Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 25, 2022

1,381 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight L 1-2 steers $157.58/cwt ≈ $1,139/hd at 723 lb · 76 head

heavy 5-weight L 1-2 heifers $173.28/cwt ≈ $976/hd at 563 lb · 55 head

light 5-weight L 1-2 heifers $175.63/cwt ≈ $931/hd at 530 lb · 54 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,381	888	1,187
Feeder cattle	850	—	563
Slaughter cattle	389	888	624
Replacement cattle	142	—	0

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Feeder Steers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	335	4	180.00–194.00	$188.18	$630	—
365–398	388	17	207.00–216.00	$211.87	$822	—
400–445	417	10	188.00–204.00	$197.62	$824	—
500–530	516	30	181.00–202.00	$194.16	$1,002	—
560 fancy	560	10	193.00	$193.00	$1,081	—
560–590	575	40	165.00–182.00	$170.98	$983	—
608 fancy	608	6	191.00	$191.00	$1,161	—
600–648	627	22	151.00–171.00	$163.86	$1,027	—
660–695	670	22	143.00–172.25	$158.97	$1,065	—
700–744	723	76	150.00–161.00	$157.58	$1,139	—
750–790	774	18	140.00–158.00	$144.23	$1,116	—
823–839	831	43	141.00–155.00	$153.42	$1,275	—
862–895	870	11	137.00–156.50	$148.20	$1,289	—
913	913	7	135.00	$135.00	$1,233	—
962	962	2	137.00	$137.00	$1,318	—
1015	1015	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,259	—
1125	1125	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,328	—
1162	1162	4	105.00	$105.00	$1,220	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1685	1369	13	123.00–142.00	$135.41	$1,854	-4.07
1115–1630	1375	186	143.00–151.00	$146.42	$2,013	+6.94
1235–1640	1403	24	132.00–142.50	$140.00	$1,964	-11.00
1471	1471	7	152.50	$152.50	$2,243	+5.65
1630–1705	1671	4	125.00–140.00	$132.29	$2,211	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485–490	488	2	141.00	$141.00	$688	—
535	535	1	167.00	$167.00	$893	—
555–595	579	5	148.00–161.00	$153.94	$891	—
635–640	638	2	135.00–148.00	$141.47	$903	—
675	675	1	148.00	$148.00	$999	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
517–545	529	4	165.00–170.00	$166.27	$880	—
575	575	1	160.00	$160.00	$920	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
427	427	2	180.00	$180.00	$769	—
615	615	2	159.00	$159.00	$978	—

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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	187.50	$187.50	$450	—
282	282	2	195.00	$195.00	$550	—
310–320	315	3	168.00–177.00	$173.34	$546	—
377–393	390	11	180.00–185.00	$184.12	$718	—
430–441	438	11	176.00–185.00	$182.59	$800	—
480–496	483	20	155.00–171.00	$159.10	$768	—
512–549	530	54	164.00–187.00	$175.63	$931	—
550–560	556	22	158.00–160.00	$159.77	$888	—
555–575 fancy	568	33	181.00–183.00	$182.29	$1,035	—
608 fancy	608	16	157.00	$157.00	$955	—
600–625	615	16	131.00–137.00	$135.17	$831	—
655–696	677	35	131.00–139.00	$136.06	$921	—
730–747	738	14	131.00–135.00	$133.12	$982	—
758 fancy	758	9	150.00	$150.00	$1,137	—
808–824	817	13	126.00–136.00	$129.51	$1,058	—
934	934	8	126.00	$126.00	$1,177	—
1020	1020	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,193	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–1035	882	3	115.00–128.00	$121.02	$1,067	—
925–1060	993	2	90.00–94.00	$92.14	$915	—
985–1320	1133	8	110.00–142.00	$129.99	$1,473	—
1040–1590	1300	136	142.00–150.00	$145.29	$1,889	+8.43
1085–1655	1345	18	127.00–142.00	$138.97	$1,869	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	149.00	$149.00	$507	—
375	375	2	147.00–150.00	$148.50	$557	—
400–440	422	7	121.00–149.00	$136.41	$576	—
450–485	467	3	137.00–152.00	$141.82	$662	—
500–545	519	6	140.00–155.00	$148.10	$769	—
560–597	585	19	125.00–155.00	$137.67	$805	—
615–635	622	5	116.00–126.00	$121.80	$758	—
650–686	670	9	116.00–129.00	$122.51	$821	—
760	760	1	124.00	$124.00	$942	—
805	805	1	112.00	$112.00	$902	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–325	320	2	153.00	$153.00	$490	—
520–535	528	2	149.00–169.00	$159.14	$840	—
555–590	573	3	131.00–143.00	$135.98	$779	—
620	620	2	122.00–129.00	$125.50	$778	—
670–680	677	3	125.00–137.00	$130.30	$882	—
710	710	1	125.00	$125.00	$888	—
775	775	1	122.00	$122.00	$946	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462	462	4	161.00	$161.00	$744	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	165.00	$165.00	$610	—
485 fancy	485	2	175.00	$175.00	$849	—
510 unweaned	510	1	148.00	$148.00	$755	—
520–540	530	2	131.00–145.00	$137.87	$731	—
580–590	585	2	122.00–131.00	$126.54	$740	—
606–647	627	13	128.00–140.00	$131.61	$825	—
667	667	2	127.00	$127.00	$847	—
702–710	706	4	119.00–122.00	$120.51	$851	—
807	807	4	124.00	$124.00	$1,001	—
897	897	2	109.00	$109.00	$978	—
993	993	3	101.00	$101.00	$1,003	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	2	121.00	$121.00	$672	—
605–615	610	2	111.00–113.00	$111.99	$683	—
651–670	654	6	116.00–124.00	$117.37	$768	—
750	750	1	111.00	$111.00	$832	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075–1375	1217	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	1,500.00–2,350.00	$1,885.96	—
1325 fancy	1325	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	5,550.00	$5,550.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–1115	938	80-85%	2	87.00–100.00	$94.73	$889	—
1005–1570	1249	80-85%	17	62.00–74.50	$70.50	$881	-1.29
1010–1770	1282	80-85%	54	75.00–85.50	$79.91	$1,024	+0.35
1245–1655	1480	80-85%	3	87.00–90.00	$88.40	$1,308	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1805	1489	75-80%	20	73.50–84.00	$80.02	$1,191	+4.51
1250–1885	1566	75-80%	27	84.50–95.50	$88.49	$1,386	—
1705–1970	1838	75-80%	2	96.00–97.50	$96.80	$1,779	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965	965	85-90%	1	79.00	$79.00	$762	—
715–1180	993	85-90%	22	60.00–70.00	$64.92	$645	—
825–1250	1094	85-90%	8	46.00–59.00	$53.46	$585	—
810–1310	1101	85-90%	5	72.00–78.00	$73.84	$813	+19.33

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355	1355	65-75%	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,423	—
1510	1510	65-75%	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,888	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1730	1269	6	91.00–95.00	$93.36	$1,185	—
1460–2205	1778	10	98.00–108.50	$101.39	$1,803	—

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Bred Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150–1200	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,500.00	$1,500.00
1230	1230	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	900.00	$900.00
1265	1265	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00
1300	1300	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,600.00	$1,600.00
1275–1362	1333	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	775.00–1,150.00	$1,030.44
1267–1550	1358	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	1,000.00–1,600.00	$1,312.01

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125	1125	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1170	1170	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1195	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

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Bred Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1045–1100	1073	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,650.00–1,850.00	$1,747.44

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075 thin fleshed	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
1172–1200 thin fleshed	1186	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,600.00–1,800.00	$1,698.82	—
1200–1300	1219	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	2,200.00–2,750.00	$2,582.05	—
1100–1350	1223	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	2,400.00–2,800.00	$2,622.70	—
1225	1225	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,500.00	$3,500.00	—
1250–1620	1523	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,600.00–1,950.00	$1,742.57	—
1600	1600	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—
1900	1900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1025	1025	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,650.00	$2,650.00	—
1145	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—
1170	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1425	1390	4	115.00–118.00	$116.02	$1,613	—
1265–1470	1392	9	119.00–127.00	$122.69	$1,708	—
1285–1590	1433	16	129.00–138.00	$130.77	$1,874	—

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Heifer Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075–1175	1108	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	2,200.00–2,900.00	$2,652.63	—
1175	1175	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	2,650.00	$2,650.00	—
1050–1450	1177	(<2 yrs)	Open	58	2,350.00–3,200.00	$2,690.26	—

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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.