Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold 2.00 lower. No real price comparison for slaughter dairy heifers and slaughter dairy cross heifers to last week. Trade was active with moderate to 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	1,390	205.00	2,850	3thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,476	187.11	2,762	10
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,212	150.33	1,822	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,352	220.41	2,981	24
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,500	184.75	2,771	19
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,227	258.49	3,172	100
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,190	250.00	2,975	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,374	258.66	3,555	68

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
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,390	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,850	3
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,500	184.75/cwt	171.00–194.00	2,771	19
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,293	228.39/cwt	225.00–234.00	2,953	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,368	218.31/cwt	210.00–223.00	2,986	19
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,476	187.11/cwt	180.00–190.00	2,762	10
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,212	150.33/cwt	150.00–151.00	1,822	3
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,675	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	4,188	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,370	258.79/cwt	255.00–265.00	3,545	67
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,190	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,975	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,283	253.43/cwt	253.00–254.00	3,252	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,226	258.59/cwt	255.00–265.00	3,170	98

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 May 27, 2026

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

Receipts 302Last week 364Year ago 346

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,390	205.00	205.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,500	171.00–194.00	184.75
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,293	225.00–234.00	228.39
19	—	1,368	210.00–223.00	218.31
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,476	180.00–190.00	187.11
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,212	150.00–151.00	150.33
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,675	250.00	250.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,370	255.00–265.00	258.79
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,283	253.00–254.00	253.43
98	—	1,226	255.00–265.00	258.59

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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