Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 14, 2020

3,493 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight L 1-2 steers $147.92/cwt +15.48 vs last sale · ≈ $1,003/hd at 678 lb · 232 head

heavy 7-weight L 1-2 steers $153.24/cwt +16.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,185/hd at 773 lb · 232 head

light 6-weight L 1-2 steers $152.67/cwt +14.94 vs last sale · ≈ $958/hd at 628 lb · 197 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,493	1,959	2,919
Feeder cattle	2,325	1,017	1,551
Slaughter cattle	933	942	950
Replacement cattle	235	—	418

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Feeder Steers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	2	189.00	$189.00	$435	—
272–288	282	5	181.00–190.00	$184.48	$520	+18.22
308–321	313	9	177.00–193.00	$182.91	$573	-0.27
350–395	369	26	169.00–198.00	$185.52	$685	+21.43
407–422 fancy	414	16	198.00–199.00	$198.55	$822	—
403–440	420	27	159.00–193.00	$176.24	$740	+10.30
455–495	470	48	161.00–188.50	$175.55	$825	+19.91
502–549	527	132	153.00–175.00	$167.32	$882	+8.53
550–597	578	118	144.00–171.00	$158.03	$913	+8.16
603–633 fancy	612	16	159.00–160.00	$159.32	$975	—
600–648	629	181	126.00–157.00	$152.08	$957	+14.35
651–699	678	232	125.00–158.50	$147.92	$1,003	+15.48
704–746	731	125	125.00–155.50	$147.34	$1,077	+10.77
752–791	773	232	128.00–158.50	$153.24	$1,185	+16.50
800–829	823	94	127.00–152.50	$147.31	$1,212	+16.82
920	920	1	105.00	$105.00	$966	—
927–941	934	94	110.00–135.50	$131.30	$1,226	—
950	950	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,074	—
1021	1021	54	128.00	$128.00	$1,307	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085	1085	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,107	+0.72
1085–1525	1208	10	81.00–96.00	$89.24	$1,078	-4.78
1265–1285	1275	2	81.00	$81.00	$1,033	-3.00
1200–1590	1400	10	91.00–99.50	$95.41	$1,336	-13.18
1120–1635	1404	210	100.00–106.75	$103.69	$1,456	-4.90
1340–1608	1488	10	107.00–108.00	$107.19	$1,595	—
1610–1740	1671	13	81.00–102.00	$93.42	$1,561	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	2	157.00–162.00	$159.50	$614	+28.50
420–445	430	13	153.00–158.00	$154.30	$663	+13.20
455–481	472	6	145.00–158.00	$150.56	$711	+20.06
532	532	2	148.00	$148.00	$787	+27.00
570–585	572	10	138.00–148.00	$139.40	$797	+21.82
660	660	1	110.00	$110.00	$726	±0.00
725	725	1	123.00	$123.00	$892	—
750–785	771	4	111.00–123.00	$118.30	$912	+8.30
805–831	819	6	108.00–120.00	$116.00	$950	—
895	895	1	97.00	$97.00	$868	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–390	385	2	144.00–168.00	$156.16	$601	—
400	400	1	139.00	$139.00	$556	—
505–545	525	2	148.00–160.00	$153.77	$807	—
555–590	574	4	133.00–158.00	$150.32	$863	+13.54
627	627	2	133.00	$133.00	$834	+28.00
660	660	1	119.00	$119.00	$785	-11.00
720–730	725	2	117.00–131.00	$123.95	$899	+1.57
790	790	1	109.00	$109.00	$861	-10.00
800–840	818	4	105.00–124.00	$116.17	$950	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	167.00	$167.00	$660	—
445	445	1	154.00	$154.00	$685	+13.00
520	520	1	133.00	$133.00	$692	—
705	705	1	109.00	$109.00	$768	—
750	750	1	125.00	$125.00	$938	—

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Feeder Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297	297	8	160.00	$160.00	$475	+10.82
305–345	324	10	147.00–160.00	$155.54	$504	-1.40
350–380 fancy	365	2	176.00–179.00	$177.44	$648	+7.44
361–396	374	32	144.00–171.00	$162.67	$608	+16.45
405–448	435	41	140.00–175.00	$156.06	$679	+7.03
450–498	481	98	141.00–158.00	$149.56	$719	+6.14
502–548	528	104	131.00–150.00	$144.24	$762	+32.24
550–596	577	100	125.00–145.50	$138.26	$798	+18.26
600–647	615	69	116.00–145.00	$137.98	$849	+14.72
650–685	667	102	122.00–142.50	$132.06	$881	+32.06
673	673	1	119.00	$119.00	$801	-8.96
730	730	1	101.00	$101.00	$737	-16.27
710–740	734	18	117.00–133.00	$129.41	$950	+12.14
770–792	785	3	110.00–113.00	$112.02	$879	-5.00
805	805	1	107.00	$107.00	$861	-19.37

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870	870	1	73.00	$73.00	$635	—
810–1135	984	5	67.00–79.00	$72.52	$714	—
945–1290	1079	15	75.00–96.00	$86.11	$929	—
1035–1570	1298	162	100.00–106.50	$103.87	$1,348	-0.36
1145–1550	1318	13	82.50–99.00	$94.96	$1,252	—
1150–1480	1343	13	107.00–108.00	$107.11	$1,438	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	146.00	$146.00	$496	+19.81
350–390	371	9	127.00–136.00	$133.33	$495	+4.93
438–445	440	5	125.00–145.00	$132.63	$584	—
520	520	1	126.00	$126.00	$655	—
589	589	4	121.00	$121.00	$713	+7.37
610	610	1	118.00	$118.00	$720	+13.00
683	683	3	117.00	$117.00	$799	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	133.00	$133.00	$559	+3.00
470–495	485	3	137.00–140.00	$139.03	$674	—
505–540	523	2	125.00–127.00	$125.97	$659	-4.03
595	595	2	120.00	$120.00	$714	-10.60
650–665	658	2	116.00	$116.00	$763	-4.00
705	705	3	112.00–120.00	$114.67	$808	-0.33
755	755	1	113.00	$113.00	$853	+5.43
775	775	1	116.00	$116.00	$899	+8.43
850	850	1	105.00	$105.00	$892	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	126.00	$126.00	$422	—
445	445	1	157.00	$157.00	$699	—
452	452	2	138.00	$138.00	$624	—
501	501	3	144.00	$144.00	$721	—
610	610	1	121.00	$121.00	$738	—
735	735	1	89.00	$89.00	$654	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	122.00	$122.00	$653	—
675	675	1	112.00	$112.00	$756	—
810	810	1	99.00	$99.00	$802	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250–1420	1335	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	900.00–1,000.00	$953.18	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1190	1109	80-85%	5	63.50–70.00	$65.74	$729	—
1096–1170	1122	80-85%	3	58.00	$58.00	$651	—
1000–1685	1247	80-85%	57	46.00–56.00	$49.51	$617	-7.45
1265–1275	1270	80-85%	2	13.00–17.00	$15.01	$191	-35.86
1115–1550	1328	80-85%	12	42.00–45.50	$43.79	$582	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1875	1509	75-80%	30	49.50–60.50	$54.06	$816	-0.15
1375–1950	1543	75-80%	12	45.50–48.50	$47.21	$728	-7.00
1355–2065	1683	75-80%	6	62.00–67.50	$64.34	$1,083	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–1155	1018	85-90%	2	28.00–35.00	$31.03	$316	-3.59
910–1150	1022	85-90%	5	52.00–74.00	$63.23	$646	+28.61
825–1305	1050	85-90%	16	41.50–47.00	$44.46	$467	-5.04

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345–1425	1385	65-75%	2	61.00–69.50	$65.37	$905	—
1225–1735	1472	65-75%	16	61.00–92.00	$84.21	$1,240	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–2005	1733	8	69.00–76.50	$73.32	$1,271	—
1810–2160	2038	3	63.50–87.00	$79.69	$1,624	—

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Bred Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1137–1200	1158	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,400.00–1,800.00	$1,538.17
1020–1360	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	950.00–1,300.00	$1,150.00
1242–1505	1322	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	22	750.00–1,500.00	$1,041.03
1275–1425	1325	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	600.00–750.00	$680.08
1315–1385	1353	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	600.00–900.00	$776.03
1255–1505	1359	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	650.00–1,100.00	$882.05
1250–1635	1361	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	700.00–1,600.00	$1,128.63
1530–1550	1540	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–900.00	$799.35

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055 thin fleshed	1055	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	750.00	$750.00
1005–1206	1118	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	700.00–1,000.00	$865.69
1060–1190	1132	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	500.00–850.00	$659.14
1055–1240	1143	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	600.00–1,200.00	$897.12
1105–1220	1163	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	300.00–750.00	$622.89
1110–1245	1178	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	675.00–700.00	$688.22
1180	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1060–1240	1197	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	500.00–750.00	$623.18
1205 fancy	1205	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	500.00	$500.00
977	977	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00	$700.00
1010	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1315	1315	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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Bred Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
973–1225	1082	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	1,300.00–2,350.00	$1,707.85
965–1225	1138	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	1,350.00–2,400.00	$1,920.26
1195	1195	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
1295	1295	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00

Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1175–1180	1178	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	600.00–750.00	$675.16

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855	855	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
970	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00

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Bullocks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1530	1434	4	82.00–93.00	$88.95	$1,276	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1350 thin fleshed	1350	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
1360	1360	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
1298–1485	1390	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	20	900.00–1,500.00	$1,234.48	—
1430	1430	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—
1365–1650	1440	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	900.00–1,100.00	$1,042.70	—
1600–1610	1605	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00–1,200.00	$1,174.92	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1015–1155 thin fleshed	1085	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	300.00–400.00	$346.77	—
990–1287	1182	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	25	650.00–1,400.00	$1,101.43	—
1240	1240	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1440	1360	3	80.00–88.00	$84.53	$1,150	—
1215–1565	1390	2	72.00–74.00	$72.87	$1,013	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1220	1195	2	70.00	$70.00	$836	—
1295–1365	1330	2	65.00	$65.00	$864	—
1410–1475	1451	4	91.00–92.00	$91.75	$1,331	—
1385–1910	1543	49	83.00–90.00	$87.15	$1,345	—
1375–1795	1611	5	75.00–82.00	$78.92	$1,271	—

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Heifer Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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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.