Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 19, 2021

1,430 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight L 1-2 heifers $135.49/cwt ≈ $1,141/hd at 842 lb · 48 head

light 5-weight L 1-2 heifers $158.68/cwt ≈ $847/hd at 534 lb · 41 head

heavy 5-weight L 1-2 heifers $147.07/cwt ≈ $844/hd at 574 lb · 38 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,430	1,230	736
Feeder cattle	641	—	0
Slaughter cattle	789	1,230	736

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–1050	937	5	97.00–120.00	$105.38	$987	—
955–1330	1118	4	75.00–84.50	$79.41	$888	—
1050–1435	1195	27	100.00–120.00	$113.68	$1,358	—
1110–1405	1270	16	105.00–120.00	$115.88	$1,472	—
1095–1570	1342	247	121.00–127.00	$124.04	$1,665	+2.17
1220–1550	1446	7	128.00–129.00	$128.45	$1,857	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	186.00	$186.00	$521	—
365	365	1	162.00	$162.00	$591	—
420	420	2	171.00	$171.00	$718	—
450–495	486	12	155.00–170.00	$165.58	$805	—
500–535	523	5	157.00–175.00	$168.94	$884	—
550–595	579	38	149.00–173.50	$171.40	$992	—
605	605	1	102.00	$102.00	$617	—
602–648	624	32	155.00–170.00	$165.26	$1,031	—
663–691	668	23	154.00–164.50	$161.84	$1,081	—
710–747	737	15	137.00–144.00	$141.59	$1,044	—
767	767	9	134.00	$134.00	$1,028	—
805–835	827	20	121.00–145.00	$140.99	$1,166	—
900–922	921	38	122.00–134.00	$133.69	$1,231	—
952–980	961	3	117.00–127.00	$120.40	$1,157	—
1045	1045	55	124.00	$124.00	$1,296	—
1065	1065	1	122.50	$122.50	$1,305	—
1125	1125	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,384	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370 thin fleshed	370	1	95.00	$95.00	$352	—
365–395	380	2	130.00–159.00	$143.93	$547	—
465	465	1	152.50	$152.50	$709	—
530–545	537	3	144.00–155.00	$150.03	$806	—
565	565	1	130.00	$130.00	$734	—
608–620	611	4	121.00–135.00	$131.45	$803	—
692	692	2	132.00	$132.00	$913	—
705	705	1	121.00	$121.00	$853	—
760	760	2	117.00	$117.00	$889	—
940	940	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,043	—
1020	1020	1	101.00	$101.00	$1,030	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555–595	575	7	152.00–162.00	$159.19	$915	—
610–640	625	3	131.00–147.00	$137.87	$862	—
845	845	1	117.00	$117.00	$989	—

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Feeder Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307	307	2	160.00	$160.00	$491	—
385–390	388	2	141.00–150.00	$145.53	$565	—
448	448	3	150.00	$150.00	$672	—
455–480	465	13	140.00–168.00	$155.45	$723	—
500–547	534	41	143.00–165.00	$158.68	$847	—
557–587	574	38	139.00–150.00	$147.07	$844	—
600–630	627	33	122.00–150.00	$148.10	$929	—
650–677	670	7	131.00–138.00	$133.86	$897	—
714–740	730	36	116.00–140.00	$135.52	$989	—
750–795	766	6	121.00–131.00	$126.58	$970	—
817–845	842	48	123.00–137.00	$135.49	$1,141	—
850–888	881	26	126.00–133.50	$132.11	$1,164	—
917	917	4	120.00	$120.00	$1,100	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845	845	1	101.00	$101.00	$853	+33.70
950–1036	993	2	82.00–84.00	$83.04	$825	—
945–1240	1108	3	82.00–105.00	$92.73	$1,027	—
865–1393	1176	7	92.00–116.50	$107.55	$1,265	-9.41
1035–1470	1204	92	120.00–127.00	$123.94	$1,492	-2.16
1125–1393	1282	16	110.00–120.00	$117.56	$1,507	—
1260–1420	1364	5	128.00–130.00	$128.81	$1,757	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	133.00	$133.00	$299	—
330–340	335	2	133.00–149.00	$140.88	$472	—
365–397	384	3	132.00–142.00	$138.83	$533	—
427–430	428	3	116.00–141.00	$124.37	$532	—
460–495	482	3	119.00–153.00	$130.51	$629	—
507–545	521	5	132.00–135.00	$133.99	$698	—
560	560	1	126.00	$126.00	$706	—
622–645	633	5	106.00–124.00	$115.12	$729	—
760	760	1	105.00	$105.00	$798	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	155.00	$155.00	$666	—
488	488	5	162.00	$162.00	$791	—
505	505	1	134.00	$134.00	$677	—
555–580	563	3	134.00–135.00	$134.66	$758	—
600–610	603	4	132.50–143.00	$135.16	$815	—
675	675	1	111.00	$111.00	$749	—
760	760	1	121.00	$121.00	$920	—
825	825	1	116.00	$116.00	$957	—
860	860	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,015	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875	875	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,015	—
917	917	2	102.00	$102.00	$935	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	2	137.00	$137.00	$788	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	161.00	$161.00	$354	—
355	355	4	181.00	$181.00	$643	—
455–480	472	3	135.00–149.00	$144.50	$682	—
500–530	520	3	111.00–137.00	$128.67	$669	—
595	595	1	122.00	$122.00	$726	—
610–615	613	2	107.00–112.00	$109.51	$671	—
650	650	1	120.00	$120.00	$780	—
705–735	725	3	111.00–120.00	$113.92	$826	—
805–820	815	3	110.00	$110.00	$896	—
890	890	1	85.00	$85.00	$756	—
925–940	933	2	91.00–101.00	$96.04	$896	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1385	1202	80-85%	3	71.50–77.00	$74.42	$895	+51.92
855–1815	1243	80-85%	36	68.00–78.50	$72.31	$899	+1.66
920–1510	1278	80-85%	13	57.00–67.50	$64.02	$818	-10.70

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365–1400	1383	75-80%	2	68.00	$68.00	$940	—
1245–1775	1472	75-80%	23	72.50–82.00	$76.86	$1,131	+0.51
1555–1635	1595	75-80%	2	84.00	$84.00	$1,340	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1205	965	85-90%	3	35.00–54.50	$45.70	$441	-1.87
725–1320	1030	85-90%	8	58.00–66.50	$61.66	$635	—
965–1160	1063	85-90%	2	69.00–71.50	$70.14	$746	-0.86

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1490	1335	65-75%	2	106.00–112.00	$109.35	$1,460	—
1185–1560	1427	65-75%	9	86.00–98.00	$92.87	$1,325	—
1490–1560	1525	65-75%	2	71.00–82.00	$76.63	$1,169	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1430	1275	4	70.00–86.50	$76.67	$978	-6.82
1425–2455	1797	13	92.00–102.50	$97.13	$1,745	—
2000	2000	1	108.50	$108.50	$2,170	—

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Bullocks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260	1260	1	98.00	$98.00	$1,235	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300	1300	1	103.00	$103.00	$1,339	—
1385–1545	1480	3	90.00	$90.00	$1,332	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	2	82.00	$82.00	$562	—
850	850	1	51.00	$51.00	$434	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1555	1368	6	90.00–95.00	$92.38	$1,264	-16.63
1230–1610	1387	6	85.00–95.00	$89.97	$1,248	-1.60
1265–1615	1440	32	98.00–109.00	$102.22	$1,472	+35.66
1420–1480	1457	3	108.00–110.00	$109.33	$1,593	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
708	708	3	76.00	$76.00	$538	—

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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.