Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 16, 2020

2,698 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight L 1-2 steers $147.24/cwt +4.18 vs last sale · ≈ $922/hd at 626 lb · 163 head

heavy 5-weight L 1-2 heifers $135.57/cwt -2.01 vs last sale · ≈ $774/hd at 571 lb · 141 head

light 5-weight L 1-2 steers $151.60/cwt -7.11 vs last sale · ≈ $819/hd at 540 lb · 112 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,698	4,173	1,453
Feeder cattle	1,875	3,239	0
Slaughter cattle	499	934	1,453
Replacement cattle	324	—	0

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Feeder Steers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–225	215	3	161.00–179.00	$169.07	$364	—
265–295	273	7	171.00–207.50	$194.33	$531	+40.18
330 unweaned	330	1	141.00	$141.00	$465	—
305–345	332	10	157.00–212.00	$180.57	$599	+21.13
355–396	378	24	163.00–190.00	$173.44	$656	+9.01
380	380	1	162.50	$162.50	$618	-1.93
425 unweaned	425	1	143.00	$143.00	$608	—
400–449	432	53	151.00–174.00	$166.08	$717	+0.54
452–490	466	16	152.00–168.00	$159.47	$743	-5.98
470 unweaned	470	3	141.00	$141.00	$663	—
500–547	540	108	135.00–161.00	$152.29	$822	-6.21
541 unweaned	541	4	133.00	$133.00	$720	—
550–598	572	102	130.00–155.00	$146.98	$841	-6.62
615 unweaned	615	1	125.00	$125.00	$769	—
600–642	626	162	123.00–160.50	$147.38	$923	+4.32
675	675	1	117.00	$117.00	$790	-21.46
660–695	685	80	127.00–152.00	$138.58	$949	+0.12
700–745	725	71	122.00–145.50	$136.53	$990	-1.15
765 unweaned	765	1	116.00	$116.00	$887	—
750–796	779	105	125.00–140.00	$133.00	$1,036	-10.17
850–882	874	4	121.00–129.00	$124.71	$1,090	-0.39
904–930	905	57	110.00–142.00	$140.88	$1,275	+21.76
960–961	961	7	113.00–130.00	$127.57	$1,226	+12.57
1027–1035	1029	7	102.00–107.00	$105.56	$1,086	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1215	1100	5	75.00–86.00	$80.82	$889	+42.82
1100	1100	4	104.00	$104.00	$1,144	+66.00
1085–1365	1224	16	92.50–99.50	$97.78	$1,197	+3.10
1040–1485	1358	12	90.00–102.50	$99.41	$1,350	-6.65
1035–1650	1419	113	103.00–109.75	$107.12	$1,520	+7.37
1034–1805	1477	13	87.00–102.50	$94.67	$1,398	—
1355–1620	1522	10	110.00–110.25	$110.15	$1,676	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–320	307	3	151.00–152.50	$151.98	$467	—
360–375	368	2	134.00–140.00	$136.94	$504	-13.57
415	415	1	165.00	$165.00	$685	+19.63
450–490	462	8	128.00–153.00	$140.34	$648	-1.51
530	530	1	131.00	$131.00	$694	-5.81
555–595	582	7	121.00–146.00	$127.26	$741	-10.96
605–645	631	4	116.00–133.00	$126.20	$796	-0.61
655–695	678	3	119.00–127.00	$123.62	$838	-1.88
730	730	1	127.00	$127.00	$927	—
765	765	1	115.00	$115.00	$880	-14.50
800	800	1	110.00	$110.00	$880	—
850	850	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,012	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
140	140	1	137.50	$137.50	$192	—
320–330	325	3	117.50–167.50	$139.74	$454	-0.73
350	350	1	152.50	$152.50	$534	+19.36
405–415	410	4	131.00–151.00	$136.44	$559	-1.10
465–490	475	6	110.00–136.00	$126.10	$599	-8.14
530–545	541	9	110.00–136.00	$131.58	$712	-2.96
552–595	575	5	111.00–129.00	$120.27	$692	-7.63
605	605	1	125.00	$125.00	$756	+6.50
695	695	1	124.00	$124.00	$862	-2.00
815	815	1	103.00	$103.00	$839	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	133.00	$133.00	$519	—
495	495	1	132.00	$132.00	$653	—
500	500	1	138.00	$138.00	$690	—
503–540	515	5	130.00–148.00	$143.89	$741	—
568	568	3	121.00	$121.00	$687	-5.00
617–645	626	3	127.00–133.00	$130.94	$820	-8.56
680	680	1	102.00	$102.00	$694	-24.00
682	682	2	132.00	$132.00	$900	+6.00
717	717	7	116.00	$116.00	$832	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	121.00	$121.00	$581	—
585	585	1	144.00	$144.00	$842	—
770	770	1	117.00	$117.00	$901	—

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Feeder Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	134.00	$134.00	$288	+34.00
275 unweaned	275	1	170.00	$170.00	$468	—
285	285	2	134.00–141.00	$137.50	$392	+2.19
308 fancy	308	2	190.00	$190.00	$585	—
310–347	339	9	149.00–160.00	$151.35	$513	+6.22
368–380 fancy	370	7	180.00–190.00	$188.53	$698	—
378–398	387	13	147.00–170.00	$155.42	$601	-0.09
410–413 unweaned	412	4	133.00–141.00	$137.01	$564	—
400–446	425	39	135.00–152.00	$144.85	$616	-4.26
455–475 unweaned	465	4	120.00–137.00	$127.22	$592	—
450–496	473	62	126.00–146.00	$140.12	$663	-6.04
510–548 unweaned	523	10	116.00–123.00	$117.94	$617	—
508–548	524	59	130.00–145.00	$137.47	$720	-2.08
535–548	542	4	110.00–115.00	$112.47	$610	-27.08
547	547	2	116.00	$116.00	$635	-23.55
555	555	2	120.00	$120.00	$666	-17.19
551–591	571	139	123.50–144.00	$135.79	$775	-1.40
600–647	621	68	118.00–135.00	$128.08	$795	-4.25
635 unweaned	635	1	106.00	$106.00	$673	—
656–691	675	41	123.50–134.00	$127.37	$860	+11.37
680	680	4	110.00	$110.00	$748	-6.00
700–745	722	51	110.00–129.50	$125.03	$903	-2.26
750 unweaned	750	1	104.00	$104.00	$780	—
767–795	772	6	110.00–119.00	$117.45	$907	+32.45
827–849	839	26	122.50–128.00	$125.00	$1,049	-3.22
855–880	873	7	109.00–119.00	$116.20	$1,014	+35.20
910	910	3	96.00	$96.00	$874	+16.00
1010–1030	1020	2	96.00–100.00	$97.98	$999	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–1035	878	6	56.00–78.00	$65.76	$577	—
720–1150	968	12	77.00–110.00	$87.87	$851	—
1025	1025	1	87.00	$87.00	$892	—
1012–1240	1088	3	81.50–91.00	$87.39	$951	-8.86
1120–1435	1300	62	103.00–109.75	$107.63	$1,399	—
1090–1570	1354	8	82.50–102.50	$91.35	$1,237	—
1345–1490	1428	8	110.00–110.50	$110.06	$1,572	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	3	136.00	$136.00	$428	—
382–390	385	3	135.00–150.00	$144.93	$558	+7.93
410	410	2	154.00	$154.00	$631	+27.00
450–475	469	9	120.00–134.00	$123.59	$580	-19.04
500–535	511	6	115.00–131.00	$124.53	$636	-8.91
565–579	574	6	120.00–121.00	$120.33	$691	-15.17
610–647	641	12	106.00–124.00	$116.78	$749	+0.78
755	755	1	118.00	$118.00	$891	—
807	807	7	116.00	$116.00	$936	—
920	920	1	107.00	$107.00	$984	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	137.50	$137.50	$474	+8.41
360–390	374	8	121.00–144.00	$134.22	$502	+0.49
415–430	423	2	126.00–128.00	$126.98	$537	-0.69
450–490	470	9	116.00–125.00	$123.29	$579	-5.33
505–540	521	10	100.00–131.00	$112.35	$585	-9.42
547 unweaned	547	3	105.00	$105.00	$574	—
580–590	585	2	105.00–110.00	$107.52	$629	-2.48
627–645	636	4	108.00–118.00	$113.07	$719	+7.53
653–667	658	6	98.00–116.00	$106.24	$699	-6.13
700	700	1	91.00	$91.00	$637	-15.56
900	900	1	95.00	$95.00	$855	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325 unweaned	325	1	135.00	$135.00	$439	—
330	330	1	142.00	$142.00	$469	+11.50
405–440	428	3	120.00–150.00	$129.46	$554	-6.75
493	493	2	135.00	$135.00	$666	+1.54
545	545	1	120.00	$120.00	$654	-11.63
550–575	561	4	120.00–131.50	$126.35	$709	-5.69
600–635	617	3	121.00–125.00	$122.37	$755	+6.72
650–680	668	3	116.00–126.00	$119.92	$801	-0.08
715–740	728	2	102.00–106.00	$104.03	$757	—
800–845	823	2	81.00–91.00	$85.86	$707	-22.59

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	50.00	$50.00	$152	—
547	547	4	22.00–46.00	$34.00	$186	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	117.00	$117.00	$573	—
515–520	517	3	102.00–126.00	$112.63	$582	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	61.00	$61.00	$302	—
610	610	1	86.00	$86.00	$525	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338 unweaned	338	4	171.00	$171.00	$578	—
365–395	379	4	154.00–182.00	$164.71	$624	—
415–440	418	9	149.00–164.50	$162.69	$680	—
477–490	481	5	125.00–137.50	$133.64	$643	—
503 unweaned	503	3	129.00	$129.00	$649	—
508–545	527	4	130.00–135.00	$132.59	$699	—
565–567	567	7	120.00–128.00	$121.14	$687	—
602–640	615	3	119.00–122.00	$120.96	$744	—
675–687	682	5	114.00–115.00	$114.40	$780	—
700–735	718	2	107.00–110.00	$108.54	$779	—
880	880	2	92.00	$92.00	$810	—
975	975	1	72.00	$72.00	$702	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1245–1430	1338	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	800.00–1,600.00	$1,227.66	—
1265–1575	1400	(<2 yrs)	N/A	5	1,200.00–2,400.00	$1,736.64	—
1495–1685	1590	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	2	1,000.00–1,350.00	$1,185.46	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	4	126.00	$126.00	$420	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1695	1695	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1285	1148	80-85%	4	60.00–79.00	$68.11	$782	—
1160–1355	1240	80-85%	5	61.00–63.50	$61.92	$768	+6.52
1003–1560	1270	80-85%	66	49.00–59.50	$54.66	$694	+5.89
1060–1710	1289	80-85%	15	39.50–48.50	$45.77	$590	-3.00

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1415	1120	75-80%	6	42.00–50.00	$46.55	$521	—
1250–1820	1487	75-80%	54	52.50–62.50	$57.91	$861	—
1500–1685	1582	75-80%	3	63.00–64.00	$63.52	$1,005	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650–1040	892	85-90%	5	36.00–42.50	$39.35	$351	—
840–1270	1082	85-90%	16	44.00–54.50	$49.98	$541	—
1095–1100	1098	85-90%	2	55.00	$55.00	$604	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1515	1438	65-75%	3	60.00–75.00	$66.66	$959	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1665–1750	1703	3	60.00–73.00	$67.66	$1,152	—
1660–2180	1882	9	75.00–85.00	$80.42	$1,514	—

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Stock Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
787–1215	950	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	675.00–1,000.00	$810.02

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00
1123	1123	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	500.00	$500.00

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Bred Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1100–1505	1237	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	1,200.00–1,700.00	$1,485.81
1125–1420	1262	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	1,000.00–1,500.00	$1,390.07
1285–1341	1304	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	700.00–1,200.00	$871.44
1270–1375	1323	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	650.00–950.00	$794.05
1321–1415	1340	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	850.00–1,000.00	$881.68
1250–1845	1399	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	24	850.00–1,300.00	$1,114.67
1265–1640	1402	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	600.00–750.00	$673.96
1275–1650	1415	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	600.00–1,000.00	$806.71
1285–1685	1452	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	34	800.00–1,800.00	$1,225.51

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950 thin fleshed	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,300.00	$1,300.00
1055	1055	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00
1000–1240	1109	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	825.00–1,550.00	$1,121.39
1160	1160	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	900.00	$900.00
1122–1225	1173	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	800.00–1,175.00	$1,100.29
1130–1240	1183	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	750.00–950.00	$848.31
1215	1215	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	800.00	$800.00

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Bred Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1258	1114	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	1,400.00–2,200.00	$1,883.94
1010–1435	1151	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	49	1,100.00–2,300.00	$1,940.09
1165	1165	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1175	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,700.00	$1,700.00
1007–1400	1180	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	1,000.00–2,100.00	$1,801.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865	865	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	900.00	$900.00
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

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Bullocks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1505	1505	1	86.50	$86.50	$1,302	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1280	1280	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1170–1720	1351	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	1,400.00–1,900.00	$1,739.93	—
1360	1360	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–1,000.00	$950.00	—
1375–1955	1582	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,000.00–1,850.00	$1,377.00	—
1447–1950	1620	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,000.00–1,900.00	$1,462.85	—
1645–1905	1775	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1775	1775	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
1820	1820	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1210–1262	1231	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,050.00–1,400.00	$1,180.34	—
1345	1345	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1215–1515	1415	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,300.00–1,500.00	$1,442.76	—
1405–1467	1436	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1937	1937	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
885–935	910	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	800.00–1,100.00	$954.12	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1498–1500	1499	8	92.00–95.00	$93.50	$1,402	—

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Heifer Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1285	1285	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—

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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.