Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2026-03-18

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Mar 18
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
268 head
▼ 153 vs last sale 421▼ 20 vs year ago 288 · −6.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter dairy cross steers sold 5.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,373226.583,1114thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,280200.002,5602thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,529203.303,10953
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,386195.882,7157thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,250237.402,96956
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,120228.102,5553thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,352237.363,20958
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,136226.132,5699thin
SteersSelectAverage990181.001,7921thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersChoice—1,251238.76/cwt235.00–242.002,98753
HeifersChoice—1,240213.44/cwt200.00–221.002,6473
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,120228.10/cwt225.00–230.002,5553
SteersChoice—1,355238.17/cwt231.00–242.003,22756
SteersChoice—1,268214.76/cwt201.00–226.002,7232
SteersSelect—990181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,7921
SteersSelect and Choice—1,136226.13/cwt215.00–230.002,5699
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,280200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,5602
Dairy SteersChoice—1,532203.51/cwt200.00–210.003,11851
Dairy SteersChoice—1,463198.00/cwt198.00–198.002,8972
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,386195.88/cwt195.00–198.002,7157
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice—1,373226.58/cwt221.00–230.003,1114

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.