Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Greenville, a solid offering of well conditioned, locally produced feeder calves and yearlings was met with good demand and active trade. Today's trade was reflective of the current higher trends in the feeder cattle market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $334.30/cwt on 135 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −149.31 against this barn's trailing median of $483.60.

Average price

$334.30

135 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,865

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$706

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$118.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.78

vs IL average

−8.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	346.16	1,915	94
Large 1-2	578	330.00	1,907	3thin
Medium 1-2	598	317.42	1,898	14thin
Medium and Large 1-2	546	316.93	1,730	15thin
Medium and Large 2	560	272.23	1,523	7thin
Large 2	580	270.00	1,566	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	530	228.00	1,208	1thin

One grade step is worth $118.16/cwt here — about $706 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $512.87, low $480.55, median $483.60 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale135 hd

334.30

—

IL average2 barns · 241 hd

332.51

+1.78

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

−8.15

This barn, trailing median4 sales

483.60

−149.31

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

97 lots · USDA AMS · Greenville Livestock Cattle Special - 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	269.92/cwt	250.00–286.00	1,549	4
Steers	Large 2	700–750	705	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,692	1
Steers	Large 2	400–450	420	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,205	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,458	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	592	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,302	5
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	835	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,929	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	230	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	577	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	269.98/cwt	269.00–271.00	1,439	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,925	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,087	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,174	2
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	600–650	628	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,444	20
Steers	Medium 2	600–650	625	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,381	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,208	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	268.12/cwt	250.00–277.00	2,091	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,975	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	912	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,043	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	615	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,759	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	572	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,922	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,063	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	291.95/cwt	279.00–315.00	1,270	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	886	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,834	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	245.55/cwt	241.00–250.00	1,166	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	286.34/cwt	279.00–298.00	1,463	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	263.61/cwt	259.00–266.00	1,774	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,070	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,183	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	853	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,188	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	261.61/cwt	240.00–277.00	1,612	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	300.45/cwt	286.00–316.00	1,394	9
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	485	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,334	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	610	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,623	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,038	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	670	277.70/cwt	276.00–286.00	1,861	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	207.57/cwt	200.00–231.00	1,702	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	326.75/cwt	306.00–335.00	1,715	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	288.08/cwt	269.00–301.00	1,662	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	283.52/cwt	269.00–290.00	1,917	33
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	550	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,041	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	378.21/cwt	331.00–389.00	1,339	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	291.03/cwt	286.00–301.00	1,807	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	346.57/cwt	321.00–357.00	1,632	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	310.30/cwt	302.00–326.00	1,806	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	349.59/cwt	322.00–367.00	1,486	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	531	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,758	5
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	535	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,712	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	237.94/cwt	237.00–241.00	2,070	13
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	535	277.64/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,485	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	871	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	725	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,813	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	206.63/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,401	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	270.49/cwt	270.00–271.00	1,177	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	950	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,834	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	555	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,587	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	237.58/cwt	231.00–251.00	1,734	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,542	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,277	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	268.72/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,540	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,038	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	266.78/cwt	261.00–269.00	2,217	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,329	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	345.05/cwt	331.00–351.00	1,798	39
Steers	Large 1	700–750	745	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,086	1
Steers	Large 1	650–700	655	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,873	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	750	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	346.94/cwt	337.00–360.00	1,998	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	401	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,604	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	348.35/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,686	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,020	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	374.67/cwt	371.00–386.00	1,368	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	305.94/cwt	288.00–319.00	2,194	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	341.18/cwt	331.00–351.00	938	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	360.73/cwt	351.00–372.00	1,497	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	275.68/cwt	271.00–286.00	1,734	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	285.88/cwt	265.00–295.00	2,204	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	231.32/cwt	230.00–232.00	2,124	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	304.78/cwt	295.00–312.00	1,920	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	269.54/cwt	255.00–275.00	2,046	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,256	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,912	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,172	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	280.91/cwt	273.00–294.00	1,837	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	322.35/cwt	301.00–326.00	1,863	7
Steers	Medium 2	350–400	355	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	962	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	303.28/cwt	290.00–320.00	2,050	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	312.19/cwt	280.00–326.00	1,617	8
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	578	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,907	3
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	470	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	324.82/cwt	302.50–335.00	1,494	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	268.73/cwt	265.00–277.00	1,919	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	598	317.42/cwt	311.00–321.00	1,898	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,211	1
Steers	Large 1-2	300–350	320	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	995	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	319.99/cwt	311.00–329.00	1,382	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	980	214.77/cwt	200.00–230.00	2,105	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,135	1
Steers	Large 2	550–600	580	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,566	1

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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	255.00	255.00
1	450–500	475	255.00	255.00
2	500–550	533	269.00–271.00	269.98
4	550–600	574	250.00–286.00	269.92
1	600–650	605	241.00	241.00
1	750–800	770	250.00	250.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	287.00	287.00
1	550–600	580	270.00	270.00
1	700–750	705	240.00	240.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	311.00	311.00
1	450–500	470	323.00	323.00
3	550–600	578	330.00	330.00
1	800–850	835	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	331.00–351.00	341.18
1	350–400	365	321.00	321.00
5	400–450	432	311.00–329.00	319.99
7	450–500	460	302.50–335.00	324.82
8	500–550	518	280.00–326.00	312.19
7	550–600	578	301.00–326.00	322.35
7	600–650	629	271.00–286.00	275.68
8	650–700	654	273.00–294.00	280.91
7	700–750	714	265.00–277.00	268.73
4	750–800	759	255.00–275.00	269.54
1	800–850	800	239.00	239.00
2	950–1000	980	200.00–230.00	214.77
2	1050–1100	1,087	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	271.00	271.00
1	600–650	625	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	228.00	228.00
1	600–650	625	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	365	371.00–386.00	374.67
15	400–450	415	351.00–372.00	360.73
19	450–500	484	330.00–370.00	348.35
39	500–550	521	331.00–351.00	345.05
55	550–600	576	337.00–360.00	346.94
32	600–650	630	295.00–312.00	304.78
81	650–700	676	290.00–320.00	303.28
21	700–750	717	288.00–319.00	305.94
42	750–800	771	265.00–295.00	285.88
20	800–850	831	261.00–269.00	266.78
6	900–950	918	230.00–232.00	231.32
9	1000–1050	1,010	200.00	200.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	655	286.00	286.00
1	700–750	745	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	750	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	401	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	598	311.00–321.00	317.42
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	592	220.00	220.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	600–650	628	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	354	331.00–389.00	378.21
29	400–450	425	322.00–367.00	349.59
18	450–500	471	321.00–357.00	346.57
42	500–550	525	306.00–335.00	326.75
36	550–600	582	302.00–326.00	310.30
25	600–650	621	286.00–301.00	291.03
33	650–700	676	269.00–290.00	283.52
7	700–750	742	275.00	275.00
15	750–800	780	250.00–277.00	268.12
4	800–850	820	200.00–231.00	207.57
13	850–900	870	237.00–241.00	237.94
3	900–950	923	214.00	214.00
5	1050–1100	1,070	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	900–950	912	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	615	286.00	286.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	572	336.00	336.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	335.00	335.00
1	300–350	345	301.00	301.00
1	350–400	370	321.00	321.00
3	400–450	435	279.00–315.00	291.95
9	450–500	464	286.00–316.00	300.45
16	500–550	511	279.00–298.00	286.34
14	550–600	577	269.00–301.00	288.08
7	600–650	616	240.00–277.00	261.61
3	650–700	673	259.00–266.00	263.61
3	700–750	730	231.00–251.00	237.58
3	850–900	886	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	251.00	251.00
2	400–450	435	270.00–271.00	270.49
2	450–500	475	241.00–250.00	245.55
3	550–600	573	260.00–277.00	268.72
1	600–650	600	257.00	257.00
3	650–700	678	200.00–220.00	206.63
1	950–1000	950	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	275.00	275.00
2	500–550	535	270.00–285.00	277.64
1	550–600	550	279.00	279.00
1	600–650	610	266.00	266.00
6	650–700	670	276.00–286.00	277.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	531	331.00	331.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	630	211.00	211.00
1	700–750	725	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	166.00	166.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	250.00	250.00

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