1,463	190.00–194.00	192.37
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,730	170.00	170.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,273	172.00–186.00	178.08
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,223	178.00–180.00	179.31
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,426	180.00–188.00	182.63
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	130.00	130.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,468	172.00–175.00	172.78
21	—	1,452	160.00–170.00	164.32
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	192.00	192.00
5	—	1,385	208.00–215.00	210.28
63	—	1,270	196.00–206.00	200.72
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,640	166.00	166.00

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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