Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 11, 2021

3,288 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight L 1-2 steers $128.69/cwt ≈ $919/hd at 714 lb · 251 head

heavy 7-weight L 1-2 steers $130.56/cwt ≈ $1,011/hd at 774 lb · 232 head

light 6-weight L 1-2 steers $140.52/cwt ≈ $880/hd at 626 lb · 211 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,288	1,665	2,076
Feeder cattle	2,320	—	1,046
Slaughter cattle	968	1,204	1,030
Replacement cattle	—	461	—

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Feeder Steers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	189.00	$189.00	$529	—
310	310	1	189.00	$189.00	$586	—
350–397	372	21	164.00–181.00	$172.87	$643	—
400–448	415	25	156.00–181.00	$176.00	$730	—
450–499	480	95	148.00–173.50	$166.96	$801	—
500–547	520	63	141.00–164.00	$154.12	$801	—
529	529	2	121.00	$121.00	$640	—
550–598	573	128	136.00–154.50	$145.89	$836	—
600–649	626	211	121.00–143.50	$140.52	$880	—
650–698	679	175	128.00–140.50	$133.61	$907	—
700–745	714	251	121.00–131.00	$128.69	$919	—
755–791	774	232	122.00–133.00	$130.56	$1,011	—
807–849	831	41	116.00–125.50	$123.71	$1,028	—
868	868	14	115.00	$115.00	$998	—
907	907	2	102.50	$102.50	$930	—
955	955	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,012	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–945	913	2	100.00–106.00	$102.89	$939	—
795–1135	1010	3	70.00–76.00	$71.95	$727	—
1095–1620	1234	13	85.00–103.00	$93.49	$1,154	—
1095–1575	1313	20	90.00–104.50	$100.70	$1,322	—
1120–1630	1403	202	105.00–111.50	$107.86	$1,513	+3.66
1625–1685	1655	2	82.50–91.50	$86.92	$1,439	—
1660–1700	1677	5	91.00–105.50	$100.05	$1,678	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	139.00	$139.00	$445	—
375	375	1	142.00	$142.00	$532	—
430–440	435	2	121.00–148.00	$134.34	$584	—
480	480	1	120.00	$120.00	$576	—
525	525	1	137.00	$137.00	$719	—
565	565	1	145.00	$145.00	$819	—
655–690	675	4	106.00–127.00	$118.58	$800	—
720	720	1	121.00	$121.00	$871	—
785	785	1	118.00	$118.00	$926	—
835–847	845	6	117.00–123.00	$118.33	$1,000	—
875–880	876	4	102.00–111.00	$106.76	$935	—
1045	1045	1	96.00	$96.00	$1,003	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	149.00	$149.00	$417	—
350	350	2	121.00	$121.00	$424	—
445	445	1	153.00	$153.00	$681	—
515–541	537	7	136.00–138.00	$136.27	$732	—
620	620	1	111.00	$111.00	$688	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–482	480	3	133.00–136.00	$133.99	$643	—

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Feeder Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–285	272	11	135.00–154.00	$144.97	$394	—
300–335	320	5	134.00–142.00	$138.94	$445	—
350–390	372	26	131.00–151.00	$139.77	$520	—
400–448	425	47	132.00–150.00	$144.51	$614	—
455–493	482	56	122.00–148.00	$141.38	$681	—
506–546	527	128	124.00–147.00	$135.97	$717	—
550–598	572	121	125.00–137.50	$132.00	$755	—
602–649	624	162	123.00–134.50	$130.17	$812	—
651–695	671	76	112.00–137.00	$126.54	$849	—
705–745	716	150	110.00–129.00	$121.87	$873	—
751	751	10	118.00	$118.00	$886	—
800–837	825	3	104.00–108.00	$105.29	$869	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1115	1045	4	73.00–80.00	$77.62	$811	—
1110	1110	1	83.00	$83.00	$921	-16.28
1020–1210	1135	4	90.00–103.00	$94.43	$1,072	-4.85
1035–1560	1211	27	90.00–104.00	$100.67	$1,219	—
1035–1560	1286	201	105.00–111.75	$107.83	$1,387	—
1407–1450	1431	13	112.00–112.50	$112.27	$1,607	-3.38

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	3	119.00	$119.00	$446	—
430	430	2	131.00	$131.00	$563	—
495	495	1	106.00	$106.00	$525	—
520	520	1	124.00	$124.00	$645	—
555–560	558	2	111.00–116.00	$113.51	$633	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
471	471	3	131.00	$131.00	$617	—
512	512	1	127.00	$127.00	$650	—
625–635	632	3	106.00–109.00	$106.99	$676	—
855	855	1	91.00	$91.00	$778	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	136.00	$136.00	$530	—
585	585	1	121.00	$121.00	$708	—
745	745	1	109.00	$109.00	$812	—
780	780	1	110.00	$110.00	$858	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1815	1463	75-80%	52	46.00–56.50	$52.15	$763	—
1420–1645	1536	75-80%	4	42.00–45.50	$44.22	$679	-11.41
1255–2005	1631	75-80%	16	57.00–69.00	$60.43	$986	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1325	1166	80-85%	7	53.00–69.00	$61.23	$714	—
1220–1320	1266	80-85%	5	54.00–59.00	$56.43	$714	+2.82
975–1585	1271	80-85%	41	42.50–53.00	$48.36	$615	-5.25
815–1830	1353	80-85%	7	30.00–42.00	$38.41	$520	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1830	1355	65-75%	8	65.00–78.00	$70.16	$951	—
1170–1730	1398	65-75%	8	80.00–90.00	$86.42	$1,208	—
1130–1615	1456	65-75%	4	55.00–70.00	$61.45	$895	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1080	1005	85-90%	2	48.50–54.50	$51.28	$515	—
1045	1045	85-90%	1	56.00	$56.00	$585	—
790–1310	1050	85-90%	2	35.50–36.00	$35.69	$375	-21.20
930–1325	1125	85-90%	14	37.00–47.00	$43.40	$488	-3.75

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–1845	1152	8	49.50–58.00	$53.63	$618	—
995–2195	1663	7	66.00–76.50	$72.89	$1,212	—
1900–1930	1920	3	80.50–85.50	$83.15	$1,596	—

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Bullocks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100	1100	1	73.00	$73.00	$803	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1355	1317	3	55.00	$55.00	$724	—
1300–1475	1388	2	80.00–85.00	$82.66	$1,147	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355–1580	1456	6	95.00–101.00	$97.72	$1,423	—
1255–1755	1478	25	83.00–92.00	$86.76	$1,282	—

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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.