Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 27, 2023

3,912 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $201.71/cwt ≈ $1,672/hd at 829 lb · 318 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $223.29/cwt ≈ $1,074/hd at 481 lb · 155 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $251.82/cwt ≈ $1,311/hd at 521 lb · 145 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,912	1,074	1,841
Feeder cattle	2,759	—	845
Slaughter cattle	1,153	1,074	996

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	250.00	$250.00	$575	—
270–290	283	8	227.50–270.00	$252.96	$716	—
310–345	331	15	222.00–260.00	$243.34	$805	—
350–395	385	27	222.50–273.00	$260.83	$1,004	—
400–445	425	54	219.00–270.00	$250.28	$1,064	—
450–495	478	136	220.00–297.50	$255.66	$1,222	—
500–549	520	130	224.00–275.00	$250.96	$1,305	—
526 fancy	526	15	259.25	$259.25	$1,364	—
556–594	569	112	210.00–270.00	$250.44	$1,425	—
601–637	618	71	208.00–250.00	$224.08	$1,385	—
655–690	668	53	201.00–240.00	$220.10	$1,470	—
712–740	727	27	192.00–214.00	$207.89	$1,511	—
750	750	39	190.00–206.00	$205.18	$1,539	—
804–845	829	318	199.75–203.00	$201.71	$1,672	—
850	850	3	187.00	$187.00	$1,590	—
878	878	29	189.50	$189.50	$1,664	—
946	946	57	179.50	$179.50	$1,698	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1165	1088	3	129.00–155.00	$138.57	$1,508	+21.05
870–1470	1166	5	115.00–130.00	$125.51	$1,463	—
990–1585	1301	36	135.00–162.00	$153.94	$2,003	-5.71
1160–1580	1358	21	152.00–162.00	$158.91	$2,158	—
1155–1685	1450	257	163.00–175.00	$169.03	$2,451	—
1415–1630	1523	2	135.00–140.00	$137.32	$2,091	—
1615–1680	1637	6	155.00–162.00	$159.47	$2,611	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290	267	5	185.00–215.00	$195.30	$521	—
300–340	326	5	195.00–210.00	$203.99	$665	—
355–397	371	15	207.50–227.50	$219.68	$815	—
402 thin fleshed	402	2	170.00	$170.00	$683	—
400–440	423	21	183.00–227.50	$210.38	$890	—
450–495	466	26	180.00–231.00	$209.11	$974	—
500–545	519	24	189.00–229.00	$212.79	$1,104	—
550 thin fleshed	550	1	172.50	$172.50	$949	—
560–595	576	18	180.00–211.00	$195.91	$1,128	—
600–634	620	21	185.00–231.00	$212.54	$1,318	—
655–695	666	34	186.50–219.00	$196.70	$1,310	—
700–742	730	31	178.00–206.00	$189.20	$1,381	—
750–790	761	18	176.00–189.00	$186.08	$1,416	—
800–810	805	7	180.00–184.00	$181.14	$1,458	—
850–880	869	9	176.00–185.00	$183.66	$1,596	—
910–912	911	3	163.00	$163.00	$1,485	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	322	3	152.50–175.00	$162.80	$524	—
350–370	360	2	150.00–180.00	$164.58	$592	—
407–445	420	3	172.50–185.00	$176.92	$743	—
450–490	473	5	155.00–179.00	$164.74	$779	—
510–545	525	5	151.00–185.00	$167.44	$879	—
560–575	568	2	187.50–189.00	$188.26	$1,069	—
600–645	616	4	155.00–181.00	$166.72	$1,027	—
680	680	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,156	—
675–690	685	3	145.00–175.00	$156.87	$1,075	—
735–740	738	2	143.00–160.00	$151.53	$1,118	—
820	820	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,328	—
835	835	1	163.00	$163.00	$1,361	—
875	875	1	154.00	$154.00	$1,348	—
940–945	943	2	120.00–139.00	$129.47	$1,221	—
980	980	9	165.00	$165.00	$1,617	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610–630	620	2	211.00–215.00	$212.97	$1,320	—
665	665	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,430	—
714	714	9	209.00	$209.00	$1,492	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–646	638	6	192.00–207.00	$194.35	$1,240	—
680	680	1	194.00	$194.00	$1,319	—
775–780	778	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,400	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
542	542	2	183.00	$183.00	$992	—
565	565	1	179.00	$179.00	$1,011	—
610	610	2	180.00–190.00	$185.00	$1,128	—
685	685	2	167.00–179.00	$173.00	$1,185	—
810–815	813	2	143.00–170.00	$156.46	$1,272	—
900	900	1	153.00	$153.00	$1,377	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	121.00	$121.00	$526	—
450	450	1	132.00	$132.00	$594	—
505	505	2	133.00	$133.00	$672	—
550–565	558	2	130.00–150.00	$139.87	$780	—
600	600	1	150.00	$150.00	$900	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	157.50	$157.50	$575	—
447	447	2	162.50	$162.50	$726	—
645	645	1	130.00	$130.00	$838	—
735	735	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,110	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	215.00	$215.00	$677	—
380	380	1	210.00	$210.00	$798	—
560	560	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,316	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	182.50	$182.50	$694	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	170.00	$170.00	$638	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	150.00	$150.00	$645	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	2	240.00	$240.00	$576	—
280	280	1	265.00	$265.00	$742	—
301–345	323	10	207.00–275.00	$224.80	$726	—
350–397	373	36	191.00–260.00	$223.53	$834	—
405–449	429	76	193.00–263.00	$229.45	$984	—
450–498	481	155	190.00–262.50	$223.29	$1,074	—
501–545	521	133	192.00–241.00	$216.32	$1,127	—
550–593	569	128	191.00–255.00	$209.69	$1,193	—
605–642	624	45	191.00–222.00	$200.36	$1,250	—
652–688	670	32	182.50–218.00	$197.08	$1,320	—
700–740	737	69	180.00–209.00	$185.07	$1,364	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	285	6	199.00–215.00	$211.19	$602	—
310–325	318	2	182.50–185.00	$183.72	$584	—
355–396	376	13	173.00–201.00	$186.83	$702	—
400–441	428	7	165.00–192.50	$181.48	$777	—
451–492	467	29	167.50–201.00	$189.31	$884	—
502–545	520	16	180.00–200.00	$188.95	$983	—
550–596	579	37	165.00–186.00	$182.11	$1,054	—
606	606	3	183.00	$183.00	$1,109	—
604–647	624	29	164.00–190.00	$175.32	$1,094	—
650–695	677	57	164.00–186.00	$179.63	$1,216	—
720–743	735	5	170.00–178.50	$175.16	$1,287	—
762	762	5	178.50	$178.50	$1,360	—
761–798	785	9	162.00–174.00	$167.35	$1,314	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–915	913	4	140.00–145.00	$143.76	$1,313	—
965–1170	1064	5	121.00–130.00	$126.40	$1,345	—
1005–1385	1221	15	136.00–163.00	$157.20	$1,919	—
1130–1565	1273	23	155.00–162.50	$159.27	$2,028	-0.76
1065–1640	1328	157	162.00–175.00	$168.68	$2,240	-1.94
1410	1410	1	175.00	$175.00	$2,468	—
1630–1850	1685	5	141.00–160.00	$153.48	$2,586	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–325	320	2	169.00–181.00	$175.09	$560	—
370 thin fleshed	370	1	171.00	$171.00	$633	—
360–385	373	2	160.00–170.00	$165.17	$616	—
415–445	433	6	152.00–162.50	$155.77	$674	—
465–475	470	2	162.50–163.00	$162.75	$765	—
500–545	514	11	141.00–174.00	$156.99	$807	—
570–575	574	4	161.00–162.50	$162.13	$931	—
575 thin fleshed	575	1	152.00	$152.00	$874	—
600–605	603	2	155.00–167.50	$161.28	$973	—
662–690	672	7	149.00–151.00	$150.01	$1,008	—
705	705	1	141.00	$141.00	$994	—
775–785	780	2	157.00–161.00	$158.99	$1,240	—
835	835	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,177	—
865	865	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,393	—
905–910	908	3	123.00–149.00	$135.34	$1,229	—
957	957	2	141.00	$141.00	$1,349	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
629	629	5	184.00	$184.00	$1,157	—
685	685	1	162.50	$162.50	$1,113	—
700	700	13	185.00	$185.00	$1,295	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–385	375	2	120.00–140.00	$130.27	$489	—
400–445	415	3	130.00–152.50	$138.04	$573	—
505	505	1	130.00	$130.00	$656	—
590	590	2	131.00	$131.00	$773	—
690	690	1	142.00	$142.00	$980	—
745	745	1	121.00	$121.00	$901	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	191.00	$191.00	$754	—
692	692	2	182.00	$182.00	$1,259	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	2	190.00	$190.00	$522	—
345	345	1	171.00	$171.00	$590	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	152.50	$152.50	$702	—
540	540	1	142.00	$142.00	$767	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750	750	2	131.00–150.00	$140.50	$1,054	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	170.00	$170.00	$552	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	200.00	$200.00	$590	—
390	390	2	237.00	$237.00	$924	—
430–431	431	5	205.00–231.00	$220.61	$951	—
471	471	3	203.00	$203.00	$956	—
515–525	522	3	202.50–220.00	$208.26	$1,087	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	190.00	$190.00	$722	—
410–445	428	2	170.00–200.00	$185.61	$794	—
515	515	1	199.00	$199.00	$1,025	—
550–592	569	5	178.00–197.50	$188.02	$1,070	—
633	633	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,076	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	147.50	$147.50	$634	—
625	625	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,000	—
693	693	3	153.00	$153.00	$1,060	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1300	1198	80-85%	2	125.00–141.00	$132.32	$1,585	+30.32
975–1700	1242	80-85%	14	60.00–91.00	$82.30	$1,022	-15.75
840–1710	1252	80-85%	112	70.00–103.00	$93.99	$1,177	+4.48
1330–1480	1405	80-85%	2	104.00–105.00	$104.47	$1,468	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–2015	1533	75-80%	66	81.00–106.00	$99.80	$1,530	-3.35
1545–1655	1593	75-80%	6	68.00–95.00	$86.15	$1,372	—
1505–1945	1619	75-80%	7	102.00–114.00	$108.65	$1,759	+15.08

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–845	838	85-90%	2	115.00–121.00	$117.97	$989	—
815–1305	1052	85-90%	39	65.00–94.00	$88.89	$935	—
970–1175	1073	85-90%	2	96.00–97.50	$96.68	$1,037	—
890–1395	1109	85-90%	12	40.00–82.00	$71.78	$796	-11.61

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1610	1407	65-75%	10	135.00–155.00	$144.82	$2,038	+44.75
1335–1510	1407	65-75%	3	100.00–113.00	$108.13	$1,521	+8.06
1410–1700	1560	65-75%	5	95.00–130.00	$111.09	$1,733	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1950	1512	6	60.00–107.50	$87.25	$1,319	—
1260–2080	1774	10	110.00–123.00	$116.34	$2,064	-3.28
1840–1985	1928	3	124.50–129.00	$126.10	$2,431	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	197.50	$197.50	$948	—
585	585	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,009	—
600	600	1	151.00	$151.00	$906	—
650	650	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,138	—
705–740	712	5	159.00–169.00	$166.92	$1,188	—
863	863	6	145.00	$145.00	$1,251	—
965	965	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,380	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–1540	1411	4	110.00–120.00	$117.27	$1,655	—
1270–1705	1422	6	128.00–130.00	$128.55	$1,828	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	200.00	$200.00	$860	—
505–541	531	9	162.00–205.00	$189.03	$1,004	—
560–580	570	2	174.00–190.00	$181.86	$1,037	—
605	605	1	161.00	$161.00	$974	—
680–695	688	2	176.00–180.00	$177.98	$1,225	—
700–722	717	37	160.00–181.00	$161.64	$1,159	—
762–770	765	4	153.00–179.00	$164.79	$1,261	—
800–830	808	20	165.00–185.00	$171.80	$1,388	—
853	853	4	165.00	$165.00	$1,407	—
968–980	970	5	146.00–159.00	$148.63	$1,442	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1550	1463	12	136.00–150.00	$142.02	$2,078	+6.10
1245–1765	1470	30	125.00–135.00	$129.62	$1,905	-25.38
1520–1535	1528	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,834	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	123.00	$123.00	$437	—

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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.