Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 8, 2021

3,425 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight L 1-2 heifers $147.45/cwt -3.63 vs last sale · ≈ $771/hd at 523 lb · 169 head

heavy 5-weight L 1-2 steers $162.41/cwt -2.36 vs last sale · ≈ $937/hd at 577 lb · 165 head

light 7-weight L 1-2 steers $142.69/cwt +2.27 vs last sale · ≈ $1,022/hd at 716 lb · 164 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,425	2,508	2,162
Feeder cattle	2,311	1,224	1,346
Slaughter cattle	979	1,072	816
Replacement cattle	135	212	0

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Feeder Steers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
160	160	1	167.50	$167.50	$268	—
230	230	1	157.00	$157.00	$361	-15.50
283	283	5	198.00	$198.00	$560	+44.00
309 fancy	309	11	202.00	$202.00	$624	—
305–345	331	23	166.00–194.00	$184.54	$611	+16.20
352–380	367	24	169.00–183.00	$176.00	$646	+3.93
395	395	1	149.00	$149.00	$589	-23.07
400–444	435	30	160.00–195.00	$178.52	$777	+10.79
450–497	474	66	160.00–192.00	$182.12	$863	+7.11
500–548	532	72	151.00–183.50	$168.35	$896	-5.27
555–595	577	165	148.00–171.00	$162.41	$937	-2.36
600–649	629	106	128.00–155.50	$149.22	$939	+1.44
631 fancy	631	3	164.50	$164.50	$1,038	+4.64
650–698	670	121	138.00–151.00	$145.39	$974	+1.44
702–743	716	164	127.00–149.00	$142.69	$1,022	+2.27
753–797	780	104	125.00–145.50	$141.07	$1,100	+13.96
805–840	826	111	119.00–140.50	$135.35	$1,118	+6.92
865	865	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,081	+9.25
900–926	923	66	108.00–126.50	$126.16	$1,164	+10.65
1004–1032	1022	78	100.00–126.00	$119.31	$1,219	+14.31
1250	1250	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,312	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1200	1185	2	80.00	$80.00	$948	+8.63
1010–1610	1251	33	90.00–110.00	$102.87	$1,287	—
1135–1615	1370	239	109.50–117.00	$113.04	$1,549	—
1370–1385	1378	2	95.00	$95.00	$1,309	—
1145–1640	1384	34	100.00–110.00	$107.54	$1,488	—
1330–1460	1395	3	80.00	$80.00	$1,116	—
1650–1880	1737	8	94.00–110.00	$102.81	$1,786	—
1910	1910	1	87.00	$87.00	$1,662	—
2025–2530	2278	2	57.00–78.00	$66.34	$1,511	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	162.50	$162.50	$422	—
305–340	323	2	151.00–155.00	$152.89	$494	+10.39
395	395	2	154.00	$154.00	$608	+17.00
410–435	424	7	145.00–153.00	$149.96	$636	+5.31
460–465	462	3	122.50–154.00	$143.42	$663	+7.02
515–523	521	4	148.00–151.00	$150.26	$783	+6.58
550–590	568	4	126.00–145.00	$136.43	$775	+7.74
607	607	2	125.00	$125.00	$759	+5.00
745	745	1	109.00	$109.00	$812	+7.00
760–795	764	8	107.00–121.00	$108.82	$831	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	160.00	$160.00	$432	—
495	495	1	149.00	$149.00	$738	-2.00
530	530	1	145.00	$145.00	$768	—
627–640	632	4	122.00–140.00	$135.23	$855	+9.85
687	687	2	128.00	$128.00	$879	—
730–745	738	2	109.00–125.00	$116.92	$863	-9.78
800	800	1	123.00	$123.00	$984	—
875	875	1	109.00	$109.00	$954	—
912	912	2	124.00	$124.00	$1,131	—
953	953	6	113.00	$113.00	$1,077	—
1105	1105	1	103.00	$103.00	$1,138	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	2	144.00	$144.00	$612	—
723	723	4	124.00	$124.00	$897	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	139.00	$139.00	$681	—
635	635	1	132.00	$132.00	$838	—

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Feeder Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	159.00	$159.00	$390	—
250–289	284	15	146.00–160.00	$158.21	$449	+0.38
308–341	320	9	148.00–156.00	$150.92	$483	-6.15
328 fancy	328	21	183.00	$183.00	$600	—
350–397	378	29	146.00–159.00	$152.26	$576	-3.14
403–449	427	33	136.00–152.00	$144.34	$616	-6.51
471–495	481	71	136.00–159.50	$150.70	$725	-1.15
500–547	523	169	125.00–154.50	$147.45	$771	-3.63
550–595	573	105	131.00–151.50	$145.86	$836	+4.76
605–648	626	100	122.00–152.50	$145.21	$909	+10.89
655–693	670	135	125.00–143.50	$137.99	$925	+10.17
707–745	731	54	122.00–141.50	$135.59	$991	+20.73
761–790	771	15	113.00–122.50	$119.16	$919	+4.75
800–813	812	23	108.50–122.00	$109.15	$886	-7.89
857 fancy	857	16	140.50	$140.50	$1,204	—
877	877	2	101.00	$101.00	$886	-4.00
900	900	8	119.50	$119.50	$1,076	—
998	998	14	97.00	$97.00	$968	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
971	971	5	110.50	$110.50	$1,073	+4.61
970–995	985	3	96.00–100.00	$98.65	$972	-7.24
1015–1380	1157	17	90.00–109.00	$104.44	$1,208	+2.80
1176	1176	3	82.00	$82.00	$964	-19.64
1010–1535	1263	128	110.00–116.00	$112.84	$1,425	+6.99
1065–1555	1273	18	97.00–108.00	$104.99	$1,337	-0.86
1325–1425	1390	3	117.00–118.00	$117.32	$1,631	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–287	276	3	132.00–145.00	$136.00	$375	+9.42
340–345	343	2	131.00–137.00	$133.98	$460	-3.92
381–388	383	10	132.00–135.00	$134.09	$514	+4.73
424	424	7	134.00	$134.00	$568	+9.99
450	450	1	142.00	$142.00	$639	+19.77
515–520	518	2	126.00–130.00	$128.01	$663	+14.77
655	655	1	120.00	$120.00	$786	+12.91
720	720	1	107.00	$107.00	$770	-8.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–320	318	2	135.00–152.00	$143.57	$457	—
365	365	1	131.00	$131.00	$478	+1.00
405–445	431	6	121.00–145.00	$131.64	$567	—
470–485	480	3	138.00–143.00	$139.63	$670	+4.16
565	565	2	116.00–121.00	$118.50	$670	-4.14
640	640	1	121.00	$121.00	$774	—
690	690	1	119.00	$119.00	$821	+18.00
750–795	770	6	101.00–115.00	$106.68	$821	—
800	800	3	120.00	$120.00	$960	—
885	885	1	104.00	$104.00	$920	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	111.00	$111.00	$572	—
695	695	19	124.50	$124.50	$865	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	116.00	$116.00	$568	—
605	605	1	97.00	$97.00	$587	—
920	920	1	100.00	$100.00	$920	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
995–1910	1328	(<2 yrs)	N/A	51	1,100.00–4,250.00	$2,622.80	+1,072.80
1200–2155	1550	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	10	1,800.00–4,800.00	$2,918.99	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	2	151.00	$151.00	$468	—
357	357	2	159.00	$159.00	$568	—
405	405	2	135.00	$135.00	$547	—
495	495	1	150.00	$150.00	$742	—
555	555	1	133.00	$133.00	$738	—
645	645	1	112.50	$112.50	$726	—
755	755	1	116.00	$116.00	$876	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
955	955	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1150	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875	875	80-85%	1	26.00	$26.00	$228	—
990–1260	1162	80-85%	6	65.00–79.00	$69.45	$807	—
885–1550	1206	80-85%	11	35.00–53.50	$49.79	$600	+1.76
1270	1270	80-85%	1	66.50	$66.50	$845	+0.50
960–1935	1317	80-85%	44	54.50–64.00	$59.07	$778	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1350	1280	75-80%	2	74.00–75.00	$74.47	$953	—
1215–1980	1525	75-80%	44	56.00–66.00	$60.55	$923	-0.34
1330–1800	1573	75-80%	5	52.50–55.00	$53.82	$847	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–1155	1007	85-90%	3	34.00–43.50	$41.11	$414	—
960–1380	1127	85-90%	20	44.00–54.50	$49.62	$559	—
1135–1670	1383	85-90%	3	58.00–59.50	$58.69	$812	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1535	1398	65-75%	3	61.00–82.00	$69.37	$970	—
1270–1550	1404	65-75%	8	93.00–104.00	$97.72	$1,372	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950	950	1	88.00	$88.00	$836	—
950–2160	1540	4	62.00–74.00	$68.96	$1,062	—
980–2085	1615	18	75.50–86.00	$82.57	$1,334	+1.93
1855–2285	2009	6	87.50–89.50	$88.45	$1,777	—

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Stock Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
594–910	740	(<2 yrs)	Open	23	1,200.00–2,300.00	$1,657.92

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Bred Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1155–1300	1208	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,500.00–1,600.00	$1,567.72
1260–1285	1273	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,600.00–2,000.00	$1,798.04
1400–1740	1525	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,900.00–2,750.00	$2,241.13
1485–1610	1540	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,600.00–2,500.00	$1,975.71

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Bred Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820	820	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00
835–920	869	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	1,500.00–2,200.00	$1,841.99

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875	875	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00

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Bullocks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1380–1425	1403	2	91.00–95.00	$92.97	$1,304	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1375	1375	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	+818.34
1300–1600	1430	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,800.00–2,800.00	$2,288.16	—
1485	1485	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00	—
1635	1635	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00	+1,025.00
1860	1860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1325	1290	2	61.00–65.00	$62.95	$812	-26.03
1160–1460	1310	2	75.00–80.00	$77.79	$1,019	—
1150–1440	1322	5	85.00–91.00	$88.90	$1,175	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215	1215	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,154	—
1308–1450	1321	11	82.00	$82.00	$1,083	—
1190–1565	1397	42	85.00–92.00	$89.41	$1,249	—
1250–1815	1422	10	70.00–82.00	$75.50	$1,074	—

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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.