Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Greenville, a mostly long timed weaned and multiple vaccinated, grass ready offering was met with good to very good demand on active trade. Today's prices were reflective of current market trends, with prices noticeably higher across most classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $512.87/cwt on 87 head, up $32.32 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 4 comparable sales and sits +29.27 against this barn's trailing median of $483.60.

Average price

$512.87

▲ 32.32 vs prior sale

87 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,823

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,158

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

$204.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.50

vs IL average

+29.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	554.83	3,013	28
Large 1-2	555	550.00	3,053	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	546	521.77	2,846	32
Small 1-2	560	520.00	2,912	1thin
Medium and Large 2	567	452.95	2,566	23
Medium and Large 2-3	530	350.00	1,855	1thin

One grade step is worth $204.83/cwt here — about $1,158 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale87 hd

512.87

—

IL average3 barns · 250 hd

490.37

+22.50

National average169 barns · 10,003 hd

483.18

+29.69

This barn, trailing median4 sales

483.60

+29.27

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

76 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	482.54/cwt	455.00–485.00	2,514	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	490.79/cwt	450.00–525.00	2,297	13
Steers	Large 1	350–400	350	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	2,450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	620	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,852	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	570.01/cwt	550.00–580.00	2,993	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	463.99/cwt	462.00–475.00	3,048	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	407.15/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,828	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	670.96/cwt	640.00–710.00	2,207	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	1,750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	600.51/cwt	570.00–625.00	2,792	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,695	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	402.41/cwt	384.00–435.00	2,962	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	534.58/cwt	530.00–535.00	3,031	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,777	1
Steers	Small 1-2	550–600	560	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,912	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	532.22/cwt	480.00–565.00	2,789	16
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	463	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	416.87/cwt	395.00–420.00	3,185	8
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	555	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	3,053	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	511.32/cwt	475.00–545.00	2,899	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	367.02/cwt	362.50–370.00	3,178	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	467.47/cwt	430.00–480.00	2,216	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,183	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	670.84/cwt	655.00–685.00	2,475	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	638.08/cwt	620.00–670.00	2,737	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	557.26/cwt	530.00–595.00	2,407	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	381.36/cwt	372.50–390.00	2,936	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,736	1
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	675	436.57/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,947	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,313	1
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	790	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,963	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	433.45/cwt	405.00–455.00	2,904	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	450.32/cwt	400.00–480.00	2,639	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	457.87/cwt	435.00–470.00	2,427	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	612.75/cwt	600.00–625.00	1,563	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	558.64/cwt	500.00–587.50	2,620	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,211	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,572	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	2,996	24
Steers	Large 2	650–700	680	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	408	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,224	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,855	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	381.00/cwt	330.00–400.00	2,736	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	527.92/cwt	500.00–565.00	2,523	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	336.08/cwt	327.50–345.00	2,951	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	494.69/cwt	465.00–555.00	3,176	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	665	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,195	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	410	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	2,706	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	464.54/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,862	22
Steers	Large 1	800–850	802	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	3,008	2
Heifers	Large 3	800–850	830	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,117	1
Heifers	Large 3	850–900	860	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,193	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	449.46/cwt	435.00–495.00	2,611	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,571	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	345	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	2,484	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	660	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	3,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	498.96/cwt	475.00–525.00	2,111	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,843	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	425.20/cwt	355.00–440.00	2,687	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,084	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	399.82/cwt	375.00–430.00	2,311	4
Heifers	Large 2-3	600–650	635	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,731	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	562	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,810	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	300–350	325	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,926	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	491.09/cwt	485.00–525.00	2,603	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,714	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	474.10/cwt	442.50–515.00	2,721	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	634.46/cwt	620.00–650.00	1,776	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,888	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	632.59/cwt	560.00–665.00	2,069	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	581.65/cwt	545.00–600.00	2,559	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	579.53/cwt	555.00–605.00	2,196	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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	550.00	550.00
1	300–350	335	550.00	550.00
5	350–400	386	540.00	540.00
9	400–450	423	475.00–525.00	498.96
13	450–500	468	450.00–525.00	490.79
14	500–550	521	455.00–485.00	482.54
4	550–600	581	435.00–495.00	449.46
9	600–650	632	355.00–440.00	425.20
3	650–700	650	417.50	417.50
1	750–800	785	327.50	327.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	400.00–415.00	407.15
1	400–450	425	430.00	430.00
4	550–600	578	375.00–430.00	399.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	620.00–650.00	634.46
4	300–350	327	560.00–665.00	632.59
5	350–400	379	555.00–605.00	579.53
9	400–450	440	545.00–600.00	581.65
7	450–500	478	500.00–565.00	527.92
11	500–550	530	485.00–525.00	491.09
9	550–600	574	442.50–515.00	474.10
3	600–650	642	465.00–555.00	494.69
5	700–750	718	330.00–400.00	381.00
1	750–800	775	377.50	377.50
1	800–850	825	350.00	350.00
2	850–900	878	327.50–345.00	336.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	665	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	660.00	660.00
Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	830	255.00	255.00
1	850–900	860	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	635	430.00	430.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	450.00	450.00
2	550–600	562	500.00	500.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	700.00	700.00
2	800–850	802	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	460.00	460.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	700.00	700.00
5	300–350	329	640.00–710.00	670.96
15	350–400	369	655.00–685.00	670.84
14	400–450	429	620.00–670.00	638.08
10	450–500	465	570.00–625.00	600.51
16	500–550	525	550.00–580.00	570.01
12	550–600	567	530.00–535.00	534.58
22	600–650	616	450.00–470.00	464.54
11	650–700	657	462.00–475.00	463.99
17	700–750	736	384.00–435.00	402.41
8	750–800	764	395.00–420.00	416.87
10	850–900	866	362.50–370.00	367.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	255	600.00–625.00	612.75
1	350–400	370	625.00	625.00
6	400–450	432	530.00–595.00	557.26
28	450–500	469	500.00–587.50	558.64
16	500–550	524	480.00–565.00	532.22
16	550–600	567	475.00–545.00	511.32
6	600–650	609	442.50	442.50
9	650–700	670	405.00–455.00	433.45
2	750–800	770	372.50–390.00	381.36
1	800–850	805	345.00	345.00
24	850–900	885	338.50	338.50
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	520.00	520.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	463	547.50	547.50
2	550–600	555	550.00	550.00
4	650–700	675	410.00–445.00	436.57
1	750–800	790	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	445.00	445.00
1	400–450	425	500.00	500.00
4	450–500	474	430.00–480.00	467.47
8	500–550	530	435.00–470.00	457.87
15	550–600	586	400.00–480.00	450.32
1	600–650	615	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	610	362.50	362.50
1	650–700	695	370.00	370.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	680	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	408	545.00	545.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	720.00	720.00
1	650–700	660	500.00	500.00

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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