Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 18, 2021

2,394 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight L 1-2 steers $159.52/cwt +13.63 vs last sale · ≈ $920/hd at 576 lb · 116 head

heavy 6-weight L 1-2 steers $138.21/cwt +4.60 vs last sale · ≈ $927/hd at 671 lb · 78 head

light 5-weight L 1-2 heifers $140.27/cwt +4.30 vs last sale · ≈ $729/hd at 520 lb · 75 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,394	3,288	872
Feeder cattle	1,200	2,320	0
Slaughter cattle	1,194	968	872

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Feeder Steers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–320	318	2	168.00–170.00	$169.01	$537	-19.99
370–390	378	8	160.00–176.00	$171.61	$649	-1.26
403–447	422	21	150.00–173.00	$162.49	$686	-13.51
465–495	479	23	151.00–176.00	$165.72	$794	-1.24
500–545	519	48	140.00–163.00	$152.83	$793	-1.29
569 fancy	569	50	172.00	$172.00	$979	—
550–598	582	65	131.00–157.00	$150.68	$877	+4.79
590	590	1	110.00	$110.00	$649	-35.89
605–648	624	56	130.00–145.00	$140.71	$878	+0.19
640	640	1	111.00	$111.00	$710	-29.52
650–695	671	78	120.00–144.00	$138.21	$927	+4.60
700–740	714	73	120.00–142.50	$135.05	$964	+6.36
755–790	770	10	115.00–130.00	$123.99	$955	-6.57
803–823	815	25	110.00–133.00	$125.33	$1,021	+1.62
850–885	876	9	100.00–120.00	$116.84	$1,024	+1.84
910	910	1	109.00	$109.00	$992	+6.50

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1040	1028	2	94.00–96.00	$95.01	$977	+23.06
975–1116	1060	3	80.00–86.00	$81.84	$868	—
1055–1190	1113	4	90.00–105.00	$97.89	$1,090	—
1110–1305	1196	10	90.00–100.00	$94.70	$1,133	—
1135–1635	1428	343	100.00–109.00	$105.68	$1,509	-2.18
1385–1490	1441	23	107.00–110.00	$108.24	$1,560	—
1095–1610	1443	16	94.00–102.00	$99.24	$1,432	—
1700	1700	1	94.00	$94.00	$1,598	—
1665–2015	1840	2	86.50–87.00	$86.73	$1,596	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	140.00	$140.00	$609	—
450–495	468	4	130.00–143.00	$135.95	$636	+1.96
505–545	523	15	110.00–130.00	$126.29	$660	—
530	530	1	110.00	$110.00	$583	—
570–580	574	4	110.00–135.00	$128.48	$737	—
680	680	1	121.00	$121.00	$823	—
700	700	1	121.00	$121.00	$847	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	131.00	$131.00	$511	—
405–445	414	5	141.00–152.00	$149.26	$618	-3.74
455–465	458	3	136.00–150.00	$141.99	$650	—
506–540	519	10	120.00–141.00	$133.85	$695	-2.42
700–710	705	2	104.00–111.00	$107.48	$758	—
810	810	1	90.00	$90.00	$729	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	130.00	$130.00	$566	-4.34
470–495	483	2	125.00–140.00	$132.69	$641	+12.69
520–535	527	3	136.00–145.00	$140.62	$741	+3.62
550–595	573	2	127.00–140.00	$133.76	$766	-11.24
625–640	630	3	110.00	$110.00	$693	—
695–697	696	3	118.00–125.00	$122.67	$854	+4.09
745	745	2	120.00–121.00	$120.50	$898	-0.50
760	760	1	121.00	$121.00	$920	+3.00
810	810	1	108.00	$108.00	$875	-10.33
855	855	1	105.00	$105.00	$898	-1.76
940	940	1	100.00	$100.00	$940	—

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Feeder Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–295	288	2	134.00–150.00	$141.79	$408	-3.18
345	345	1	145.00	$145.00	$500	+6.06
383–395	389	6	135.00–144.00	$139.57	$543	-0.20
400–445	433	15	130.00–147.00	$138.17	$598	-6.34
455–485	465	16	131.00–150.00	$144.77	$673	+3.39
500–547	520	75	125.00–151.00	$140.27	$729	+4.30
550–585	567	43	125.00–140.00	$134.04	$760	+2.04
600–645	619	56	120.00–140.00	$126.30	$782	-3.87
655–686	672	33	120.00–134.00	$128.62	$864	+2.08
710–727	721	8	115.00–116.00	$115.62	$834	-6.25
768–797	779	12	116.00–122.00	$120.16	$936	+2.16
815	815	1	115.00	$115.00	$937	+9.71
858	858	56	115.00	$115.00	$987	—
870	870	1	92.00	$92.00	$800	—
962	962	55	105.00	$105.00	$1,010	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–905	843	2	86.00–99.00	$92.98	$784	—
890–1070	997	3	72.00–75.00	$73.63	$734	—
980–1172	1108	3	64.00–73.50	$70.70	$783	-12.30
885–1280	1109	25	86.00–100.00	$93.63	$1,038	+10.63
1060–1515	1293	140	101.50–109.00	$105.23	$1,361	-2.60
1115–1630	1324	25	90.00–102.00	$97.90	$1,296	—
1270–1395	1331	8	110.00–112.00	$110.24	$1,467	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	135.00	$135.00	$500	-1.00
400	400	1	137.00	$137.00	$548	—
455	455	1	100.00	$100.00	$455	—
543	543	3	120.00	$120.00	$652	—
560–580	570	3	100.00–120.00	$106.88	$609	-14.12
630–635	631	4	110.00	$110.00	$694	—
637	637	2	101.00	$101.00	$643	—
660–685	668	6	101.00–125.00	$113.81	$760	—
710–735	718	3	101.00–115.00	$110.23	$791	+1.23
730	730	1	95.00	$95.00	$694	-14.00
775	775	1	111.00	$111.00	$860	+1.00
785	785	1	80.00	$80.00	$628	-30.00

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	121.00	$121.00	$460	+2.00
410	410	1	134.00	$134.00	$549	+3.00
462–495	473	3	125.00–131.00	$128.91	$610	+22.91
550–595	573	2	100.00–111.00	$105.28	$603	-8.23
605–625	612	6	100.00–111.00	$107.97	$661	—
650–690	668	5	100.00–111.00	$102.88	$687	—
705–735	725	3	100.00–105.00	$102.03	$740	—
755	755	1	100.00	$100.00	$755	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	135.00	$135.00	$459	—
390	390	1	140.00	$140.00	$546	—
425–445	439	4	131.00–140.00	$136.55	$599	—
455–498	489	5	121.00–130.00	$128.33	$628	-2.67
515	515	2	135.00	$135.00	$695	+8.00
700	700	1	95.00	$95.00	$665	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	1	125.00	$125.00	$756	—
885	885	1	100.00	$100.00	$885	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735	735	80-85%	1	20.00	$20.00	$147	—
765–1155	980	80-85%	10	53.50–79.00	$66.31	$650	—
815–1590	1235	80-85%	48	43.00–62.00	$54.55	$674	—
990–1520	1251	80-85%	21	22.50–50.00	$44.07	$551	-12.36
1615	1615	80-85%	1	64.00	$64.00	$1,034	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1189–1715	1424	75-80%	7	25.00–53.50	$46.18	$658	—
1280–1930	1507	75-80%	49	53.00–64.50	$58.71	$885	+14.49
1460–1620	1532	75-80%	3	66.00–69.50	$67.86	$1,040	+23.64

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675–685	680	85-90%	2	55.00–57.00	$56.01	$381	—
715–1400	1070	85-90%	36	25.00–52.50	$44.65	$478	+8.96
1130–1370	1227	85-90%	3	20.00–21.00	$20.68	$254	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1250	1183	65-75%	3	41.00–65.00	$56.64	$670	—
1185–1610	1335	65-75%	3	82.00–94.00	$90.30	$1,206	—
1120–1925	1496	65-75%	16	61.50–85.00	$72.08	$1,078	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880	880	2	85.00	$85.00	$748	—
765–2160	1393	5	35.00–68.50	$52.31	$729	—
1320–2205	1727	24	65.00–82.50	$75.79	$1,309	—
1595–2230	1868	6	83.00–88.00	$85.14	$1,590	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	60.00	$60.00	$258	—
490	490	1	90.00	$90.00	$441	—
580–595	588	2	50.00–66.00	$58.10	$342	—
625–635	630	2	52.00–66.00	$59.06	$372	—
690	690	1	66.00	$66.00	$455	—
805	805	1	66.00	$66.00	$531	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1385	1323	2	91.00	$91.00	$1,204	+36.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	5	121.00	$121.00	$526	—
505–548	525	13	90.00–100.00	$97.33	$511	—
550–594	580	59	84.00–102.00	$99.53	$577	—
635	635	1	25.00	$25.00	$159	—
610–645	637	15	77.00–100.00	$95.57	$609	—
655–677	674	17	80.00–90.00	$88.97	$600	—
726–745	730	7	71.00–84.00	$80.67	$589	—
765–780	773	2	70.00–77.00	$73.53	$568	—
860	860	1	75.00	$75.00	$645	—
915	915	1	71.00	$71.00	$650	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1390	1390	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,390	—
1245–1500	1425	4	80.00–83.00	$81.05	$1,155	—
1295–1790	1464	24	84.00–91.00	$87.74	$1,285	-9.98
1510	1510	1	83.00	$83.00	$1,253	—

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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.