Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2025-08-20

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Aug 20
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
271 head
263 vs last sale 534 226 vs year ago 497 · 45.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers, and slaughter dairy cross steers and heifers were lightly tested. Trade was active with good demand on a light run today.

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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,268223.362,8322thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,362225.773,0753thin
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,260174.002,1921thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,210200.002,4201thin
Dairy SteersChoiceLow1,588185.722,9493thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,464183.512,68715
HeifersChoiceAverage1,246237.792,96328
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,101220.022,4224thin
SteersChoiceLow1,401237.903,33479
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,238210.962,6129thin
SteersSelectAverage1,083187.002,0242thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,210200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,4201
HeifersChoice1,246237.79/cwt234.00–240.002,96328
HeifersSelect and Choice1,101220.02/cwt195.00–230.002,4224
SteersChoice1,388231.06/cwt230.00–232.003,2074
SteersChoice1,402238.27/cwt235.00–243.003,34175
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,105201.00/cwt201.00–201.002,2211
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,362225.77/cwt220.00–230.003,0753
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,260174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,1921
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,268223.36/cwt220.00–227.002,8322
SteersSelect1,060173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,8341
SteersSelect and Choice1,238210.96/cwt182.00–230.002,6129
Dairy SteersChoice1,588185.72/cwt180.00–188.002,9493
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,464183.51/cwt180.00–190.002,68715

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.