Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 29, 2021

2,085 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight L 1-2 steers $148.62/cwt ≈ $1,146/hd at 771 lb · 218 head

light 8-weight L 1-2 steers $142.50/cwt ≈ $1,181/hd at 829 lb · 134 head

light 6-weight L 1-2 heifers $140.46/cwt ≈ $883/hd at 629 lb · 93 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	2,085	644
Feeder cattle	1,206	—
Slaughter cattle	879	644

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Feeder Steers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305 fancy	305	1	202.00	$202.00	$616	—
330–347	341	4	172.00–185.00	$177.89	$607	—
355 fancy	355	1	203.00	$203.00	$721	—
372–385	377	5	172.00–190.00	$182.61	$688	—
415–445	434	10	156.00–181.00	$169.31	$735	—
437 fancy	437	2	206.00	$206.00	$900	—
453 fancy	453	7	205.00	$205.00	$929	—
455–495	476	23	166.00–195.00	$182.82	$870	—
517 fancy	517	2	188.00	$188.00	$972	—
503–549	524	47	158.00–186.00	$171.22	$897	—
565–580	574	20	149.00–163.00	$161.17	$925	—
605–648	632	63	135.00–160.00	$153.28	$969	—
655–695	682	55	127.00–155.00	$148.85	$1,015	—
700–735	714	23	126.00–148.00	$141.34	$1,009	—
755 unweaned	755	1	117.00	$117.00	$883	—
755–795	771	217	126.50–151.25	$148.77	$1,147	—
822–840	829	133	126.00–144.75	$142.70	$1,183	—
840	840	1	116.00	$116.00	$974	—
850–876	866	9	116.00–126.00	$123.58	$1,070	—
912	912	2	123.00	$123.00	$1,122	—
984	984	5	110.00	$110.00	$1,082	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–1015	913	3	95.00–104.00	$98.64	$901	—
895–1070	982	5	80.00–90.00	$82.02	$805	—
1095–1500	1192	11	93.00–114.00	$106.21	$1,266	—
1165–1600	1341	6	105.50–113.00	$110.59	$1,483	—
1065–1605	1376	213	113.00–121.00	$118.00	$1,624	+13.12
1320–1600	1441	15	120.00–123.00	$121.70	$1,754	+4.20
1455–1530	1493	2	92.00–95.00	$93.46	$1,395	—
1680–2045	1830	4	100.00–115.00	$106.52	$1,949	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	157.50	$157.50	$520	—
375–385	380	2	146.00–150.00	$148.03	$563	—
420–435	427	5	139.00–153.00	$146.35	$625	—
480–485	483	2	121.00–156.00	$138.59	$669	—
540–545	543	2	136.00	$136.00	$738	—
576	576	3	141.00	$141.00	$812	—
645	645	1	126.00	$126.00	$813	—
800	800	1	112.00	$112.00	$896	—
935	935	1	70.00	$70.00	$654	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	155.00	$155.00	$566	—
450–455	452	3	161.00–171.00	$166.68	$753	—
565–590	584	4	140.00–152.00	$142.90	$835	—
795	795	1	121.00	$121.00	$962	—
865	865	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,047	—
1180	1180	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,286	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810	810	2	116.00	$116.00	$940	—

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Feeder Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–240	230	2	145.00–170.00	$156.96	$361	—
340	340	1	164.00	$164.00	$558	—
351–397	379	19	139.00–159.00	$148.79	$564	—
400–435	421	23	141.00–163.00	$153.47	$646	—
450–495	470	29	135.00–160.00	$155.07	$729	—
505–546	531	51	139.00–155.00	$148.56	$789	—
555–595	566	46	131.00–150.00	$142.39	$806	—
606–647	629	93	122.00–146.00	$140.46	$883	—
651–697	665	54	120.00–141.00	$138.08	$918	—
705–732	722	17	123.50–130.00	$127.99	$924	—
765	765	1	105.00	$105.00	$803	—
761–775	768	47	125.00–126.50	$125.19	$961	—
840	840	6	120.50	$120.50	$1,012	—
850	850	2	111.00	$111.00	$944	—
905	905	6	107.00	$107.00	$968	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	1	41.00	$41.00	$266	—
767–905	822	5	91.00–118.00	$107.46	$883	—
715–1120	908	5	64.00–91.00	$74.64	$678	+2.88
1005–1575	1278	153	113.00–120.00	$117.14	$1,497	+4.74
1050–1600	1300	13	104.00–114.00	$111.79	$1,453	—
1293–1440	1346	12	120.00–122.00	$120.18	$1,618	—
1665	1665	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,815	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	147.00	$147.00	$456	—
360–385	373	2	134.00–143.00	$138.65	$517	—
450–491	478	7	136.00–143.00	$137.25	$656	—
520	520	1	135.00	$135.00	$702	—
551–595	561	6	130.00–138.00	$134.28	$753	—
615	615	1	117.00	$117.00	$720	—
685	685	1	117.00	$117.00	$801	—
735	735	1	121.00	$121.00	$889	—
848	848	3	110.00	$110.00	$933	—
865	865	1	102.00	$102.00	$882	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	136.00	$136.00	$326	—
370–395	383	3	123.00–138.00	$131.51	$504	—
460–495	477	4	115.00–131.00	$120.41	$574	—
550–597	588	5	127.00–130.00	$129.44	$761	—
610–635	623	3	110.00–116.00	$113.99	$710	—
710	710	1	106.00	$106.00	$753	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	101.00	$101.00	$470	—
815	815	1	86.00	$86.00	$701	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	177.00	$177.00	$522	—
445	445	1	122.00	$122.00	$543	—
461	461	4	133.00	$133.00	$613	—
475 unweaned	475	1	131.00	$131.00	$622	—
608	608	4	115.00	$115.00	$699	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	121.00	$121.00	$417	—
500	500	1	130.00	$130.00	$650	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1245	1208	80-85%	2	85.00–90.00	$87.42	$1,056	+49.12
1040–1595	1273	80-85%	15	55.50–63.50	$59.58	$758	—
950–1635	1300	80-85%	38	64.00–74.50	$69.28	$901	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1805	1491	75-80%	16	57.50–65.50	$63.25	$943	+4.10
1225–2100	1523	75-80%	38	66.00–76.50	$69.36	$1,056	—
1640	1640	75-80%	1	84.00	$84.00	$1,378	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–1140	971	85-90%	4	44.00–55.50	$51.45	$500	—
865–1120	993	85-90%	2	62.00–81.50	$73.00	$725	—
780–1430	1069	85-90%	24	56.00–66.00	$60.90	$651	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1350	1249	65-75%	4	67.00–86.50	$75.86	$947	—
1250–1395	1337	65-75%	3	105.00–109.00	$106.39	$1,422	—
1290–1600	1407	65-75%	6	100.00–110.00	$103.60	$1,458	+31.82

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1775	1503	2	73.00–73.50	$73.20	$1,100	—
835–2275	1598	16	82.50–93.50	$88.39	$1,412	—
1635–2095	1865	2	95.50–96.50	$96.06	$1,792	—

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Bullocks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1545	1545	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,468	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1430	1430	2	75.00–80.00	$77.50	$1,108	—
1300–1750	1443	41	88.00–104.50	$93.43	$1,348	—
1405–1585	1495	2	85.00	$85.00	$1,271	-6.26

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	2	95.00	$95.00	$271	—

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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.