Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 30, 2020

1,701 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight L 1-2 heifers $141.60/cwt ≈ $739/hd at 522 lb · 73 head

heavy 5-weight L 1-2 heifers $136.22/cwt ≈ $785/hd at 576 lb · 62 head

light 5-weight L 1-2 steers $156.16/cwt ≈ $815/hd at 522 lb · 58 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,701	322	3,007
Feeder cattle	842	—	1,260
Slaughter cattle	488	322	1,510
Replacement cattle	371	—	237

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Feeder Steers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260 unweaned	260	1	150.00	$150.00	$390	—
285	285	3	189.00	$189.00	$539	—
347	347	2	176.00	$176.00	$611	—
350–380	369	11	164.00–184.00	$176.32	$651	—
404–445	428	21	156.00–180.00	$170.28	$729	—
460	460	1	141.00	$141.00	$649	—
452–495	471	13	151.00–168.00	$158.56	$747	—
500–547	522	58	142.00–166.00	$156.16	$815	—
550–593	566	26	136.00–157.00	$149.94	$849	—
580	580	1	121.00	$121.00	$702	—
605–645	635	47	120.00–149.00	$139.55	$886	—
650–695	672	51	127.00–151.00	$143.77	$966	—
705–737	724	32	120.00–140.00	$133.84	$969	—
737 unweaned	737	2	102.00	$102.00	$752	—
750–787	777	15	120.00–129.00	$122.67	$953	—
805–837	828	12	114.00–121.00	$118.67	$983	—
857–876	866	7	118.00–127.00	$121.41	$1,051	—
905–945	939	12	104.00–121.00	$107.46	$1,009	—
965–975	969	6	101.00–120.00	$108.48	$1,051	—
1040	1040	1	96.00	$96.00	$998	—
1095	1095	1	96.00	$96.00	$1,051	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1195	1093	2	70.00–77.00	$73.83	$807	—
1060–1560	1327	6	95.00–104.00	$102.47	$1,360	—
1400–1415	1408	2	101.00–103.00	$102.01	$1,436	-1.78
1196–1650	1416	97	104.50–111.50	$108.80	$1,541	+5.01
1434–1553	1483	17	111.75–112.50	$111.83	$1,658	—
1510	1510	1	84.50	$84.50	$1,276	-24.09
1680–1720	1702	5	102.00–104.50	$103.60	$1,763	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462–470	465	3	133.00–140.00	$135.36	$629	—
545	545	1	139.00	$139.00	$758	—
552–595	565	4	117.00–135.00	$123.97	$700	—
640	640	1	121.00	$121.00	$774	—
645	645	1	119.00	$119.00	$768	—
715–740	728	2	100.00–120.00	$110.17	$802	—
751	751	7	126.00	$126.00	$946	—
800	800	1	102.00	$102.00	$816	—
850–860	855	3	85.00–115.00	$97.05	$830	—
1300	1300	1	91.00	$91.00	$1,183	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	143.00	$143.00	$508	—
405–425	415	2	135.00–155.00	$144.76	$601	—
450–470	460	3	130.00–142.00	$136.70	$629	—
515–540	530	3	131.00–142.00	$136.58	$724	—
555–595	575	2	137.00–138.00	$137.48	$791	—
645	645	1	122.00	$122.00	$787	—
675	675	1	110.00	$110.00	$742	—
775–795	785	2	108.00–110.00	$108.99	$856	—
1035	1035	2	95.00	$95.00	$983	—

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Feeder Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
155	155	1	150.00	$150.00	$232	—
260	260	1	145.00	$145.00	$377	—
270 unweaned	270	2	140.00–142.50	$141.25	$381	—
322 unweaned	322	2	131.00	$131.00	$422	—
300–342	327	8	136.00–159.00	$144.41	$472	—
365 unweaned	365	1	120.00	$120.00	$438	—
375–383	377	11	146.00–156.00	$153.23	$578	—
401–445	433	39	137.00–165.00	$159.95	$693	—
455–495	475	27	126.00–151.00	$146.32	$695	—
500–540	522	73	127.00–150.00	$141.60	$739	—
550–592	576	62	125.00–144.00	$136.22	$785	—
601–641	620	26	121.00–135.00	$131.18	$813	—
650–697	672	38	115.00–131.00	$125.33	$842	—
700–723	703	57	119.00–130.50	$128.97	$907	—
753–792	763	8	106.00–120.00	$116.37	$888	—
810–835	823	2	97.00–106.00	$101.43	$835	—
872	872	2	87.00	$87.00	$759	—
907	907	2	94.00	$94.00	$853	—
958	958	3	83.00	$83.00	$795	—
970–990	981	6	90.00–94.00	$91.66	$899	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–965	945	2	58.00–80.00	$69.23	$654	—
1000–1085	1045	4	78.00–95.00	$83.83	$876	—
1235–1500	1341	6	90.00–102.50	$97.93	$1,313	—
1160–1575	1342	60	105.00–111.50	$108.37	$1,454	—
1333–1415	1371	13	111.75	$111.75	$1,532	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	336	5	126.00–142.50	$137.00	$460	—
380	380	1	148.00	$148.00	$562	—
400–445	427	9	126.00–137.00	$131.92	$563	—
470–475	473	2	126.00–129.00	$127.49	$603	—
514–545	519	8	123.00–130.00	$126.11	$655	—
565–590	573	3	122.00–134.00	$129.88	$744	—
640	640	1	115.00	$115.00	$736	—
890	890	1	89.00	$89.00	$792	—
965	965	1	89.00	$89.00	$859	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	142.00	$142.00	$525	—
410–440	422	5	129.00–135.00	$132.15	$558	—
465–497	485	9	132.00–144.00	$135.39	$657	—
535	535	1	126.00	$126.00	$674	—
570	570	1	122.00	$122.00	$695	—
730	730	1	116.00	$116.00	$847	—
1195	1195	1	94.00	$94.00	$1,123	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	148.00	$148.00	$592	—
475	475	1	126.00	$126.00	$598	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	140.00	$140.00	$329	—
250	250	1	162.50	$162.50	$406	—
375–385	380	2	135.00–146.00	$140.57	$534	—
375–385 unweaned	380	2	141.00–145.00	$142.97	$543	—
435	435	1	132.00	$132.00	$574	—
450–493	480	7	126.00–154.00	$144.18	$692	—
510	510	1	133.00	$133.00	$678	—
551–595	567	8	124.00–129.00	$127.43	$723	—
575 unweaned	575	1	132.00	$132.00	$759	—
620–636	633	5	122.00–130.00	$128.43	$813	—
650	650	1	108.00	$108.00	$702	—
707–725	713	3	105.00–110.00	$108.31	$772	—
722 unweaned	722	2	96.00	$96.00	$693	—
785	785	1	90.00	$90.00	$706	—
820–840	833	4	65.00–95.00	$86.60	$721	—
850	850	1	68.00	$68.00	$578	—
905	905	1	93.00	$93.00	$842	—
1080	1080	1	55.00	$55.00	$594	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1505–2070	1829	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	1,200.00–1,850.00	$1,702.12	—
2200	2200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—
2315	2315	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1725	1485	75-80%	13	45.00–49.00	$47.08	$699	—
1180–2070	1522	75-80%	77	50.00–60.00	$54.84	$835	-3.17
1400–1945	1688	75-80%	5	62.00–64.00	$62.91	$1,062	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1195	1053	80-85%	7	62.00–88.00	$69.33	$730	—
1035–1530	1265	80-85%	50	48.00–58.00	$51.15	$647	+2.92
1065–1465	1300	80-85%	32	39.50–47.50	$45.15	$587	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815	815	85-90%	1	14.00	$14.00	$114	—
845	845	85-90%	1	59.00	$59.00	$499	—
770–1325	1012	85-90%	3	23.00–35.50	$26.48	$268	—
845–1355	1070	85-90%	23	41.50–50.00	$46.00	$492	+8.50

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265	1265	65-75%	1	57.00	$57.00	$721	—
1145–1800	1464	65-75%	5	74.00–84.00	$78.47	$1,149	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1835	1521	7	32.00–67.00	$59.26	$901	—
1480–2130	1785	17	69.50–78.50	$74.64	$1,332	—
1805	1805	1	82.50	$82.50	$1,489	—

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Bred Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1170	1170	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
1165–1470	1259	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	1,275.00–1,550.00	$1,414.15
1251–1270	1259	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	1,425.00–1,875.00	$1,674.17
1145–1680	1362	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	37	825.00–1,950.00	$1,588.20
1305–1750	1380	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	675.00–1,150.00	$841.30
1190–1410	1383	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,025.00–1,800.00	$1,716.61
1393	1393	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,850.00	$1,850.00
1322–1458	1402	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	750.00–1,000.00	$912.94
1326–1635	1416	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	975.00–1,525.00	$1,351.19
1315–1830	1422	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,000.00–1,225.00	$1,076.41
1430	1430	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00
1278–1727	1452	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	710.00–1,350.00	$961.82
1468–1540	1502	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	1,300.00–1,600.00	$1,431.09
1307–1777	1521	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	54	875.00–1,725.00	$1,320.54

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1060	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	825.00–1,075.00	$978.00
1142	1142	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,275.00	$1,275.00
1065–1205	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	675.00–1,150.00	$850.11
1208	1208	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	650.00	$650.00
1210–1215	1213	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	735.00–750.00	$742.48
1150–1247	1215	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	850.00–1,125.00	$936.79
1220	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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Bred Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1231	1157	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,075.00–1,300.00	$1,223.40
1120–1295	1222	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	1,400.00–2,000.00	$1,868.16
1246	1246	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,075.00–2,150.00	$2,112.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
836	836	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	875.00	$875.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1132–1660	1320	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	1,425.00–2,000.00	$1,772.83	—
1195–1410	1323	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,275.00–1,825.00	$1,568.17	—
1417	1417	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,525.00	$1,525.00	—
1385–1456	1422	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	1,925.00–2,150.00	$2,065.08	—
1435–1465	1450	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,149.48	—
1471	1471	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,025.00	$2,025.00	—
1500–1970	1610	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	1,250.00–2,050.00	$1,775.00	—
1620–1650	1635	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,175.00–1,275.00	$1,224.54	—
1685	1685	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—
1850	1850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—
1890	1890	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1268–1295	1275	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,075.00–1,250.00	$1,205.56	—
1295	1295	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1340–1348	1347	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,175.00–2,350.00	$2,183.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1187–1305	1230	5	78.00–80.00	$78.81	$969	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1622	1622	2	87.00	$87.00	$1,411	—

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Heifer Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1081	1081	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	1,475.00	$1,475.00	—
1360	1360	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—

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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.