Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2026-08-05

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Aug 5
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
299 head
▲ 43 vs last sale 256▼ 126 vs year ago 425 · −29.6%
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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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,280228.252,9225thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,195225.002,6891thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,590200.003,1802thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,535207.033,17837
HeifersChoiceLow1,219232.422,83351
SteersChoiceLow1,342234.063,14083
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,090228.002,4851thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice—1,280228.25/cwt220.00–235.002,9225
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice—1,195225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,6891
Dairy SteersChoice—1,815220.00/cwt220.00–220.003,9939
Dairy SteersChoice—1,445202.86/cwt200.00–210.002,93128
SteersSelect and Choice—1,090228.00/cwt228.00–228.002,4851
SteersChoice—1,060220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,3321
SteersChoice—1,345234.23/cwt230.00–240.003,15082
HeifersChoice—1,218223.04/cwt221.00–225.002,7172
HeifersChoice—1,219232.80/cwt230.00–236.002,83849
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,540210.00/cwt210.00–210.003,2341
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,640190.00/cwt190.00–190.003,1161

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.