Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers traded steady. Slaughter dairy cross steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher in a light test. 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,280	228.25	2,922	5thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,195	225.00	2,689	1thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,590	200.00	3,180	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,535	207.03	3,178	37
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,219	232.42	2,833	51
Steers	Choice	Average	1,342	234.06	3,140	83
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,090	228.00	2,485	1thin

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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,640	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,116	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,540	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	3,234	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,219	232.80/cwt	230.00–236.00	2,838	49
Heifers	Choice	—	1,218	223.04/cwt	221.00–225.00	2,717	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,345	234.23/cwt	230.00–240.00	3,150	82
Steers	Choice	—	1,060	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,332	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,090	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,485	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,445	202.86/cwt	200.00–210.00	2,931	28
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,815	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	3,993	9
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,195	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,689	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,280	228.25/cwt	220.00–235.00	2,922	5

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,640	190.00	190.00
1	—	1,540	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,219	230.00–236.00	232.80
2	—	1,218	221.00–225.00	223.04
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,345	230.00–240.00	234.23
1	—	1,060	220.00	220.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	228.00	228.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,445	200.00–210.00	202.86
9	—	1,815	220.00	220.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	225.00	225.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,280	220.00–235.00	228.25

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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