Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 6, 2021

2,848 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight L 1-2 steers $168.37/cwt ≈ $1,418/hd at 842 lb · 150 head

heavy 5-weight L 1-2 steers $179.41/cwt ≈ $1,055/hd at 588 lb · 118 head

light 9-weight L 1-2 heifers $136.37/cwt ≈ $1,246/hd at 914 lb · 117 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,848	1,023	792
Feeder cattle	2,164	—	0
Slaughter cattle	684	1,023	792

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Feeder Steers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
208–240	217	5	160.00–212.50	$183.89	$399	—
270–285	278	2	172.00–206.00	$189.46	$527	—
307–345	320	21	178.00–206.00	$199.29	$638	—
365	365	1	180.00	$180.00	$657	—
350–395	372	15	174.00–206.00	$195.49	$727	—
373 fancy	373	4	217.50	$217.50	$811	—
400–445	422	29	174.00–212.00	$198.60	$838	—
451–497	477	74	165.00–206.00	$186.82	$891	—
500–540	515	42	171.00–201.00	$185.10	$953	—
550–599	588	118	155.00–190.00	$179.41	$1,055	—
600–647	627	70	150.00–172.00	$162.56	$1,019	—
627 fancy	627	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,129	—
650–690	662	52	145.00–170.00	$162.53	$1,076	—
658–681 fancy	666	18	180.00	$180.00	$1,199	—
702–738	729	105	136.00–164.00	$157.41	$1,148	—
750	750	1	121.00	$121.00	$908	—
763 thin fleshed	763	4	142.00	$142.00	$1,083	—
753–797	787	92	145.00–175.50	$168.95	$1,330	—
805–849	842	150	131.00–173.50	$168.37	$1,418	—
876–891	878	65	134.50–165.00	$161.19	$1,415	—
905–920	909	61	121.00–148.25	$146.71	$1,334	—
950–955	953	2	111.00–120.00	$115.49	$1,101	—
1005	1005	1	96.00	$96.00	$965	—
1095	1095	2	99.00	$99.00	$1,084	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995	995	1	108.00	$108.00	$1,075	—
940–1530	1223	9	79.00–98.00	$86.73	$1,061	—
1060–1480	1264	24	91.00–124.00	$112.19	$1,418	-5.57
1290	1290	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,161	-27.76
1020–1620	1308	144	120.00–131.00	$126.19	$1,651	+2.75
1105–1480	1312	25	115.00–124.00	$121.63	$1,596	-1.81
1220–1480	1357	19	129.00–136.00	$131.89	$1,790	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	144.00	$144.00	$475	—
350–365	358	2	141.00–148.00	$144.43	$517	—
402–445	417	11	140.00–152.00	$141.98	$592	—
450–483	470	15	135.00–160.00	$148.53	$698	—
505–545	525	3	142.00–148.00	$145.04	$761	—
550–596	581	11	132.00–153.00	$147.87	$859	—
605–645	625	8	119.00–142.00	$132.01	$825	—
660–695	680	7	121.00–146.00	$140.22	$953	—
700–745	721	4	116.00–130.00	$124.09	$895	—
770	770	1	123.00	$123.00	$947	—
835	835	1	100.00	$100.00	$835	—
855	855	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,163	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	156.00	$156.00	$429	—
300	300	2	142.00	$142.00	$426	—
450–490	479	6	140.00–172.00	$151.02	$723	—
500–510	503	6	160.00–175.00	$166.18	$836	—
560–595	571	16	141.00–166.00	$155.69	$889	—
625–645	631	5	142.00–162.00	$150.20	$948	—
655–695	678	3	140.00–153.00	$147.81	$1,002	—
787	787	2	131.00	$131.00	$1,031	—
845	845	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,056	—
872	872	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,134	—
925–940	931	4	82.00–111.00	$103.18	$961	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
691	691	3	136.00	$136.00	$940	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
571	571	3	170.00	$170.00	$971	—

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Feeder Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–230	222	3	138.00–220.00	$194.72	$432	—
265	265	1	152.00	$152.00	$403	—
300–330	315	5	150.00–192.00	$179.82	$566	—
337 fancy	337	2	197.50	$197.50	$666	—
350–395	370	24	145.00–194.00	$168.91	$625	—
400–445	417	45	141.00–178.00	$164.86	$687	—
450–496	479	74	141.00–185.00	$163.99	$786	—
525	525	1	111.00	$111.00	$583	—
500–547	529	58	141.00–180.00	$162.95	$862	—
551–598	571	76	142.00–175.00	$162.27	$927	—
600–647	617	67	132.00–169.00	$152.15	$939	—
650–696	674	77	135.00–154.00	$147.16	$992	—
700–745	723	60	130.00–148.00	$141.48	$1,023	—
752–796	764	53	133.00–155.00	$139.73	$1,068	—
810–842	838	80	126.00–146.00	$143.58	$1,203	—
902–927	914	117	135.50–137.25	$136.37	$1,246	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740–1030	883	7	65.00–110.00	$84.41	$745	—
895–1265	1034	7	55.00–93.00	$70.25	$726	—
985–1324	1116	16	95.00–122.50	$110.23	$1,230	-7.76
1000–1480	1180	100	120.00–131.00	$124.96	$1,475	+2.75
1170–1370	1251	8	127.00–133.00	$129.52	$1,620	—
1060–1585	1321	7	115.00–123.00	$120.08	$1,586	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	137.50	$137.50	$371	—
350–385	375	17	121.00–157.00	$139.26	$522	—
400–425	410	8	122.00–146.00	$131.84	$541	—
450–496	469	15	120.00–156.00	$133.74	$627	—
500–545	524	20	120.00–151.00	$138.70	$727	—
575–580	578	2	150.00–151.00	$150.50	$870	—
600–645	624	9	105.00–134.00	$121.77	$760	—
665	665	1	100.00	$100.00	$665	—
695	695	3	126.00	$126.00	$876	—
715–725	720	2	111.00–125.00	$118.05	$850	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	165.00	$165.00	$520	—
350–375	363	2	150.00	$150.00	$544	—
425	425	1	131.00	$131.00	$557	—
462–490	481	6	137.00–150.00	$141.13	$679	—
500–540	516	4	116.00–137.00	$126.43	$652	—
565–585	578	3	151.00–156.00	$154.03	$890	—
600–635	618	2	124.00–130.00	$126.91	$784	—
650	650	1	136.00	$136.00	$884	—
710	710	1	130.00	$130.00	$923	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	2	131.00	$131.00	$514	—
460–490	475	2	130.00	$130.00	$618	—
506–540	515	4	152.00–165.00	$155.41	$800	—
570	570	1	161.00	$161.00	$918	—

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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	169.00	$169.00	$499	—
350–370	360	2	157.00–159.00	$157.97	$569	—
430	430	4	187.00	$187.00	$804	—
485–490	487	3	157.00–160.00	$158.99	$774	—
520	520	2	142.00	$142.00	$738	—
640	640	1	129.00	$129.00	$826	—
815	815	1	107.00	$107.00	$872	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950	950	80-85%	1	65.50	$65.50	$622	—
1065–1600	1226	80-85%	14	47.00–58.00	$54.26	$665	-1.25
1160–1485	1291	80-85%	17	60.00–69.50	$64.65	$835	-0.03
1305	1305	80-85%	1	71.00	$71.00	$927	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1710	1428	75-80%	14	64.50–74.50	$69.71	$995	—
1370–1720	1542	75-80%	3	77.00–81.50	$79.42	$1,225	+16.50
1370–1745	1559	75-80%	6	53.00–62.50	$58.84	$917	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–985	885	85-90%	3	42.00–52.50	$47.06	$416	—
1060–1225	1143	85-90%	2	34.00–40.00	$37.22	$425	-18.28
1205	1205	85-90%	1	55.50	$55.50	$669	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1280	1213	65-75%	3	96.00–100.00	$97.36	$1,181	+15.16
1340	1340	65-75%	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,487	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1760	1498	18	85.00–95.50	$90.46	$1,355	—
1105–2420	1595	12	50.00–84.50	$71.87	$1,146	-17.84
2030	2030	1	98.50	$98.50	$2,000	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	84.00	$84.00	$449	—
580	580	1	80.00	$80.00	$464	—
620–640	627	3	75.00–76.00	$75.34	$472	—
750	750	1	81.00	$81.00	$608	—
810	810	1	91.00	$91.00	$737	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
683	683	3	110.00	$110.00	$751	—
740	740	1	96.00	$96.00	$710	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	425	2	91.00–100.00	$95.29	$405	—
455–480	478	53	98.00–125.00	$123.58	$591	—
530–540	538	26	95.00–117.00	$112.97	$608	—
555–585	560	6	91.00–95.00	$94.30	$528	—
612–613	613	21	90.00–102.00	$99.72	$611	—
654–665	655	38	91.00–104.00	$99.86	$654	—
710–744	735	7	85.00–94.00	$86.38	$635	—
850–890	868	3	79.00–96.00	$90.03	$781	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250	1250	1	80.00	$80.00	$1,000	—
1250–1500	1365	8	107.00–120.00	$110.47	$1,508	+4.32
1160–1565	1370	14	80.00–97.00	$89.84	$1,231	-16.31
1310–1735	1496	20	98.00–105.00	$102.75	$1,537	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	2	130.00	$130.00	$670	—
641	641	5	110.00	$110.00	$705	—
845	845	1	108.00	$108.00	$913	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	91.00	$91.00	$437	—
530	530	1	85.00	$85.00	$450	—

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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.