Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Greenville, slaughter steers and heifers traded mostly steady to higher 1.00. Slaughter dairy steers traded mostly steady to lower 1.00. Active trade on 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
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,466	190.05	2,786	32
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,302	181.21	2,359	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,278	225.01	2,876	135
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,133	214.38	2,429	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,403	224.51	3,149	204
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,193	207.78	2,479	11
Steers	Select	Average	1,333	186.45	2,485	3thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,302	181.21/cwt	181.00–182.00	2,359	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,466	190.05/cwt	185.00–198.00	2,786	32
Steers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	1,043	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,368	2
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,810	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	3,892	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,193	207.78/cwt	201.00–215.00	2,479	11
Steers	Select	—	1,333	186.45/cwt	181.00–191.00	2,485	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,309	220.22/cwt	220.00–222.00	2,883	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,406	224.76/cwt	220.00–232.00	3,160	192
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	1,040	226.02/cwt	224.00–228.00	2,351	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,133	214.38/cwt	211.00–216.00	2,429	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,188	220.52/cwt	220.00–221.00	2,620	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,283	225.06/cwt	220.00–233.00	2,888	131

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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Today at Greenville, slaughter steers and heifers traded mostly steady to higher 1.00. Slaughter dairy steers traded mostly steady to lower 1.00. Active trade on good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,302	181.00–182.00	181.21
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,466	185.00–198.00	190.05
Steers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,043	227.00	227.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,810	215.00	215.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,193	201.00–215.00	207.78
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,333	181.00–191.00	186.45
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,309	220.00–222.00	220.22
192	—	1,406	220.00–232.00	224.76
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,040	224.00–228.00	226.02
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,133	211.00–216.00	214.38
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,188	220.00–221.00	220.52
131	—	1,283	220.00–233.00	225.06

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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