Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 9, 2020

4,173 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight L 1-2 steers $143.17/cwt ≈ $1,104/hd at 771 lb · 390 head

heavy 5-weight L 1-2 steers $153.47/cwt ≈ $871/hd at 568 lb · 225 head

light 6-weight L 1-2 steers $143.06/cwt ≈ $887/hd at 620 lb · 207 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,173	702	2,849
Feeder cattle	3,239	—	2,186
Slaughter cattle	934	702	663

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Feeder Steers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	289	7	146.00–167.00	$154.15	$445	—
313–337	325	6	150.00–166.00	$159.44	$518	—
355–395	379	40	145.00–178.00	$164.43	$623	—
400–447	424	81	146.00–175.00	$165.54	$702	—
450–495	477	162	150.00–174.00	$165.45	$789	—
515	515	1	141.00	$141.00	$726	—
500–549	526	171	140.00–171.00	$158.50	$834	—
533 fancy	533	4	172.00	$172.00	$917	—
550	550	3	144.00	$144.00	$792	—
550–597	568	222	137.00–163.00	$153.60	$872	—
600–648	620	207	126.00–151.00	$143.06	$887	—
670	670	1	110.00	$110.00	$737	—
650–698	674	134	121.00–145.00	$138.46	$933	—
700–745	719	90	121.00–143.50	$137.68	$990	—
750–797	771	390	121.00–152.00	$143.17	$1,104	—
800–835	818	136	121.00–151.00	$145.59	$1,191	—
850–893	890	65	110.00–133.00	$125.10	$1,113	—
900–913	909	10	101.00–122.00	$119.12	$1,083	—
966	966	9	115.00	$115.00	$1,111	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100	1100	1	38.00	$38.00	$418	—
1060–1520	1249	7	80.00–102.00	$94.68	$1,183	—
1285	1285	1	76.00	$76.00	$977	-19.49
1030–1645	1370	217	102.00–109.00	$106.06	$1,453	—
1299–1515	1379	14	109.50–112.00	$110.23	$1,520	—
1175–1645	1406	9	96.00–102.00	$99.75	$1,402	-2.82
1655–1715	1685	2	92.00–96.00	$93.96	$1,583	+0.67

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–290	278	2	121.00–127.00	$123.86	$344	—
315	315	1	120.00	$120.00	$378	—
310–345	328	2	131.00–151.00	$140.47	$461	—
365–385	379	4	121.00–140.00	$133.14	$505	—
400–445	424	14	111.00–153.00	$137.54	$583	—
450–495	468	11	120.00–146.00	$134.24	$628	—
505–540	524	18	120.00–144.00	$134.54	$705	—
555–590	577	5	120.00–135.00	$127.90	$738	—
630	630	2	116.00–121.00	$118.50	$747	—
685	685	1	126.00	$126.00	$863	—
710–725	718	2	110.00–111.00	$110.49	$793	—
750–780	760	3	111.00–130.00	$120.79	$918	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–365	358	2	150.00–151.00	$150.51	$539	—
405–425	415	2	140.00–151.00	$145.37	$603	—
452–490	473	6	130.00–151.00	$141.85	$671	—
500–535	516	7	130.00–141.00	$136.81	$706	—
570–595	580	13	130.00–145.00	$138.22	$802	—
625–645	638	4	112.00–139.00	$126.81	$809	—
675–680	678	2	125.00–126.00	$125.50	$851	—
785	785	2	129.50	$129.50	$1,017	—
840	840	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,075	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422	422	2	142.00	$142.00	$599	—
570	570	1	126.00	$126.00	$718	—
643	643	31	139.50	$139.50	$897	—
680	680	1	126.00	$126.00	$857	—
845	845	1	111.00	$111.00	$938	—

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Feeder Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	100.00	$100.00	$200	—
260–282	273	5	130.00–141.00	$135.31	$369	—
320–342	334	10	137.00–149.00	$145.13	$485	—
355–397	381	36	142.00–165.25	$155.51	$592	—
400–447	427	77	127.00–158.00	$149.11	$637	—
450–497	476	125	130.00–155.00	$146.16	$696	—
485	485	1	120.00	$120.00	$582	—
500–545	523	165	128.00–157.00	$139.55	$730	—
550–595	570	165	126.00–145.00	$137.19	$782	—
583 fancy	583	3	159.00	$159.00	$927	—
600–640	620	93	122.00–138.00	$132.33	$820	—
650–695	669	42	121.00–138.00	$133.71	$895	—
675	675	1	116.00	$116.00	$783	—
685	685	1	110.00	$110.00	$754	—
702	702	2	117.00	$117.00	$821	—
700–740	714	17	111.00–131.00	$127.29	$909	—
775	775	1	85.00	$85.00	$659	—
755–795	779	201	119.00–132.00	$129.09	$1,006	—
805–830	829	131	100.00–129.50	$128.22	$1,063	—
855	855	1	116.00	$116.00	$992	—
870	870	1	81.00	$81.00	$705	—
905	905	1	80.00	$80.00	$724	—
965–979	977	14	92.00–112.00	$109.18	$1,067	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1270	1099	10	81.00–102.00	$96.25	$1,058	+11.75
1105	1105	1	71.00	$71.00	$785	—
1030–1415	1191	8	98.50–102.00	$100.08	$1,192	—
1040–1535	1242	228	102.00–109.00	$106.07	$1,317	—
1140–1355	1252	18	109.25–111.00	$109.85	$1,375	+7.32

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	120.00	$120.00	$264	—
255–285	270	2	121.00–141.00	$131.56	$355	—
305–320	316	8	120.00–141.00	$129.09	$408	—
355–395	368	8	121.00–149.00	$133.73	$492	—
405–435	416	5	120.00–140.00	$127.67	$531	—
452–475	457	5	121.00–135.00	$128.62	$588	—
485	485	1	100.00	$100.00	$485	—
510–530	518	3	110.00–129.00	$121.77	$631	—
585	585	1	110.00	$110.00	$644	—
610–620	615	2	100.00–111.00	$105.54	$649	—
650–685	665	3	102.00–124.00	$112.37	$747	—
715–730	723	2	101.00–112.00	$106.56	$770	—
835	835	1	100.00	$100.00	$835	—
870–890	880	2	100.00–113.00	$106.57	$938	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	130.00	$130.00	$377	—
345	345	2	130.00–131.00	$130.50	$450	—
360–395	383	3	115.00–141.00	$124.86	$478	—
410–440	427	12	121.00–147.00	$136.21	$582	—
470–485	478	2	131.00–136.00	$133.46	$638	—
500–540	523	10	110.00–139.00	$131.63	$688	—
565–597	587	6	125.00–138.00	$132.04	$775	—
600–640	620	2	111.00–120.00	$115.65	$717	—
695	695	1	120.00	$120.00	$834	—
795	795	1	85.00	$85.00	$676	—
800–810	805	2	101.00–116.00	$108.45	$873	—
975	975	1	91.00	$91.00	$887	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	137.00	$137.00	$507	—
432	432	2	127.00	$127.00	$549	—
450–465	459	7	138.00–149.00	$142.63	$655	—
509–510	509	9	121.00–135.00	$133.44	$679	—
575	575	1	135.50	$135.50	$779	—
640	640	1	116.00	$116.00	$742	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–720	715	2	80.00–90.00	$84.97	$608	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1065	1030	80-85%	2	64.00	$64.00	$659	—
1050	1050	80-85%	1	65.50	$65.50	$688	—
1005–1490	1245	80-85%	32	52.00–62.00	$55.40	$690	—
835–1665	1288	80-85%	24	44.50–51.50	$48.77	$628	-3.98

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450	1450	75-80%	1	66.50	$66.50	$964	—
1240–1815	1505	75-80%	35	55.50–65.00	$59.53	$896	+5.26
1370–1715	1516	75-80%	10	48.50–54.50	$52.88	$802	-1.39

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
762–1120	994	85-90%	13	46.00–54.50	$50.16	$499	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1540	1277	65-75%	6	74.00–85.00	$77.39	$988	—
1260–1426	1398	65-75%	6	60.00–64.00	$63.40	$886	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1845	1327	8	49.50–69.00	$62.52	$830	—
1715–1790	1753	2	86.50–89.00	$87.78	$1,539	—
1545–2360	1795	12	72.50–82.00	$77.64	$1,394	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1405–1520	1447	3	85.00–87.00	$85.98	$1,244	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	75.00	$75.00	$450	—
785	785	1	80.00	$80.00	$628	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	100.00	$100.00	$440	—
462–478	470	31	107.00–120.00	$113.40	$533	—
520	520	2	95.00	$95.00	$494	—
548 fancy	548	3	130.00	$130.00	$712	—
560–590	566	8	90.00–95.00	$92.14	$522	—
630 fancy	630	1	130.00	$130.00	$819	—
639	639	12	90.00	$90.00	$575	—
750–760	755	2	80.00–90.00	$84.97	$642	—
810	810	1	90.00	$90.00	$729	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1615	1413	32	80.00–92.00	$87.69	$1,239	+2.23
1435	1435	1	82.00	$82.00	$1,177	-3.46
1515	1515	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,439	—

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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.