Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 31, 2022

2,815 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $191.43/cwt -4.77 vs last sale · ≈ $999/hd at 522 lb · 145 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $193.24/cwt -8.78 vs last sale · ≈ $914/hd at 473 lb · 84 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $186.96/cwt +1.82 vs last sale · ≈ $1,069/hd at 572 lb · 72 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,815	2,003	2,598
Feeder cattle	1,641	990	1,249
Slaughter cattle	1,040	1,013	1,070
Replacement cattle	134	—	279

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
211–235	223	2	187.50–211.00	$198.62	$443	—
280–290	285	3	199.00–209.00	$202.66	$578	+1.66
310–343	329	15	176.00–209.00	$195.31	$643	+4.16
350–395	374	17	176.00–210.00	$194.77	$728	-6.11
403–445	416	51	171.00–206.00	$198.08	$824	+1.05
450–497	473	84	159.00–205.00	$193.24	$914	-8.78
500–549	522	145	160.00–205.00	$191.43	$999	-0.90
550–595	572	72	160.00–201.00	$186.96	$1,069	+1.82
602–635	627	33	181.00–216.00	$201.26	$1,262	—
627 fancy	627	2	211.00	$211.00	$1,323	—
650–688	673	22	176.00–207.00	$196.48	$1,322	—
700–713	712	11	180.00–187.00	$180.63	$1,286	—
817	817	4	159.00	$159.00	$1,299	—
850	850	1	163.00	$163.00	$1,386	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	174.00	$174.00	$513	+8.73
330 unweaned	330	1	165.00	$165.00	$544	—
320–345	335	3	151.00–177.50	$166.15	$557	—
377 unweaned	377	19	154.00	$154.00	$581	—
380–390	383	6	157.00–175.00	$171.11	$655	+5.37
410–445	427	25	131.00–171.00	$164.09	$701	-4.19
453–490	472	30	140.00–178.00	$164.39	$776	-6.69
481 unweaned	481	35	150.00	$150.00	$722	—
512 unweaned	512	34	170.00	$170.00	$870	—
500–545	530	28	140.00–177.00	$165.21	$876	-0.19
550–595	575	49	140.00–180.00	$171.48	$986	+3.16
605	605	1	132.00	$132.00	$799	-31.22
609 unweaned	609	6	151.00	$151.00	$920	—
605–640	611	48	131.00–174.00	$160.99	$984	-2.23
650–695	665	49	145.00–189.00	$167.55	$1,114	+5.97
700–747	715	55	141.00–180.00	$166.80	$1,193	+4.99
755–790	780	5	142.00–162.00	$150.08	$1,171	-17.05
782	782	2	131.00	$131.00	$1,024	-36.13
800–840	802	50	131.00–180.00	$175.13	$1,405	+9.55
835	835	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,186	-23.58
860–890	875	2	140.00–150.00	$144.91	$1,268	-13.79
912	912	7	158.00	$158.00	$1,441	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885	885	1	70.00	$70.00	$620	—
1025–1538	1251	25	120.00–147.00	$133.62	$1,672	-7.56
1040–1695	1308	13	90.00–111.00	$104.25	$1,364	—
1210–1592	1374	22	140.00–147.00	$143.86	$1,977	-6.08
1125–1635	1405	196	147.00–159.00	$151.81	$2,133	-7.78
1330–1545	1498	20	160.00–163.50	$161.37	$2,417	—
1610–1855	1731	10	134.00–148.00	$143.44	$2,483	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	130.00	$130.00	$689	—
610–630	613	7	120.00–130.00	$121.47	$745	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1100	1054	7	120.00–132.00	$127.77	$1,347	—
975–1190	1083	2	91.00–97.00	$93.70	$1,015	—
1020–1440	1178	20	124.00–147.00	$132.52	$1,561	—
1220	1220	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,537	—
1025–1361	1238	18	138.00–147.00	$143.96	$1,782	—
1070–1570	1291	256	147.50–159.50	$152.85	$1,973	+2.84
1260–1575	1413	22	159.00–163.50	$160.48	$2,268	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
211	211	4	167.00	$167.00	$352	—
265–297	279	8	157.00–172.00	$165.24	$461	+6.24
330–345	340	5	167.00–180.00	$176.97	$602	+19.51
385–390	387	3	166.00–171.00	$167.68	$649	+9.08
402–440	416	5	140.00–179.00	$159.83	$665	-4.38
462–495	471	34	145.00–178.00	$168.15	$792	+4.92
487 fancy	487	2	165.00	$165.00	$804	—
500–544	531	19	146.00–175.00	$157.98	$839	-9.47
555–597	581	19	141.00–169.00	$150.12	$872	-7.03
620	620	1	153.00	$153.00	$949	-7.04
653–690	662	4	142.00–156.00	$152.35	$1,009	-4.80
666	666	5	136.00	$136.00	$906	-21.15
839	839	65	164.50	$164.50	$1,380	—
900	900	61	163.00	$163.00	$1,467	+12.86
930	930	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,311	-9.14

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	183.00	$183.00	$604	+3.00
370–385	380	3	182.00–187.00	$185.38	$704	-7.28
441–442	441	5	176.00–187.00	$182.59	$805	+3.96
453	453	4	179.00	$179.00	$811	—
502	502	4	175.00	$175.00	$878	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	2	179.00	$179.00	$439	—
307	307	2	194.00	$194.00	$596	—
366	366	4	174.00	$174.00	$637	+11.92
464	464	8	171.00	$171.00	$793	+21.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	4	187.00	$187.00	$421	—
282 unweaned	282	4	203.00	$203.00	$572	—
316	316	5	182.50	$182.50	$577	+5.50

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1490–1730	1620	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	1,500.00–1,900.00	$1,709.88	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1210	1168	80-85%	2	95.00–101.00	$98.11	$1,146	+20.86
810–1420	1203	80-85%	24	45.00–63.00	$55.44	$667	—
1100–1520	1268	80-85%	9	75.00–86.00	$79.54	$1,009	+21.38
885–1595	1287	80-85%	32	59.00–74.00	$68.20	$878	+10.04

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1420	1370	75-80%	2	65.00–73.00	$69.15	$947	—
1330–1930	1534	75-80%	23	74.00–84.00	$78.99	$1,212	—
1425–1780	1603	75-80%	2	88.00–89.00	$88.44	$1,418	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825	825	85-90%	1	63.00	$63.00	$520	—
750–1200	904	85-90%	5	25.00–42.00	$35.22	$318	-36.94
770–1210	961	85-90%	8	40.00–56.00	$52.27	$502	—
910–1210	1067	85-90%	3	64.00–68.00	$65.52	$699	+34.27

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365–1415	1382	65-75%	3	70.00–84.00	$74.78	$1,033	—
1185–1695	1385	65-75%	5	93.00–118.00	$109.53	$1,517	—
1372–1475	1415	65-75%	4	125.00–133.00	$128.34	$1,816	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1800	1405	17	45.00–95.00	$84.06	$1,181	—
1395–2055	1692	8	87.00–106.00	$98.42	$1,665	—
1705–2180	1988	6	109.00–121.00	$115.97	$2,305	—

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Bred Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120–1160	1139	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	975.00–1,200.00	$1,124.60
1265	1265	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
1313	1313	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,325.00	$1,325.00
1177–1645	1316	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	1,250.00–1,825.00	$1,630.56
1250–1425	1322	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	725.00–925.00	$816.40
1395	1395	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1285–1560	1440	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	885.00–1,450.00	$1,181.77
1456	1456	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	985.00	$985.00
1295–1545	1469	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	860.00–1,025.00	$936.97
1475–1765	1589	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,175.00–1,375.00	$1,293.26

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,400.00	$1,400.00
1110	1110	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	660.00	$660.00
1120–1145	1133	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	850.00–975.00	$913.19
1135–1225	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	825.00–1,025.00	$921.19
1172–1215	1186	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	700.00–825.00	$782.33
1190–1245	1227	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	725.00–875.00	$826.49

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Bred Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
928–1065	1014	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,300.00–2,575.00	$2,137.26
1010–1260	1135	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	650.00–1,125.00	$861.34
1177	1177	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,350.00	$2,350.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790	790	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
906	906	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
910	910	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	775.00	$775.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1105–1423	1304	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	1,300.00–1,850.00	$1,700.00	—
1335	1335	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—
1182–1505	1346	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	1,250.00–1,950.00	$1,534.09	—
1370	1370	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00	—
1375–1447	1404	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,625.00–2,300.00	$1,895.00	—
1435–1815	1530	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,350.00–1,460.00	$1,432.50	—
1465–1660	1570	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,200.00–1,850.00	$1,500.00	—
1930	1930	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—
1985	1985	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1295	1295	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,575.00	$1,575.00	—
1205–1376	1318	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,300.00–1,800.00	$1,614.29	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	119.00	$119.00	$405	—
373–375	374	4	121.00–150.00	$142.72	$534	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	18	150.00	$150.00	$440	—
350–395	369	19	121.00–161.00	$154.78	$571	—
410–448	434	10	117.00–149.00	$135.99	$590	—
456–496	480	41	140.00–158.00	$149.23	$716	—
515–540	528	12	140.00–165.00	$148.07	$782	—
590	590	3	135.00	$135.00	$796	—
655–678	675	37	125.00–142.00	$132.46	$894	—
705–745	739	8	101.00–130.00	$123.43	$912	—
750–763	756	21	111.00–131.00	$121.94	$922	—
870	870	4	124.00	$124.00	$1,079	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1345	1293	2	90.00–96.00	$92.88	$1,201	—
1255–1760	1443	7	100.00–115.00	$111.63	$1,611	—
1235–1762	1461	27	115.00–130.00	$124.01	$1,812	+2.38
1360–1570	1462	6	102.00–112.00	$108.96	$1,593	-12.67
1315–1795	1638	12	130.00–140.00	$134.49	$2,203	—
1420–1820	1661	5	81.00–105.00	$97.65	$1,622	—

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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.