Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 7, 2020

1,959 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight L 1-2 steers $149.21/cwt +0.35 vs last sale · ≈ $858/hd at 575 lb · 76 head

heavy 8-weight L 1-2 heifers $120.00/cwt +33.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,037/hd at 864 lb · 74 head

light 7-weight L 1-2 steers $136.57/cwt +4.60 vs last sale · ≈ $975/hd at 714 lb · 64 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,959	1,701	2,227
Feeder cattle	1,017	842	1,004
Slaughter cattle	942	488	1,223
Replacement cattle	—	371	—

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Feeder Steers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–290	283	4	166.00–167.00	$166.26	$471	-22.74
315–329	327	15	160.00–186.00	$183.18	$599	+7.18
360–395	373	11	157.00–171.00	$164.09	$612	-12.23
400–447	434	53	150.00–174.00	$165.94	$720	-4.34
450–498	473	34	145.00–170.00	$155.64	$736	-2.92
500–545	521	57	141.00–170.00	$158.79	$827	+2.63
540	540	1	136.00	$136.00	$734	-20.16
570	570	1	100.00	$100.00	$570	-49.94
553–598	575	75	130.00–161.00	$149.87	$862	+28.87
600–648	625	53	120.00–146.00	$137.73	$861	-1.82
650–695	670	19	120.00–140.00	$132.44	$887	-11.33
705–735	714	64	120.00–140.00	$136.57	$975	+2.73
750–790	779	39	125.00–140.00	$136.74	$1,065	+14.07
810–821	820	10	130.00–135.00	$130.49	$1,070	+11.82

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1072	1056	3	99.50–105.00	$101.28	$1,070	—
1055–1190	1145	3	57.50–70.00	$61.34	$702	—
1040–1440	1218	10	85.50–100.00	$94.02	$1,145	—
1290	1290	1	84.00	$84.00	$1,084	—
1100–1605	1314	16	90.00–99.50	$93.99	$1,235	-8.48
1310–1405	1351	4	70.00–72.00	$70.48	$952	—
1065–1590	1366	191	100.00–107.50	$104.04	$1,421	—
1320–1555	1409	7	108.00–110.00	$108.59	$1,530	+6.58
1605–1905	1713	16	80.00–101.50	$92.75	$1,589	-10.85

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	145.00	$145.00	$645	—
450	450	1	131.00	$131.00	$590	-4.36
575–592	583	6	130.00–141.00	$136.78	$797	+12.81
605	605	2	105.00	$105.00	$635	-16.00
668	668	4	130.00	$130.00	$868	—
700–738	727	6	119.00–125.00	$122.38	$890	+12.21
770	770	1	119.00	$119.00	$916	-7.00
895	895	1	101.00	$101.00	$904	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–290	280	2	121.00–126.00	$123.59	$346	—
345	345	1	130.00	$130.00	$448	—
380	380	1	131.00	$131.00	$498	-12.00
405–440	418	3	133.00–150.00	$141.10	$590	-3.66
450–495	469	5	121.00–150.00	$130.50	$612	-6.20
520	520	1	121.00	$121.00	$629	-15.58
570–595	583	2	114.00–121.00	$117.58	$685	-19.90
600–615	608	2	120.00	$120.00	$730	—
650	650	1	110.00	$110.00	$715	±0.00
785	785	1	110.00	$110.00	$864	+1.01

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	141.00	$141.00	$585	—
490	490	1	130.00	$130.00	$637	—
555–595	575	2	121.00–145.00	$132.58	$762	—
610	610	1	115.00	$115.00	$702	—

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Feeder Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–290	284	5	145.00–151.00	$149.18	$424	+4.18
300–340	318	6	151.00–161.00	$156.94	$499	+12.53
357 fancy	357	14	170.00	$170.00	$607	—
360	360	1	120.00	$120.00	$432	-33.23
356–395	375	20	140.00–152.00	$146.22	$548	-7.01
400–446	435	52	130.00–156.00	$149.03	$648	-10.92
452–497	477	57	130.00–158.00	$143.42	$684	-2.90
501–545	520	36	124.00–158.00	$142.82	$743	+1.22
535	535	1	112.00	$112.00	$599	-29.60
560	560	1	111.00	$111.00	$622	-25.22
551–578	571	51	125.00–145.00	$136.13	$777	-0.09
580	580	1	120.00	$120.00	$696	-16.22
602–626	613	34	115.00–133.00	$123.26	$756	-7.92
660	660	1	100.00	$100.00	$660	-25.33
650–681	676	37	120.00–132.00	$127.96	$865	+2.63
710–740	731	6	111.00–126.00	$117.27	$857	-11.70
755–765	760	2	114.00–120.00	$117.02	$889	+0.65
805–820	815	3	121.00–129.00	$126.37	$1,030	+24.94
864	864	74	120.00	$120.00	$1,037	+33.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935	935	2	80.00	$80.00	$748	+10.77
960–1050	1005	2	88.00–90.00	$88.96	$894	—
1035–1585	1293	190	99.50–107.00	$104.23	$1,348	—
1255–1480	1353	5	108.00–110.00	$109.13	$1,477	-2.62
1105–1625	1379	16	87.00–99.00	$94.77	$1,307	-16.98
1600	1600	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,520	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	100.00	$100.00	$260	—
340–343	342	5	121.00–135.00	$126.19	$432	-10.81
375–380	378	2	113.00–144.00	$128.40	$485	-19.60
450–460	453	4	133.00–141.00	$138.97	$630	+11.48
565–595	582	3	101.00–120.00	$113.63	$661	-16.25
635	635	1	105.00	$105.00	$667	-10.00
700	700	1	100.00	$100.00	$700	—
765	765	1	100.00	$100.00	$765	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	132.00	$132.00	$482	-10.00
430	430	1	130.00	$130.00	$559	-2.15
545	545	1	130.00	$130.00	$708	+4.00
555–580	572	3	122.00–135.00	$130.60	$747	+8.60
610–632	625	3	110.00–120.00	$116.74	$730	—
665	665	2	120.00	$120.00	$798	—
703	703	3	115.00	$115.00	$808	-1.00
765–780	773	2	100.00–115.00	$107.57	$832	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1715	1475	75-80%	11	38.00–49.00	$46.20	$681	-0.88
1485	1485	75-80%	1	62.00	$62.00	$921	+14.92
1225–1936	1535	75-80%	56	49.50–60.00	$54.21	$832	-0.63

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
937–1440	1192	80-85%	15	40.00–46.00	$43.49	$518	—
1225–1270	1248	80-85%	2	55.00–59.00	$56.96	$711	—
1015–1560	1292	80-85%	40	46.50–56.50	$50.87	$657	-0.28
1160–1630	1395	80-85%	2	58.00–61.50	$59.46	$829	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–1160	1007	85-90%	3	34.00–35.00	$34.62	$349	+8.14
1075	1075	85-90%	1	49.50	$49.50	$532	+3.50
815–1310	1097	85-90%	18	37.50–46.00	$42.72	$469	-3.28

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1625	1269	65-75%	11	58.50–84.00	$71.99	$914	+14.99
1570	1570	65-75%	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,492	—
1660	1660	65-75%	1	60.00	$60.00	$996	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–2215	1434	14	44.00–67.50	$60.14	$862	—
1415–2475	1772	13	68.50–78.00	$73.08	$1,295	-1.56
1805–2360	2062	5	82.00–89.50	$84.55	$1,743	—

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Bullocks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1550	1550	1	97.50	$97.50	$1,511	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335	1335	1	70.00	$70.00	$934	—
1395–1515	1455	4	80.00–86.00	$81.44	$1,185	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720	720	1	86.00	$86.00	$619	—
870	870	1	85.00	$85.00	$740	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1370	1365	2	75.00–80.00	$77.51	$1,058	—
1270–1660	1418	3	75.00–80.00	$78.44	$1,112	—
1225–1595	1433	61	84.00–90.00	$87.17	$1,249	—
1435–1585	1503	4	92.00–96.00	$93.71	$1,408	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
471	471	3	105.00	$105.00	$495	—
531	531	4	105.00	$105.00	$558	—
592	592	20	111.00	$111.00	$657	—
865–873	870	15	80.00–90.00	$86.02	$748	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660	660	1	101.00	$101.00	$667	—
780	780	1	100.00	$100.00	$780	—
855	855	1	86.00	$86.00	$735	—

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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.