Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 1, 2021

2,052 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight L 1-2 steers $138.89/cwt ≈ $946/hd at 681 lb · 65 head

heavy 9-weight L 1-2 steers $126.25/cwt ≈ $1,220/hd at 966 lb · 59 head

heavy 5-weight L 1-2 steers $151.98/cwt ≈ $862/hd at 567 lb · 52 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,052	840	1,136
Feeder cattle	655	—	0
Slaughter cattle	1,103	840	937
Replacement cattle	294	—	199

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1215	1112	3	103.00–109.50	$107.13	$1,191	—
1202	1202	2	109.50	$109.50	$1,316	—
1065–1545	1244	27	90.00–109.00	$101.58	$1,264	—
1075–1570	1334	39	95.00–109.50	$104.48	$1,394	+1.48
1095–1650	1408	282	108.00–116.50	$112.40	$1,583	-1.96
1455–1525	1490	2	91.00–100.00	$95.39	$1,421	—
1468–1521	1496	10	115.00–117.25	$116.93	$1,749	—
1655	1655	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,572	—
1590–1895	1665	13	98.00–108.00	$105.17	$1,751	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–315	308	3	171.00–173.00	$172.32	$531	—
360–395	379	7	173.00–181.00	$178.05	$675	—
400 fancy	400	1	180.00	$180.00	$720	—
415–431	427	4	167.00–176.00	$173.81	$742	—
450–485	477	18	154.00–180.25	$172.41	$822	—
495	495	1	131.00	$131.00	$648	—
500–530	523	23	138.50–166.00	$146.76	$768	—
552–596	567	52	132.00–158.00	$151.98	$862	—
600–645	627	51	130.00–145.50	$139.77	$876	—
650–690	681	64	124.00–143.25	$139.19	$948	—
685	685	1	120.00	$120.00	$822	—
703–735	722	23	124.00–137.25	$133.53	$964	—
760–797	788	29	120.00–132.25	$129.13	$1,018	—
855–890	874	9	101.00–117.50	$113.63	$993	—
940	940	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,006	—
966	966	59	126.25	$126.25	$1,220	—
1030	1030	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,051	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	134.00	$134.00	$570	—
540–545	543	2	121.00–139.00	$130.04	$706	—
582–585	583	3	121.00–138.00	$132.31	$771	—
640	640	1	111.00	$111.00	$710	—
790–791	791	4	125.00–126.50	$126.13	$998	—
805	805	1	116.50	$116.50	$938	—
850	850	1	113.00	$113.00	$960	—
980	980	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,000	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–330	323	2	141.00–151.00	$146.12	$472	—
390	390	1	156.00	$156.00	$608	—
405	405	1	147.00	$147.00	$595	—
660	660	1	119.00	$119.00	$785	—
1000	1000	1	96.00	$96.00	$960	—

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Feeder Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
374–391	382	13	144.00–155.00	$149.09	$570	—
400–447	425	8	140.00–158.00	$152.70	$649	—
450–495	467	20	131.00–148.00	$141.36	$660	—
500–540	518	36	122.00–145.00	$138.32	$716	—
550–598	578	49	117.00–144.00	$133.32	$771	—
614–647	637	45	116.00–130.00	$125.01	$796	—
652–695	676	41	115.00–122.50	$119.15	$805	—
701–740	711	7	106.00–124.00	$119.74	$851	—
803–805	803	9	106.00–117.50	$116.22	$933	—
980	980	1	92.00	$92.00	$902	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1190	986	4	52.00–77.00	$65.32	$644	—
945–1030	988	2	95.00–100.00	$97.39	$962	—
975–1085	1030	2	77.00–85.00	$80.79	$832	—
1030–1330	1217	10	90.00–108.00	$101.64	$1,237	—
1035–1485	1248	21	97.00–108.50	$105.37	$1,315	—
1020–1565	1271	160	109.00–115.50	$112.03	$1,424	+1.64
1265–1398	1371	5	116.50	$116.50	$1,597	—
1665–1700	1683	2	97.00–108.50	$102.69	$1,728	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	137.00	$137.00	$486	—
400–440	409	5	122.00–126.00	$123.45	$505	—
450–495	470	4	123.00–127.00	$125.49	$590	—
505–536	519	6	101.00–121.00	$114.87	$596	—
575–595	585	4	111.00–115.00	$113.49	$664	—
630	630	2	103.00–116.00	$109.50	$690	—
660–675	672	5	102.00–116.00	$113.25	$761	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	121.00	$121.00	$357	—
385	385	1	125.00	$125.00	$481	—
460	460	1	141.00	$141.00	$649	—
505–525	513	3	116.00–118.00	$117.32	$602	—
555–587	568	7	117.00–130.00	$123.91	$704	—
641	641	3	114.00	$114.00	$731	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1220	1220	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	900.00	$900.00	—
1335–1915	1529	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	6	925.00–1,750.00	$1,237.29	—
1907	1907	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	2	1,760.00	$1,760.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	111.00	$111.00	$361	—
385	385	1	147.00	$147.00	$566	—
430	430	1	137.00	$137.00	$589	—
505	505	2	135.00	$135.00	$682	—
590	590	2	116.00	$116.00	$684	—
700	700	1	100.00	$100.00	$700	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1450	1139	80-85%	24	55.00–83.00	$64.50	$735	—
880–1570	1262	80-85%	94	52.00–62.50	$57.17	$721	+7.46
940–1515	1283	80-85%	9	63.00–66.00	$64.35	$826	+14.64
1135–1420	1298	80-85%	5	46.00–51.00	$48.96	$636	-0.75

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235	1235	75-80%	1	62.00	$62.00	$766	—
1300–1560	1463	75-80%	3	50.00–54.50	$52.03	$761	—
1175–1925	1486	75-80%	57	55.00–65.50	$60.09	$893	—
1365–1795	1536	75-80%	4	66.00–67.50	$66.74	$1,025	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695	695	85-90%	1	10.00	$10.00	$70	—
825	825	85-90%	1	43.00	$43.00	$355	—
865–1125	995	85-90%	2	57.50–58.00	$57.72	$574	—
825–1470	1118	85-90%	13	46.50–57.00	$52.70	$589	—
1030–1315	1125	85-90%	5	58.00–65.00	$60.61	$682	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270	1270	65-75%	1	92.00	$92.00	$1,168	—
1490–1535	1513	65-75%	2	61.00–65.00	$63.03	$954	—
1265–1777	1520	65-75%	5	63.00–93.00	$72.28	$1,099	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1620	1249	5	29.00–75.00	$54.61	$682	—
1495–1765	1658	6	90.00–95.00	$92.66	$1,536	—
1250–2296	1726	12	79.00–89.00	$84.33	$1,456	—

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Bred Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1110	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1140	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	725.00	$725.00
1191	1191	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,450.00	$1,450.00
1262–1335	1286	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	825.00–900.00	$874.05
1147–1415	1289	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	1,100.00–1,625.00	$1,360.94
1305–1320	1311	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,225.00–1,250.00	$1,239.22
1182–1395	1332	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	1,075.00–1,900.00	$1,479.28
1395	1395	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,225.00	$1,225.00
1185–1715	1401	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	775.00–1,400.00	$1,047.25
1265–1835	1442	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	58	725.00–1,275.00	$974.10
1295–1470	1448	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,025.00–1,675.00	$1,602.34
1273–1830	1451	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	37	925.00–1,575.00	$1,311.04
1420–1592	1517	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	800.00–1,000.00	$929.76
1395–2090	1532	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	650.00–1,125.00	$916.86

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
1002	1002	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	800.00	$800.00
1050	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	810.00	$810.00
1035–1195	1135	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	610.00–825.00	$764.72
1070–1230	1147	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	625.00–1,060.00	$881.92
1138–1225	1168	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	635.00–825.00	$687.99
1100–1220	1192	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	525.00–850.00	$725.05
1200–1238	1230	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	800.00–1,075.00	$978.19

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Bred Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1145–1158	1155	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,035.00–1,160.00	$1,129.01
1190	1190	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,060.00	$1,060.00
1140–1520	1280	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	985.00–1,225.00	$1,084.45

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
940	940	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1350	1350	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
1367	1367	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,525.00	$1,525.00	—
1330–1410	1370	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,260.00–1,375.00	$1,315.82	—
1486	1486	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,135.00	$1,135.00	—
1370–1795	1518	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	975.00–1,200.00	$1,108.93	—
1675	1675	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
1710	1710	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—
1850	1850	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1945	1945	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1120	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
1190	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—
1270	1270	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
1327	1327	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	950.00	$950.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–1525	1406	5	85.00–90.00	$87.85	$1,235	+5.63

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1725	1447	3	80.00–82.00	$81.37	$1,177	+1.96
1275–1670	1471	33	85.00–92.00	$90.45	$1,331	+1.51
1405–1760	1520	5	93.00–94.00	$93.18	$1,416	—

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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.