Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 lower. Slaughter dairy cross steers were lightly tested. Slaughter dairy cross heifers sold 10.00 higher. Trade was active with very 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	1,396	204.32	2,852	13
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,298	215.00	2,791	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,440	181.60	2,614	13
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,562	164.39	2,568	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,239	218.33	2,704	87
Steers	Choice	Average	1,378	218.00	3,004	139
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,221	207.88	2,538	5thin

Every lot, as filed

11 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	—	1,241	219.29/cwt	215.00–225.00	2,721	79
Heifers	Choice	—	1,243	208.64/cwt	200.00–212.00	2,593	7
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	1,030	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,163	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,380	218.68/cwt	215.00–225.00	3,018	131
Steers	Choice	—	1,345	206.80/cwt	200.00–211.00	2,781	8
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,221	207.88/cwt	203.00–211.00	2,538	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,436	179.18/cwt	175.00–185.00	2,573	11
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,460	194.88/cwt	190.00–200.00	2,845	2
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,562	164.39/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,568	14
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,298	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,791	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,396	204.32/cwt	200.00–205.00	2,852	13

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

Wed May 7, 2025

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

Receipts 470Last week 315Year ago 462

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,241	215.00–225.00	219.29
7	—	1,243	200.00–212.00	208.64
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	210.00	210.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	1,380	215.00–225.00	218.68
8	—	1,345	200.00–211.00	206.80
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,221	203.00–211.00	207.88
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,436	175.00–185.00	179.18
2	—	1,460	190.00–200.00	194.88
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,562	160.00–170.00	164.39
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,298	215.00	215.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,396	200.00–205.00	204.32

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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