Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-05

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 6.00 to 10.00 higher in a light test. 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,265	190.00	2,404	2thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,406	188.91	2,656	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,428	175.00	2,498	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,422	161.00	2,289	20
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,403	152.93	2,146	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,278	198.52	2,536	58
Steers	Choice	Low	1,411	196.61	2,774	81
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,187	178.08	2,114	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,100	175.27	1,928	2thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,470	156.39	2,299	3thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,500	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,550	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,355	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,439	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,280	198.86/cwt	195.00–206.00	2,545	53
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	1,008	192.53/cwt	191.00–194.00	1,941	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,420	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,968	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,410	190.12/cwt	185.00–194.00	2,681	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,406	188.91/cwt	183.00–192.00	2,656	4
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,265	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,404	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,418	188.12/cwt	185.00–190.00	2,668	5
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,688	184.26/cwt	160.00–200.00	3,110	9
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,100	175.27/cwt	160.00–192.00	1,928	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,187	178.08/cwt	171.00–181.00	2,114	5
Steers	Standard	—	1,470	156.39/cwt	140.00–180.00	2,299	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,373	198.90/cwt	195.00–205.00	2,731	67
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,422	161.00/cwt	158.00–168.00	2,289	20
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,403	152.93/cwt	150.00–155.00	2,146	3

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.

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Greenville Livestock Cattle Auction - Greenville, IL

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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
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	170.00	170.00
1	—	1,355	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,280	195.00–206.00	198.86
1	—	1,420	209.00	209.00
2	—	1,410	185.00–194.00	190.12
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,008	191.00–194.00	192.53
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,406	183.00–192.00	188.91
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,265	190.00	190.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,418	185.00–190.00	188.12
67	—	1,373	195.00–205.00	198.90
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,688	160.00–200.00	184.26
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,100	160.00–192.00	175.27
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,187	171.00–181.00	178.08
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,470	140.00–180.00	156.39
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,422	158.00–168.00	161.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,403	150.00–155.00	152.93

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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