Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 26, 2020

1,534 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight L 1-2 steers $137.27/cwt ≈ $916/hd at 667 lb · 78 head

heavy 5-weight L 1-2 steers $136.98/cwt ≈ $780/hd at 569 lb · 65 head

light 6-weight L 1-2 steers $132.34/cwt ≈ $823/hd at 622 lb · 54 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,534	968	2,106
Feeder cattle	754	—	1,226
Slaughter cattle	780	968	880

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Feeder Steers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	325	6	161.00–170.00	$163.04	$530	—
385–390	390	13	161.00–169.00	$167.78	$654	—
400–430	416	13	152.00–158.00	$156.00	$649	—
425	425	1	126.00	$126.00	$536	—
450–490	475	11	141.00–150.00	$144.53	$687	—
500–545	525	34	139.00–159.00	$149.63	$786	—
553–595	569	64	126.00–144.00	$137.50	$782	—
580 unweaned	580	1	104.00	$104.00	$603	—
600–645	622	54	118.50–138.00	$132.34	$823	—
663 fancy	663	28	145.00	$145.00	$961	—
655–698	670	50	121.50–144.50	$132.94	$891	—
704 fancy	704	16	137.50	$137.50	$968	—
700–747	731	16	115.00–137.00	$131.06	$958	—
757–780	765	3	126.00–129.50	$128.31	$982	—
805–835	828	4	119.00–122.00	$121.27	$1,004	—
892	892	2	106.00	$106.00	$946	—
915	915	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,043	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985	985	1	92.00	$92.00	$906	—
1040–1385	1199	4	85.00–93.50	$89.62	$1,075	—
1080–1680	1395	166	97.00–106.00	$103.33	$1,441	-1.89
1350–1475	1416	9	104.50–108.00	$106.52	$1,508	-3.48
1350–1670	1501	16	90.00–96.00	$94.29	$1,415	—
1700–1930	1815	2	94.00–94.50	$94.27	$1,711	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	119.00	$119.00	$381	—
450–470	460	3	117.00–141.00	$125.83	$579	—
505–548	537	4	136.00–138.00	$136.47	$733	—
581–585	582	8	117.00–137.50	$134.92	$785	—
630–645	635	3	121.00–131.00	$127.61	$810	—
655	655	1	122.00	$122.00	$799	—
740	740	1	121.00	$121.00	$895	—
750–780	765	2	113.00–118.00	$115.45	$883	—
855–870	863	2	96.00	$96.00	$828	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	137.50	$137.50	$406	—
365	365	1	121.00	$121.00	$442	—
448	448	4	124.00	$124.00	$556	—
475–490	488	6	118.00–137.00	$133.91	$653	—
500–530	513	4	117.00–123.00	$120.50	$618	—
565–580	571	4	107.00–121.00	$117.45	$671	—
695	695	1	111.00	$111.00	$771	—
735	735	1	111.00	$111.00	$816	—
930	930	1	81.00	$81.00	$753	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	125.00	$125.00	$444	—
455–491	484	7	108.00–141.00	$119.30	$577	—
537	537	2	136.00	$136.00	$730	—
575	575	1	121.00	$121.00	$696	—
765	765	1	105.00	$105.00	$803	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	157.00	$157.00	$612	—
645	645	1	128.00	$128.00	$826	—
680	680	1	117.00	$117.00	$796	—
835	835	1	114.00	$114.00	$952	—

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Feeder Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–292	281	3	128.00–135.00	$130.16	$366	—
302	302	2	135.00	$135.00	$408	—
365–390	384	19	126.00–143.00	$134.97	$518	—
415–445	427	21	120.00–135.00	$128.82	$550	—
470 unweaned	470	1	110.00	$110.00	$517	—
465–495	483	28	120.00–134.00	$126.49	$611	—
500–542	521	39	117.00–139.00	$129.42	$674	—
515–527 unweaned	525	5	111.00–115.00	$111.79	$587	—
553–595	561	32	119.00–133.50	$127.69	$716	—
615–646	638	32	106.00–122.00	$116.87	$746	—
650–685	661	33	114.00–131.50	$124.84	$825	—
714–745	719	15	112.00–130.50	$125.76	$904	—
760–797	781	14	109.00–126.00	$121.08	$946	—
805–845	823	5	102.00–106.50	$104.35	$859	—
850–895	883	43	91.00–119.50	$115.58	$1,021	—
910–920	919	7	90.00–106.00	$95.15	$874	—
950	950	1	91.00	$91.00	$864	—
1004	1004	6	86.00	$86.00	$863	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945	945	1	97.00	$97.00	$917	—
925–1155	1040	2	75.00–79.00	$77.22	$803	-14.78
1025–1092	1064	6	87.00–95.00	$92.84	$988	—
1015–1555	1282	124	97.50–106.00	$102.90	$1,319	-1.79
1310–1535	1387	5	93.00–96.50	$95.22	$1,321	—
1310–1535	1418	6	107.00–110.00	$107.86	$1,529	—
1665	1665	1	96.00	$96.00	$1,598	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–385	375	3	121.00–125.00	$122.37	$459	—
410–420	414	4	111.00–119.00	$113.03	$468	—
450–475	459	5	109.00–121.00	$111.88	$514	—
515–520	518	2	109.00–116.00	$112.52	$583	—
585	585	2	112.00	$112.00	$655	—
615	615	1	102.00	$102.00	$627	—
670	670	1	106.00	$106.00	$710	—
717	717	4	100.00	$100.00	$717	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	133.00	$133.00	$532	—
590–595	593	3	111.00–116.00	$114.33	$678	—
625	625	1	111.00	$111.00	$694	—
660	660	1	102.00	$102.00	$673	—
740	740	1	111.00	$111.00	$821	—
1140	1140	1	81.00	$81.00	$923	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
271	271	3	152.00	$152.00	$412	—
371	371	1	126.00	$126.00	$467	—
681	681	4	116.00	$116.00	$790	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1010	1002	80-85%	3	67.50–74.00	$71.49	$716	—
1180	1180	80-85%	1	63.50	$63.50	$749	+18.10
935–1445	1214	80-85%	6	47.00–51.50	$49.50	$601	-9.00
1000–1585	1301	80-85%	41	52.00–62.50	$56.01	$729	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1345	1338	75-80%	2	67.50–69.50	$68.51	$917	+14.13
1255–1690	1492	75-80%	31	53.50–64.00	$58.48	$873	-0.66
1395–1580	1497	75-80%	3	48.00–52.50	$50.07	$750	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1412	1412	65-75%	2	95.00	$95.00	$1,341	—
1375–1675	1455	65-75%	11	76.50–87.50	$83.34	$1,213	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675–1120	931	85-90%	4	38.00–45.00	$41.14	$383	—
1010–1355	1163	85-90%	7	48.50–56.50	$54.13	$630	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1320	1175	3	47.00–74.00	$63.47	$746	—
1680–1975	1803	5	89.50–95.00	$91.59	$1,651	—
1790–1940	1887	3	75.00–83.50	$80.64	$1,522	—

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Bullocks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1365	1323	2	96.00	$96.00	$1,270	+7.60

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195	1195	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,135	—
1150–1305	1226	4	64.50–79.50	$70.35	$862	—
1350	1350	1	88.00	$88.00	$1,188	-0.68

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	2	140.00	$140.00	$266	—
220	220	2	55.00	$55.00	$121	—
340	340	1	53.00	$53.00	$180	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1085	1055	2	80.00–85.00	$82.43	$870	—
1275–1560	1403	8	70.00–83.00	$75.99	$1,066	-16.01
1320–1870	1459	67	84.00–91.50	$89.30	$1,303	—
1420–1565	1489	4	93.50–100.00	$96.32	$1,434	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	2	47.00	$47.00	$103	—
265	265	1	99.00	$99.00	$262	—
355–380	367	3	41.00–85.00	$61.82	$227	—
410	410	1	41.00	$41.00	$168	—
650	650	1	50.00	$50.00	$325	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.