Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 8.00 higher. Slaughter dairy cross steers and heifers sold a bit 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	1,250	196.52	2,457	2thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Low	1,389	187.82	2,609	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,371	168.51	2,311	33
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,253	151.35	1,896	4thin
Dairy Steers	Standard	Average	1,295	124.00	1,606	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,245	199.09	2,479	60
Steers	Choice	Average	1,397	199.76	2,790	95
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,312	183.16	2,403	3thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,435	165.12	2,369	2thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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
Heifers	Choice	—	1,236	199.57/cwt	195.00–205.00	2,467	51
Heifers	Choice	—	1,458	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	3,062	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,251	192.47/cwt	190.00–194.00	2,408	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,393	200.30/cwt	195.00–205.00	2,790	91
Steers	Choice	—	1,407	186.12/cwt	180.00–194.00	2,619	3
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,720	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	3,302	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,312	183.16/cwt	174.00–190.00	2,403	3
Steers	Standard	—	1,435	165.12/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,369	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,373	169.06/cwt	165.00–175.00	2,321	31
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,345	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,152	2
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,253	151.35/cwt	145.00–160.00	1,896	4
Dairy Steers	Standard	—	1,295	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,606	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,348	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,426	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,410	191.73/cwt	190.00–195.00	2,703	4
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,250	196.52/cwt	195.00–198.00	2,457	2

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 Mar 12, 2025

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

Receipts 400Last week 318Year ago 376

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,236	195.00–205.00	199.57
2	—	1,458	210.00	210.00
7	—	1,251	190.00–194.00	192.47
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,393	195.00–205.00	200.30
3	—	1,407	180.00–194.00	186.12
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,720	192.00	192.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,312	174.00–190.00	183.16
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,435	160.00–170.00	165.12
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,373	165.00–175.00	169.06
2	—	1,345	160.00	160.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,253	145.00–160.00	151.35
Dairy Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	124.00	124.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,348	180.00	180.00
4	—	1,410	190.00–195.00	191.73
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,250	195.00–198.00	196.52

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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