Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 10, 2021

1,989 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight L 1-2 steers $146.56/cwt ≈ $1,161/hd at 792 lb · 196 head

heavy 5-weight L 1-2 steers $162.41/cwt ≈ $926/hd at 570 lb · 96 head

light 7-weight L 1-2 steers $147.44/cwt ≈ $1,090/hd at 739 lb · 78 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,989	1,137	2,493
Feeder cattle	1,055	—	1,486
Slaughter cattle	934	830	1,007
Replacement cattle	—	307	—

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Feeder Steers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190–195	193	2	187.50–192.50	$189.97	$367	—
265–279	277	7	181.00–195.00	$193.09	$535	—
327 fancy	327	2	205.00	$205.00	$670	—
325–345	333	6	161.00–185.00	$175.48	$584	—
362–397	380	6	174.00–191.00	$181.73	$691	—
400–448	421	33	168.00–186.00	$175.16	$737	—
450–495	483	37	153.00–176.50	$169.61	$819	—
507–544	535	46	160.50–170.75	$165.82	$887	—
550–590	570	96	150.00–169.00	$162.41	$926	—
602–645	624	33	144.00–165.00	$157.99	$986	—
655–695	675	39	132.00–150.50	$144.84	$978	—
710–742	739	78	131.00–149.00	$147.44	$1,090	—
786–797	792	196	126.00–150.25	$146.56	$1,161	—
811–848	821	16	125.00–129.00	$127.48	$1,047	—
931–942	933	15	110.00–124.00	$121.72	$1,136	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120	1120	1	71.00	$71.00	$795	—
1065–1215	1162	3	90.00–91.00	$90.65	$1,053	-14.36
1095–1440	1249	17	102.00–115.00	$109.86	$1,372	—
1055–1625	1343	268	115.00–124.00	$120.39	$1,617	—
1330–1425	1378	2	95.00–97.50	$96.21	$1,326	-21.79
1165–1550	1380	10	105.00–117.00	$110.03	$1,518	-7.97
1335–1570	1463	22	122.00–128.00	$124.66	$1,824	—
1270–1640	1478	5	71.00–76.00	$74.89	$1,107	—
1610–1715	1653	8	110.00–115.00	$113.87	$1,882	+10.13

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290	273	2	142.50–150.00	$146.49	$400	—
322	322	2	143.00	$143.00	$460	—
385	385	2	136.00	$136.00	$524	—
585	585	1	116.00	$116.00	$679	—
610–635	620	3	120.00–130.00	$123.63	$767	—
730	730	1	126.00	$126.00	$920	—
820	820	1	105.00	$105.00	$861	—
915	915	1	106.00	$106.00	$970	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	174.00	$174.00	$513	—
410	410	1	170.00	$170.00	$697	—
545	545	1	133.00	$133.00	$725	—
560–595	578	2	146.00–151.00	$148.42	$858	—
650–670	660	2	120.00–140.00	$130.15	$859	—
886	886	3	118.00	$118.00	$1,045	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	155.00	$155.00	$604	—

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Feeder Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–235	230	2	149.00–161.00	$155.13	$357	—
272 fancy	272	2	187.00	$187.00	$509	—
267–290	283	9	147.00–178.00	$172.40	$488	—
315–340	330	6	152.00–168.00	$160.13	$528	—
350–392	369	19	154.00–165.00	$161.14	$595	—
411–443	429	21	138.00–160.00	$154.64	$663	—
450–495	467	38	141.00–161.00	$152.87	$714	—
500–540	521	34	137.00–159.00	$147.60	$769	—
550–595	569	67	125.00–163.00	$148.43	$845	—
620–641	631	32	125.00–153.00	$143.86	$908	—
650	650	2	130.00	$130.00	$845	—
700–718	712	25	123.00–135.50	$130.77	$931	—
750–781	762	19	114.00–124.00	$117.86	$898	—
912–940	918	9	107.00–115.00	$113.18	$1,039	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–735	733	2	80.00–100.00	$89.97	$659	—
570–990	843	4	51.00–81.00	$65.74	$554	—
1000	1000	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,170	+38.67
1010–1230	1134	16	95.00–115.00	$104.95	$1,190	—
1015–1497	1251	111	115.00–124.00	$119.78	$1,498	+2.22
1195–1450	1318	6	125.00–127.00	$125.35	$1,652	—
1120–1531	1333	26	98.00–116.00	$109.51	$1,460	—
1650	1650	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,815	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	378	2	130.00–139.00	$134.71	$509	—
405–430	416	4	130.00–137.00	$132.79	$552	—
485	485	1	137.00	$137.00	$664	—
495 thin fleshed	495	1	107.00	$107.00	$530	—
500–540	515	4	111.00–138.00	$126.52	$652	—
580–595	591	5	107.00–119.00	$115.05	$680	—
630	630	2	99.00–111.00	$105.00	$662	—
650–662	658	3	115.00–121.00	$116.98	$770	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–538	531	5	122.00–141.00	$135.14	$718	—
565	565	2	125.00–126.00	$125.50	$709	—
608–625	612	4	129.00–131.00	$129.51	$793	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	147.00	$147.00	$581	—
573	573	3	128.00	$128.00	$733	—
727	727	4	121.00	$121.00	$880	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	187.50	$187.50	$459	—
420	420	3	157.00	$157.00	$659	—
495	495	2	157.00	$157.00	$777	—
500–530	510	6	132.50–152.00	$142.89	$729	—
568–575	573	12	143.50–148.00	$144.99	$831	—
600	600	2	106.00	$106.00	$636	—
673	673	8	120.00	$120.00	$808	—
705–745	732	3	110.00–113.00	$112.04	$820	—
825	825	2	95.00	$95.00	$784	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1150	1001	80-85%	9	64.00–88.00	$77.71	$778	—
885–1510	1199	80-85%	77	62.00–72.00	$66.62	$799	+7.48
1115–1330	1217	80-85%	3	73.50–78.00	$75.04	$913	+8.15
950–1415	1253	80-85%	14	52.00–61.00	$58.10	$728	-16.25

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1555	1375	75-80%	2	75.50–83.00	$78.76	$1,083	—
1195–1840	1504	75-80%	50	63.50–74.00	$69.19	$1,041	—
1400–1735	1537	75-80%	9	56.50–63.00	$61.10	$939	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630–1055	868	85-90%	3	20.00–53.50	$45.22	$393	+0.13
685–1255	1020	85-90%	12	58.00–67.00	$62.22	$635	—
1115	1115	85-90%	1	69.00	$69.00	$769	+3.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1305	1228	65-75%	3	101.00–111.00	$106.20	$1,304	—
1145–1475	1246	65-75%	5	85.00–95.00	$90.66	$1,130	—
1255	1255	65-75%	1	70.00	$70.00	$878	-37.01

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–2075	1448	6	52.50–85.00	$74.01	$1,072	-3.14
1435–2035	1774	11	87.00–97.50	$92.74	$1,645	—
2260	2260	1	104.00	$104.00	$2,350	—

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Bullocks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960	960	1	80.00	$80.00	$768	—
1265–1525	1381	4	90.00–95.00	$93.82	$1,296	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1380	1300	3	80.00	$80.00	$1,040	—
1425	1425	1	71.00	$71.00	$1,012	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1390	1179	4	71.00–77.00	$74.64	$880	—
1315	1315	1	85.00	$85.00	$1,118	+0.65
1370–1405	1380	11	100.00–103.50	$102.86	$1,419	—
1205–1630	1388	38	90.00–105.00	$97.09	$1,348	—
1350–1480	1415	6	80.00–85.00	$82.01	$1,160	-17.99

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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.