Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 28, 2022

3,554 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight L 1-2 heifers $171.19/cwt +3.72 vs last sale · ≈ $820/hd at 479 lb · 198 head

light 6-weight L 1-2 steers $178.97/cwt +12.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,101/hd at 615 lb · 185 head

heavy 5-weight L 1-2 steers $182.33/cwt +5.83 vs last sale · ≈ $1,043/hd at 572 lb · 157 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,554	1,798	2,508
Feeder cattle	2,269	971	1,224
Slaughter cattle	1,037	827	1,072
Replacement cattle	248	—	212

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Feeder Steers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
256–285	257	20	180.00–200.00	$181.11	$465	+27.11
300–345	339	25	181.00–229.00	$188.36	$639	-1.59
365–395	379	20	180.00–220.00	$194.70	$738	+9.70
400–437	418	62	180.00–211.00	$190.51	$796	-2.35
475 unweaned	475	2	137.00	$137.00	$651	—
457–496	479	109	175.00–209.50	$197.31	$945	+7.50
500–545	526	121	171.00–201.00	$189.60	$997	+12.45
550–595	572	157	160.00–199.00	$182.33	$1,043	+5.83
600–648	615	173	156.00–186.00	$178.14	$1,096	+36.14
616 fancy	616	12	191.00	$191.00	$1,177	+10.00
657 fancy	657	13	182.00	$182.00	$1,196	—
650–697	673	81	146.00–179.00	$168.14	$1,132	+6.62
700–736	724	92	144.00–169.25	$164.89	$1,194	+8.78
750–797	772	38	131.00–164.25	$157.57	$1,216	+10.57
801–835	815	10	134.00–153.00	$149.35	$1,217	+11.77
850–880	857	22	132.00–156.00	$144.45	$1,238	+13.45
900–940	920	9	127.00–140.00	$130.77	$1,203	+2.77
970	970	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,329	—
1005	1005	1	101.00	$101.00	$1,015	—
1065	1065	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,235	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1525	1293	30	112.00–142.00	$135.77	$1,756	+3.94
1120–1605	1370	184	142.00–151.50	$145.81	$1,998	+5.98
1210–1525	1376	30	130.00–142.50	$138.77	$1,909	-1.06
1260–1545	1398	9	151.00–155.00	$151.76	$2,122	—
1595–1700	1633	4	136.00–140.00	$138.63	$2,264	—
1660	1660	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,859	-21.82

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	323	6	120.00–160.00	$144.64	$467	+4.64
360	360	1	133.00	$133.00	$479	+2.00
410–420	415	2	153.00–176.00	$164.36	$682	—
450–490	466	14	155.00–176.00	$164.00	$764	+15.00
507–545	511	30	161.00–173.00	$166.44	$851	+16.02
550–595	567	11	131.00–169.00	$150.49	$853	-0.66
620–645	630	5	141.00–161.00	$146.25	$921	-1.46
715–730	723	3	128.00–146.00	$134.93	$976	+5.93
895	895	1	111.00	$111.00	$993	-14.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–430	418	5	164.00–184.00	$172.10	$719	—
450–495	469	7	145.00–188.00	$170.91	$802	+30.91
510	510	1	166.00	$166.00	$847	-5.67
560–585	568	3	150.00–177.00	$159.21	$904	—
600–645	618	6	134.00–164.00	$152.67	$944	+15.55
695	695	1	141.00	$141.00	$980	+14.00
730	730	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,168	+17.00
785	785	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,020	-8.00
805–815	808	3	129.00–145.00	$139.35	$1,126	+27.35
870	870	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,183	—
985	985	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,271	—

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Feeder Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240 unweaned	240	1	147.50	$147.50	$354	—
244	244	31	176.00	$176.00	$429	—
275	275	1	151.00	$151.00	$415	+0.61
276 unweaned	276	3	147.00	$147.00	$406	—
330–345 unweaned	338	2	153.00–157.50	$155.20	$525	—
323–347	341	58	160.00–188.00	$178.00	$607	+17.00
355–395	372	18	161.00–191.00	$175.68	$654	+8.61
380 unweaned	380	1	105.00	$105.00	$399	—
400–447	423	91	150.00–180.00	$171.84	$727	+7.89
450–499	479	198	148.00–184.00	$171.19	$820	+3.72
500–546	524	123	151.00–176.00	$165.48	$867	+5.32
530 fancy	530	2	189.00	$189.00	$1,002	—
543 unweaned	543	3	133.00	$133.00	$722	—
550–596	576	110	140.00–174.00	$164.26	$946	+7.00
600–645	623	148	136.00–167.00	$154.50	$963	+7.26
640 unweaned	640	2	123.00	$123.00	$787	—
651–698	665	64	136.00–155.00	$147.52	$981	+7.05
702–748	728	32	131.00–147.00	$136.53	$994	+3.29
740	740	1	123.00	$123.00	$910	-10.24
755–795	786	8	121.00–138.00	$135.13	$1,062	-4.87
802–847	821	8	126.00–140.00	$135.16	$1,110	+7.37
915	915	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,089	—
1007	1007	2	121.00	$121.00	$1,218	—
1020	1020	1	101.00	$101.00	$1,030	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1000	987	3	120.00–132.00	$127.42	$1,258	-12.58
1022	1022	2	81.00	$81.00	$828	—
906–1255	1026	8	110.00–127.00	$116.62	$1,197	—
1085–1135	1110	2	131.00–140.00	$135.40	$1,503	+41.36
1040–1615	1312	176	142.00–151.00	$147.54	$1,936	+7.26
1105–1640	1352	19	130.00–143.00	$139.62	$1,888	—
1230–1576	1393	12	151.00–155.00	$153.81	$2,143	—
1710	1710	1	141.00	$141.00	$2,411	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	150.00	$150.00	$322	—
275–280	278	2	120.00	$120.00	$334	-16.04
320–335	326	4	131.00–156.00	$146.67	$478	—
355–395	370	6	120.00–151.00	$141.54	$524	-9.46
375	375	1	121.00	$121.00	$454	-30.00
401–415	405	4	153.00–156.00	$155.23	$629	+8.23
455–495	472	6	127.50–156.00	$144.23	$681	+1.18
500–545	522	8	121.00–154.00	$145.61	$760	+11.51
555–590	566	9	130.00–142.00	$132.38	$749	-6.72
630	630	1	139.00	$139.00	$876	+9.23
665	665	1	120.00	$120.00	$798	-8.00
695	695	1	103.00	$103.00	$716	—
705	705	1	105.00	$105.00	$740	-13.00
750	750	2	112.00	$112.00	$840	—
815	815	1	122.00	$122.00	$994	—
875	875	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,041	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	167.00	$167.00	$651	+32.00
475–495	484	4	148.00–161.00	$156.93	$760	-0.53
510–540	521	7	136.00–158.00	$148.75	$775	+15.73
570–590	580	4	147.00–156.00	$151.75	$880	+10.75
600–645	619	6	136.00–150.00	$143.55	$889	+18.55
652–690	665	9	130.00–150.00	$141.80	$943	+8.80
715–740	729	4	130.00–141.00	$134.30	$979	-3.15
775–797	789	4	123.00–137.00	$132.04	$1,042	-3.96
810	810	2	112.00	$112.00	$907	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	139.00	$139.00	$368	-1.00
300	300	1	150.00	$150.00	$450	—
515	515	1	141.00	$141.00	$726	—
625–645	640	5	116.00–136.00	$132.09	$845	+8.09
825	825	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,048	+3.00
910	910	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,046	+3.00

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260 unweaned	260	1	149.00	$149.00	$387	—
280–285	283	2	151.00–180.00	$165.37	$468	+10.84
395	395	1	172.50	$172.50	$681	—
425	425	2	171.00	$171.00	$727	+5.60
430 unweaned	430	2	157.00	$157.00	$675	—
450–495	480	3	164.00–181.00	$169.31	$813	+12.31
525	525	4	162.50	$162.50	$853	—
588	588	3	141.00	$141.00	$829	-2.00
670–690	680	2	146.00	$146.00	$993	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1135–1490	1269	(<2 yrs)	N/A	8	1,500.00–2,600.00	$2,009.93	—
1357–1412 fancy	1371	(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	3,000.00–4,100.00	$3,569.23	—
1560–1775	1668	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,400.00–1,750.00	$1,586.28	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1263	1263	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1612	1612	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1230	1110	80-85%	4	82.00–109.00	$94.43	$1,048	—
875–1600	1267	80-85%	50	74.00–84.50	$78.75	$998	—
1015–1525	1293	80-85%	32	56.00–73.50	$69.13	$894	—
1045–1550	1301	80-85%	11	85.00–92.00	$87.41	$1,137	+12.28

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075	1075	75-80%	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,182	—
1230–1955	1496	75-80%	18	69.50–81.00	$77.60	$1,161	—
1220–2060	1504	75-80%	41	82.00–92.00	$86.83	$1,306	+12.02
1525–1880	1671	75-80%	5	93.00–99.00	$94.79	$1,584	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–905	890	85-90%	2	90.00–96.00	$93.05	$828	—
655–1250	1064	85-90%	24	30.00–56.00	$42.47	$452	—
825–1240	1068	85-90%	21	58.00–68.50	$64.04	$684	—
985–1260	1086	85-90%	7	69.50–75.00	$71.71	$779	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1525	1349	65-75%	5	92.50–114.00	$102.14	$1,378	—
1295–1710	1530	65-75%	4	129.00–138.00	$133.05	$2,036	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900	900	1	105.00	$105.00	$945	—
775–1760	1272	17	71.00–92.00	$83.12	$1,057	—
1530–2365	1758	6	112.00–115.50	$113.23	$1,991	—
1450–2485	1955	15	98.00–107.50	$102.05	$1,995	-10.28

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Bred Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1170–1241	1209	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	1,400.00–1,850.00	$1,652.01
1215	1215	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00
1020–1655	1293	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	1,150.00–1,825.00	$1,584.63
1110–1455	1298	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,100.00–1,550.00	$1,398.76
1340	1340	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1256–1692	1416	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	43	900.00–1,375.00	$1,183.37
1405–1438	1427	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	925.00–1,125.00	$1,038.06
1285–1670	1452	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	1,075.00–1,700.00	$1,461.04
1560	1560	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,475.00	$1,475.00
1580–1660	1620	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,250.00–1,425.00	$1,335.34

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
909 thin fleshed	909	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	925.00	$925.00
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00
1045 thin fleshed	1045	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	885.00	$885.00
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00
1030–1200	1097	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	635.00–700.00	$679.65
1160–1170	1163	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	800.00–875.00	$856.13
1030–1208	1164	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	43	700.00–1,000.00	$940.82

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855	855	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00

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Bred Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00
1130	1130	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00
1115–1245	1180	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,300.00–1,850.00	$1,590.15

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
843–970	875	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,075.00–1,100.00	$1,093.07

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1365	1365	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—
1398 fancy	1398	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—
1555 fancy	1555	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—
1665–1745	1692	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,450.00–1,775.00	$1,558.33	—
1700 fancy	1700	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—
1715	1715	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—
1682–1830 fancy	1731	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,600.00–3,000.00	$2,866.67	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1275	1275	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
387	387	4	159.00	$159.00	$615	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1475	1401	8	121.00–130.00	$124.42	$1,743	+7.83
1171–1690	1442	31	110.00–120.00	$114.15	$1,646	-2.44
1691	1691	14	100.00	$100.00	$1,691	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
481	481	5	109.00	$109.00	$524	—
575	575	6	106.00	$106.00	$610	—
700–730	715	2	73.00–77.00	$75.04	$537	—
805	805	1	77.00	$77.00	$620	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367	367	2	170.00	$170.00	$624	—
412	412	2	168.00	$168.00	$692	—

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Heifer Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1170–1240 fancy	1194	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	2,600.00–3,100.00	$2,883.33	—

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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.