Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 13, 2023

2,849 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $217.06/cwt ≈ $1,248/hd at 575 lb · 108 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $167.02/cwt ≈ $1,289/hd at 772 lb · 91 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $182.84/cwt ≈ $1,534/hd at 839 lb · 88 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,849	1,842	1,795
Feeder cattle	1,917	—	790
Slaughter cattle	932	1,105	1,005
Replacement cattle	—	737	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	215.00	$215.00	$602	—
320–338	334	8	202.50–245.00	$233.70	$781	—
350–385	367	7	195.00–237.00	$214.92	$789	—
405–445	433	25	202.50–235.00	$220.74	$956	—
450–496	475	77	186.00–242.00	$229.60	$1,091	—
511 fancy	511	14	240.00	$240.00	$1,226	—
500–543	522	71	195.00–245.50	$229.33	$1,197	—
551–594	575	108	191.00–233.00	$217.06	$1,248	—
605–648	632	84	180.00–212.50	$197.19	$1,246	—
654–697	667	60	182.00–211.00	$202.96	$1,354	—
707–747	731	39	172.00–200.00	$186.54	$1,364	—
753–762	759	36	175.00–188.00	$181.25	$1,376	—
809–849	839	88	177.00–183.75	$182.84	$1,534	—
859	859	60	186.00	$186.00	$1,598	—
917	917	60	175.50	$175.50	$1,609	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090	1090	2	144.00	$144.00	$1,570	—
1105	1105	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,348	—
1205–1630	1354	8	128.00–153.00	$144.23	$1,953	—
1400	1400	1	166.00	$166.00	$2,324	+18.88
1220–1610	1413	9	150.00–158.50	$155.77	$2,201	+8.65
1460	1460	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,971	-24.71
1155–1685	1485	191	155.00–170.50	$163.10	$2,422	+3.39
1645–1957	1863	7	130.00–153.00	$148.37	$2,764	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	197.50	$197.50	$434	—
355–385	363	4	172.00–210.00	$199.91	$726	—
420–440	433	3	175.00–180.00	$178.38	$772	—
475–485	478	3	181.00–194.00	$189.61	$906	—
505–545	519	7	174.00–191.00	$183.76	$954	—
550–596	575	13	160.00–180.50	$169.92	$977	—
600–645	620	27	161.00–183.00	$175.16	$1,086	—
663–685	670	33	161.00–192.50	$181.28	$1,215	—
704–721	715	30	167.00–172.50	$168.68	$1,206	—
750	750	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,238	—
800–820	807	9	159.00–170.00	$163.64	$1,321	—
875	875	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,409	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	161.00	$161.00	$531	—
445	445	1	146.00	$146.00	$650	—
460	460	1	162.00	$162.00	$745	—
505–540	514	4	151.00–161.00	$158.37	$814	—
555–599	590	5	144.00–151.00	$145.32	$857	—
600–640	612	7	141.00–161.00	$148.08	$906	—
695	695	1	149.00	$149.00	$1,036	—
703–740	724	14	141.00–156.00	$150.78	$1,092	—
765–790	782	5	141.00–156.00	$148.23	$1,159	—
790	790	1	156.00	$156.00	$1,232	—
801–842	827	21	145.00–164.00	$152.93	$1,265	—
860–870	868	9	142.00–157.00	$150.43	$1,306	—
995	995	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,403	—
1125	1125	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,609	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
661–690	668	4	171.00–191.00	$176.16	$1,177	—
855–882	881	18	161.00–163.00	$162.89	$1,435	—
1046	1046	48	167.00	$167.00	$1,747	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	125.00	$125.00	$488	—
525–530	528	2	125.00–140.00	$132.46	$699	—
610–640	625	2	135.00–137.00	$135.98	$850	—
650	650	2	131.00	$131.00	$852	—
705–740	720	5	123.00–136.00	$132.84	$956	—
755	755	1	127.00	$127.00	$959	—
955	955	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,213	—
995	995	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,303	—
1167	1167	2	135.00	$135.00	$1,575	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	1	141.00	$141.00	$888	—
738	738	2	158.00	$158.00	$1,166	—
940	940	4	151.00	$151.00	$1,419	—
1253	1253	5	134.00	$134.00	$1,679	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735	735	1	125.00	$125.00	$919	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
267–290	277	6	165.00–182.00	$170.84	$473	—
315–345	329	7	162.00–180.00	$172.61	$568	—
350–380	364	13	161.00–178.00	$171.70	$625	—
403–440	415	8	160.00–175.00	$163.98	$681	—
475–490	479	5	161.00–173.00	$169.01	$810	—
500–545	520	30	161.00–175.00	$169.05	$879	—
551–595	576	57	161.00–172.00	$167.17	$963	—
602–649	628	40	157.00–171.00	$165.84	$1,041	—
651–698	674	74	160.50–174.00	$168.08	$1,133	—
690	690	2	173.00	$173.00	$1,194	—
705–748	717	21	152.00–174.00	$170.58	$1,223	—
760–784	772	91	155.00–169.00	$167.02	$1,289	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	319	4	178.00–179.00	$178.27	$569	—
373–395	378	18	175.00–197.00	$187.66	$709	—
400–446	429	49	178.00–207.00	$192.79	$827	—
456–497	478	63	171.00–194.00	$185.23	$885	—
511–548	525	72	166.00–203.00	$185.68	$975	—
550–594	572	48	170.00–187.00	$179.02	$1,024	—
685	685	7	179.00	$179.00	$1,226	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935	935	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,216	—
1030–1085	1063	3	92.00–122.00	$109.28	$1,162	—
1105–1395	1184	11	117.00–154.00	$144.68	$1,713	+1.79
1142–1385	1203	11	151.00–157.50	$154.73	$1,861	+7.19
1060–1650	1330	173	154.00–170.00	$162.22	$2,158	+2.49

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	274	5	140.00–169.00	$148.18	$406	—
305–335	325	3	152.00–157.00	$155.44	$505	—
355–385	370	2	155.00–156.00	$155.52	$575	—
410–447	430	8	141.00–157.00	$151.40	$651	—
460–495	481	4	149.00–159.00	$154.37	$743	—
500–535	513	7	143.00–154.00	$150.32	$771	—
565–598	580	13	150.00–157.50	$155.15	$900	—
601–635	614	14	148.00–157.00	$153.45	$942	—
652–685	675	12	140.00–156.00	$153.37	$1,035	—
705	705	1	141.00	$141.00	$994	—
740	740	1	134.00	$134.00	$992	—
751–795	764	26	146.00–150.00	$147.99	$1,131	—
821	821	10	158.00	$158.00	$1,297	—
1140	1140	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,550	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–475	473	3	131.00–135.00	$133.68	$632	—
570	570	1	138.00	$138.00	$787	—
600–615	608	2	132.00–138.00	$134.96	$821	—
685–690	688	3	133.00–139.00	$134.99	$929	—
762–765	764	5	134.00–138.00	$135.60	$1,036	—
800–815	808	2	131.00–133.00	$131.99	$1,066	—
870	870	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,114	—
1100	1100	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,386	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	147.00	$147.00	$639	—
740	740	2	143.00	$143.00	$1,058	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	165.00	$165.00	$916	—
645	645	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,032	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785	785	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,005	—
895	895	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,235	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	151.00	$151.00	$604	—
470–480	475	2	151.00–162.50	$156.81	$745	—
560–571	568	13	149.00–158.00	$151.05	$858	—
707	707	7	132.00	$132.00	$933	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	121.00	$121.00	$726	—
728	728	2	117.50	$117.50	$855	—
760–765	763	2	114.00–125.00	$119.48	$912	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	164.00	$164.00	$631	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1220	991	80-85%	10	81.00–123.00	$97.90	$970	—
1010	1010	80-85%	1	37.50	$37.50	$379	—
955–1570	1238	80-85%	33	51.00–83.00	$73.18	$906	—
925–1685	1275	80-85%	63	76.00–95.00	$87.22	$1,112	+7.99
1310–1605	1402	80-85%	6	89.00–100.00	$95.03	$1,332	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1555	1480	75-80%	4	104.00–106.00	$105.13	$1,556	+24.58
1245–1870	1502	75-80%	33	92.00–104.00	$97.34	$1,462	—
1355–1755	1535	75-80%	12	66.00–92.00	$83.92	$1,288	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–980	955	85-90%	2	76.00–80.00	$77.95	$744	—
855–1260	1047	85-90%	11	59.00–77.00	$70.17	$735	+15.99
715–1340	1051	85-90%	15	30.00–64.00	$50.21	$528	—
1050–1065	1058	85-90%	2	81.00–84.00	$82.49	$873	—
1195	1195	85-90%	1	25.00	$25.00	$299	-51.70

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1410–1555	1486	65-75%	7	126.00–154.00	$136.81	$2,033	+31.22
1590–1740	1687	65-75%	3	100.00–110.00	$106.25	$1,792	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1830	1442	6	87.00–102.00	$93.32	$1,346	—
1360–2000	1698	14	85.00–118.00	$107.39	$1,823	—
1830–1945	1892	3	120.00–127.00	$122.73	$2,322	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1435–1570	1495	3	103.00–115.00	$107.86	$1,613	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1735	1398	9	135.00–140.00	$136.21	$1,904	—
1625	1625	2	116.00	$116.00	$1,885	—
1310–1925	1688	27	120.00–134.00	$129.08	$2,179	—

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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.