Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 13, 2021

3,476 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight L 1-2 steers $165.72/cwt ≈ $1,430/hd at 863 lb · 375 head

light 6-weight L 1-2 steers $172.04/cwt ≈ $1,077/hd at 626 lb · 231 head

heavy 5-weight L 1-2 steers $174.79/cwt ≈ $1,014/hd at 580 lb · 167 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,476	1,930	3,258
Feeder cattle	2,354	—	2,325
Slaughter cattle	1,122	1,097	933
Replacement cattle	—	833	—

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Feeder Steers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	177.00	$177.00	$381	—
275	275	1	190.00	$190.00	$522	—
307–347	327	10	178.00–203.00	$195.21	$638	—
350–393	372	17	165.00–199.00	$181.51	$675	—
400–448	436	52	163.00–204.00	$187.48	$817	—
456–497	476	74	170.00–199.50	$187.52	$893	—
505–547	535	123	155.00–187.00	$181.14	$969	—
550–599	580	166	156.00–183.00	$174.96	$1,015	—
585	585	1	146.00	$146.00	$854	—
600–646	626	231	149.00–183.00	$172.04	$1,077	—
651–693	671	63	146.00–177.00	$168.11	$1,128	—
705–744	729	83	140.00–170.50	$164.03	$1,196	—
750–799	784	88	141.00–173.00	$169.29	$1,327	—
805–827	824	19	138.00–152.50	$145.69	$1,200	—
850–889	863	375	139.00–168.50	$165.72	$1,430	—
947	947	4	131.00	$131.00	$1,241	—
975	975	3	126.00	$126.00	$1,228	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–980	945	3	100.00–115.00	$108.12	$1,022	—
815–1280	1079	22	80.00–95.00	$88.97	$960	—
1125–1565	1315	31	110.00–137.00	$128.12	$1,685	—
1205–1597	1391	52	120.00–137.00	$135.12	$1,880	+3.85
1215–1695	1435	127	137.00–145.00	$140.42	$2,015	-5.92
1390–1580	1515	3	119.00–130.00	$124.20	$1,882	—
1470–1591	1539	16	146.00–150.00	$148.58	$2,287	—
1585–1720	1635	12	110.00–136.00	$128.35	$2,099	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	167.00	$167.00	$660	—
405–445	434	4	141.00–149.00	$142.87	$620	—
455–490	473	3	151.00–171.00	$157.91	$747	—
505–545	525	4	146.00–167.00	$153.12	$804	—
560–595	583	3	155.00–158.00	$157.04	$916	—
605–620	610	8	135.00–165.00	$147.00	$897	—
668 fancy	668	9	171.00	$171.00	$1,142	—
670–690	680	2	140.00–149.00	$144.57	$983	—
705–730	720	3	130.00–147.00	$138.03	$994	—
762–777	764	19	121.00–161.00	$156.21	$1,193	—
807 fancy	807	17	157.25	$157.25	$1,269	—
800–840	818	4	117.00–144.00	$134.06	$1,097	—
940	940	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,090	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	153.00	$153.00	$382	—
300–315	310	3	125.00–145.00	$133.47	$414	—
360–390	376	10	149.00–167.50	$161.14	$606	—
400–405	402	3	155.00–160.00	$158.32	$636	—
450–477	470	4	141.00–151.00	$145.92	$686	—
522–540	526	5	137.00–155.00	$151.30	$796	—
553–585	570	7	141.00–153.00	$145.52	$829	—
605–625	615	2	141.00–151.00	$145.92	$897	—
685–697	692	4	133.00–137.00	$134.74	$932	—
700	700	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,008	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	112.00	$112.00	$532	—
700	700	1	114.00	$114.00	$798	—

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Feeder Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	151.00	$151.00	$362	—
270–280	275	2	145.00–155.00	$150.09	$413	—
313–345	319	13	152.00–174.00	$161.15	$514	—
350–396	384	51	150.00–178.00	$173.40	$666	—
425	425	1	118.00	$118.00	$502	—
403–447	428	33	151.00–175.00	$164.85	$706	—
455 unweaned	455	1	120.00	$120.00	$546	—
451–498	473	111	147.00–174.50	$161.85	$766	—
505–546	521	105	141.00–165.00	$155.92	$812	—
553–592	570	87	136.00–161.00	$149.04	$850	—
605–645	621	54	133.00–156.50	$148.49	$922	—
667–687	682	46	132.00–154.50	$147.71	$1,007	—
700–711	708	11	132.00–135.00	$134.19	$950	—
750–781	769	5	126.00–130.00	$128.44	$988	—
815–845	840	140	119.00–154.00	$151.96	$1,276	—
1006	1006	3	116.00	$116.00	$1,167	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
727–995	816	3	113.00–117.00	$114.63	$935	—
875	875	1	50.00	$50.00	$438	—
865–1925	1150	13	65.00–102.00	$83.77	$963	—
1070–1355	1173	16	112.00–135.00	$130.97	$1,536	—
1070–1280	1192	3	90.00–114.00	$104.70	$1,248	—
1080–1570	1271	48	116.00–137.00	$133.42	$1,696	+1.05
1110–1600	1312	144	137.00–145.00	$140.90	$1,849	+0.91
1200–1472	1368	46	145.00–150.00	$146.27	$2,001	+0.02

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	141.00	$141.00	$310	—
290	290	3	139.00	$139.00	$403	—
350 unweaned	350	1	116.00	$116.00	$406	—
380–385	383	2	122.00–131.00	$126.47	$484	—
410–440	426	4	137.00–149.00	$140.16	$597	—
450–484	471	14	130.00–146.00	$141.29	$665	—
505–535	515	10	133.00–150.00	$139.95	$721	—
550–597	574	13	127.00–140.00	$133.56	$767	—
687	687	2	122.00	$122.00	$838	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	156.00	$156.00	$437	—
350–390	370	2	141.00–151.00	$145.73	$539	—
425–440	433	2	146.00–153.00	$149.56	$648	—
450–485	469	7	140.00–150.00	$146.16	$685	—
501–545	518	14	131.00–150.00	$144.57	$749	—
555–590	565	5	131.00–148.00	$138.52	$783	—
605–636	624	5	127.00–145.00	$133.99	$836	—
665–690	680	4	131.00–137.00	$133.96	$911	—
735	735	2	123.00–125.00	$124.00	$911	—
760	760	1	131.00	$131.00	$996	—
805	805	1	117.00	$117.00	$942	—
945	945	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,096	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	147.00	$147.00	$478	—
465–475	470	2	126.00–131.00	$128.53	$604	—
540	540	1	124.00	$124.00	$670	—
645	645	2	95.00–103.00	$99.00	$639	—
915	915	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,107	—
955	955	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,003	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–483	481	4	125.00–147.00	$141.57	$681	—
530	530	1	130.00	$130.00	$689	—
660	660	2	90.00	$90.00	$594	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–1005	948	80-85%	3	68.00–73.00	$70.69	$670	—
1035–1630	1304	80-85%	27	34.00–53.50	$49.33	$643	—
955–1980	1321	80-85%	69	54.00–64.00	$57.23	$756	—
1355	1355	80-85%	1	25.00	$25.00	$339	—
1290–1575	1441	80-85%	4	65.00–67.00	$66.01	$951	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1118–1825	1399	75-80%	29	50.00–59.00	$55.02	$770	—
1310–1900	1566	75-80%	42	60.00–70.00	$64.90	$1,016	—
1560–1815	1719	75-80%	8	72.00–77.50	$73.79	$1,268	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1290	1006	85-90%	7	20.00–39.00	$33.96	$342	+7.39
860–1255	1073	85-90%	13	41.50–52.00	$47.27	$507	+36.73
1170	1170	85-90%	1	10.00	$10.00	$117	—
1340	1340	85-90%	1	53.00	$53.00	$710	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1660	1489	65-75%	7	101.00–124.00	$112.92	$1,681	+41.57
1230–2170	1505	65-75%	11	71.00–85.50	$78.73	$1,185	—
1540–1585	1563	65-75%	2	66.00	$66.00	$1,032	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1940	1449	12	51.00–77.00	$70.52	$1,022	—
1425–2045	1796	6	91.00–101.00	$93.93	$1,687	—
1400–2440	1847	11	78.00–95.00	$83.23	$1,537	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1375	1265	2	40.00–61.00	$51.41	$650	—
1280–1370	1325	2	92.00–95.00	$93.45	$1,238	—
1345–1835	1495	15	109.00–115.00	$111.07	$1,660	+2.01
1325–1880	1528	19	100.00–108.00	$104.95	$1,604	—
1480–1660	1570	2	95.00–97.00	$96.06	$1,508	+2.31

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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.