Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 30, 2023

1,800 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $181.18/cwt ≈ $1,556/hd at 859 lb · 136 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $200.45/cwt +3.32 vs last sale · ≈ $1,149/hd at 573 lb · 92 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $183.75/cwt ≈ $1,512/hd at 823 lb · 66 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,800	1,084	463
Feeder cattle	1,128	318	0
Slaughter cattle	672	766	463

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	3	237.50	$237.50	$653	—
303–345	319	7	215.00–235.00	$223.55	$713	+21.05
361–396	387	7	196.00–225.00	$211.74	$819	—
400–445	423	26	182.00–215.00	$206.36	$873	+16.07
451–495	481	22	194.00–222.00	$208.43	$1,003	-11.43
500–548	519	57	195.00–228.00	$216.16	$1,122	+11.72
550–598	573	92	184.00–212.50	$200.45	$1,149	+3.32
605–642	618	65	175.00–195.00	$188.65	$1,166	+2.99
658	658	3	185.50	$185.50	$1,221	—
732	732	10	183.25	$183.25	$1,341	+13.25
823	823	66	183.75	$183.75	$1,512	—
855–864	859	136	162.50–183.25	$181.18	$1,556	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1485	1257	11	130.00–154.00	$145.85	$1,833	+41.43
1200–1530	1340	18	149.00–155.00	$152.13	$2,039	—
1140–1668	1458	165	155.00–167.50	$159.11	$2,320	-1.32
1460–1470	1465	4	168.00–168.50	$168.25	$2,465	+7.82
1615–1745	1672	10	145.00–156.00	$149.42	$2,498	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	185.00	$185.00	$722	—
420–440	430	2	165.00–171.00	$167.93	$722	-7.91
475	475	1	175.00	$175.00	$831	+1.82
525	525	3	170.00–176.00	$173.33	$910	+7.33
560–595	578	2	170.00–173.00	$171.55	$992	—
610–643	636	22	160.00–182.00	$176.60	$1,123	+10.84
663	663	4	168.00	$168.00	$1,114	+8.34
655–695	678	43	162.00–175.00	$168.37	$1,142	+8.71
700–723	720	12	159.00–170.00	$167.10	$1,203	+10.38
775	775	13	164.00	$164.00	$1,271	+3.52
812–843	833	12	160.50–161.00	$160.66	$1,338	+5.66
900	900	2	142.00	$142.00	$1,278	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	170.00	$170.00	$493	—
390	390	1	165.00	$165.00	$644	—
420–440	432	3	145.00–161.00	$155.81	$673	—
470	470	1	163.00	$163.00	$766	—
505–545	525	2	143.00–147.50	$145.16	$762	—
565–570	568	2	161.00–163.00	$162.00	$920	+7.00
730	730	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,044	-9.00
810	810	1	149.00	$149.00	$1,207	+3.00
825	825	4	150.00	$150.00	$1,238	+4.00
852–877	865	4	147.00–151.00	$148.97	$1,289	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
602–605	603	8	162.00–163.00	$162.62	$981	+3.62
775	775	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,279	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	139.00	$139.00	$584	—
750	750	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,012	—
812	812	2	136.00	$136.00	$1,104	+20.00

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745	745	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,050	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	2	180.00	$180.00	$531	—
325–345	335	2	176.00–178.00	$176.97	$593	-13.03
350–397	391	9	173.00–186.00	$182.80	$715	—
404–447	422	22	173.00–183.00	$178.33	$753	—
450–497	475	31	170.00–180.00	$175.04	$831	-3.79
510–540	528	42	171.00–185.00	$182.12	$962	+3.71
553–581	562	54	172.00–181.00	$177.21	$996	—
604–626	614	20	174.00–175.00	$174.46	$1,071	—
673–674	673	13	162.00–166.00	$163.54	$1,101	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980	980	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,333	+31.00
1020–1300	1169	4	135.00–150.00	$146.73	$1,715	+0.48
1045–1455	1246	17	145.00–153.50	$150.76	$1,878	—
1030–1600	1300	108	155.00–166.00	$159.29	$2,071	+10.75
1610–1655	1630	3	145.00–155.00	$150.02	$2,445	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	338	2	161.00–162.00	$161.49	$546	—
350	350	1	169.00	$169.00	$592	+4.00
402–436	422	11	160.00–166.00	$163.25	$689	-4.95
450–475	461	14	160.00–168.00	$161.46	$744	-6.54
503–545	513	10	158.00–165.00	$159.64	$819	-3.86
555–593	584	24	153.00–166.00	$162.71	$950	-1.28
600–648	625	37	150.00–162.00	$157.34	$983	-5.98
650–690	668	20	153.00–155.00	$154.36	$1,031	+1.37

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	268	4	147.50–151.00	$150.05	$402	-2.45
417–435	423	3	141.00–148.00	$145.60	$616	+4.26
495	495	1	145.00	$145.00	$718	-1.38
538–542	539	11	144.00–151.00	$149.72	$807	+4.48
557–580	566	11	140.00–155.00	$147.29	$834	-1.71
601–647	625	13	142.00–154.00	$147.22	$920	-0.12
630	630	1	142.00	$142.00	$895	-5.34
653–670	664	13	144.00–149.00	$145.59	$967	-1.06
710–745	729	18	136.00–147.00	$143.26	$1,044	-7.74
800–835	814	5	141.00–143.00	$141.82	$1,154	+5.82
855	855	2	142.00	$142.00	$1,214	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–545	523	4	124.00–131.00	$127.65	$668	-7.35
662	662	2	131.00	$131.00	$867	+2.99
780	780	2	132.00	$132.00	$1,030	+17.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	2	153.00	$153.00	$765	—
603	603	4	158.00	$158.00	$953	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	203.00	$203.00	$579	—
360–361	361	4	213.00–215.00	$213.50	$771	—
420	420	1	193.00	$193.00	$811	—
517	517	4	183.00	$183.00	$946	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	151.00	$151.00	$393	—
643	643	3	147.00	$147.00	$945	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1082–1280	1154	80-85%	4	87.50–104.00	$96.77	$1,117	—
1075–1400	1238	80-85%	2	91.00–96.00	$93.83	$1,162	+27.58
985–1815	1290	80-85%	19	60.00–78.00	$72.30	$933	-6.23
940–1780	1336	80-85%	37	79.50–90.00	$85.06	$1,136	-0.65

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1045	928	85-90%	4	72.00–92.50	$78.66	$730	—
700–1515	1011	85-90%	8	37.50–63.00	$53.03	$536	+1.32
745–1385	1089	85-90%	16	66.00–76.00	$70.98	$773	—
1215–1255	1235	85-90%	2	77.00–81.00	$78.97	$975	+0.92

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1770	1482	75-80%	15	86.00–96.00	$90.51	$1,341	—
1440–1730	1579	75-80%	6	71.00–81.00	$76.28	$1,204	—
1655	1655	75-80%	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,688	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1295	1243	65-75%	2	100.00–127.00	$112.93	$1,404	—
1365–1470	1435	65-75%	3	141.00–143.00	$142.37	$2,043	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–1840	1512	11	50.00–94.50	$79.49	$1,202	—
1785–2205	1995	2	96.00–106.00	$101.53	$2,026	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265	1265	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,720	—
1155–1615	1399	38	125.00–135.00	$130.70	$1,828	—
1435	1435	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,722	+5.00
1390–1685	1530	3	100.00–115.00	$109.36	$1,673	-10.77

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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.