Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 10, 2023

2,000 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $213.99/cwt ≈ $1,671/hd at 781 lb · 197 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $215.31/cwt ≈ $1,750/hd at 813 lb · 188 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $251.31/cwt ≈ $1,334/hd at 531 lb · 61 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,000	1,565	2,198
Feeder cattle	1,156	—	1,333
Slaughter cattle	844	830	865
Replacement cattle	—	735	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–290	288	3	265.00–266.00	$265.34	$764	—
315–330	325	8	236.00–277.00	$248.79	$809	—
350–397	372	12	233.00–286.00	$265.02	$986	—
410–445	429	32	220.00–277.50	$254.11	$1,090	—
450–495	477	19	229.00–261.00	$244.25	$1,165	—
505–547	531	61	223.00–284.00	$251.31	$1,334	—
550–597	574	56	226.00–243.00	$233.84	$1,342	—
600–633	611	14	214.00–235.00	$225.86	$1,380	—
657–683	664	11	213.00–225.00	$220.92	$1,467	—
700–738	728	36	211.00–220.00	$217.69	$1,585	—
779–783	781	197	212.00–218.00	$213.99	$1,671	—
800–829	813	188	215.00–216.00	$215.31	$1,750	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1150	1120	2	125.00	$125.00	$1,400	—
1050–1530	1245	10	140.00–172.00	$163.73	$2,038	—
1160–1585	1391	17	158.00–178.00	$167.48	$2,330	-3.63
1070–1705	1423	174	173.00–185.50	$177.22	$2,522	+14.81
1475	1475	1	185.00	$185.00	$2,729	+73.74
1635	1635	1	161.00	$161.00	$2,632	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	235.00	$235.00	$505	—
370–390	375	5	212.00–223.00	$218.54	$820	—
440–445	442	3	202.00–215.00	$206.37	$912	—
464–485	475	7	202.00–221.00	$212.67	$1,010	—
506–545	528	21	184.00–220.00	$209.35	$1,105	—
560–598	588	15	190.00–221.00	$212.73	$1,251	—
616–630	620	4	192.00–219.00	$198.86	$1,233	—
700–720	712	6	177.00–194.00	$188.47	$1,342	—
797	797	2	198.00	$198.00	$1,578	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	2	180.00	$180.00	$477	—
325	325	1	159.00	$159.00	$517	—
450	450	1	175.00	$175.00	$788	—
510	510	1	151.00	$151.00	$770	—
570–575	573	2	155.00–171.00	$162.97	$934	—
605–610	608	5	157.00–187.00	$173.02	$1,052	—
670–681	679	7	171.00–175.00	$174.44	$1,184	—
720–735	728	4	155.00–171.00	$163.25	$1,188	—
765–780	773	2	151.00–163.00	$156.94	$1,213	—
808	808	3	164.00	$164.00	$1,325	—
865–892	883	3	144.00–152.00	$149.39	$1,319	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	6	220.00	$220.00	$880	—
557	557	11	229.00	$229.00	$1,276	—
695	695	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,355	—
873	873	5	176.00	$176.00	$1,536	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	229.00	$229.00	$469	—
265	265	1	223.00	$223.00	$591	—
300–340	307	10	223.00–250.00	$241.14	$740	—
353–382	372	18	213.00–234.00	$225.76	$840	—
400–442	418	30	200.00–251.00	$225.26	$942	—
451–494	475	36	205.00–235.00	$222.81	$1,058	—
500–535	516	25	201.00–220.00	$208.38	$1,075	—
550–576	565	41	191.00–222.00	$214.94	$1,214	—
620–645	635	5	188.00–196.00	$190.36	$1,209	—
735	735	27	184.50	$184.50	$1,356	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020	1020	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,224	-8.83
1000–1355	1113	9	130.00–172.00	$159.53	$1,776	+43.31
1060–1600	1282	139	171.00–185.50	$178.24	$2,285	+8.13
1295–1370	1333	2	185.00–186.00	$185.49	$2,473	+26.69
1120–1510	1337	9	168.00–172.00	$170.39	$2,278	+11.59

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	216.00	$216.00	$508	—
255–295	273	3	201.00–225.00	$214.81	$586	—
300–340	326	5	191.00–209.00	$200.48	$654	—
365–390	380	6	187.00–215.00	$197.83	$752	—
400–420	410	2	195.00–201.00	$198.07	$812	—
475–485	481	4	186.00–193.00	$189.77	$913	—
500–515	508	2	170.00–187.00	$178.37	$906	—
555–599	571	25	169.00–197.00	$181.67	$1,037	—
645	645	1	176.00	$176.00	$1,135	—
650–685	677	15	171.00–186.00	$181.61	$1,229	—
700–720	712	13	167.00–174.00	$169.66	$1,208	—
788	788	3	174.00	$174.00	$1,371	—
810	810	2	171.00	$171.00	$1,385	—
865	865	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,401	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–240	233	2	182.50–185.00	$183.79	$428	—
355–380	372	3	163.00–174.00	$169.48	$630	—
540	540	3	151.00	$151.00	$815	—
591	591	3	166.00	$166.00	$981	—
620	620	1	148.00	$148.00	$918	—
675	675	1	143.00	$143.00	$965	—
700–712	706	5	144.00–154.00	$149.37	$1,055	—
756–780	766	5	141.00–151.00	$146.92	$1,125	—
830	830	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,336	—
935	935	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,262	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	6	211.00	$211.00	$836	—
466	466	5	218.00	$218.00	$1,016	—
620	620	1	203.00	$203.00	$1,259	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	3	209.00	$209.00	$428	—
265	265	3	214.00	$214.00	$567	—
375	375	1	191.00	$191.00	$716	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
772	772	4	150.00	$150.00	$1,158	—
920	920	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,306	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	211.00	$211.00	$823	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	189.00	$189.00	$973	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	127.50	$127.50	$523	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	259.00	$259.00	$699	—
460	460	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,035	—
518	518	9	225.00	$225.00	$1,166	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	1	215.00	$215.00	$376	—
215	215	1	230.00	$230.00	$494	—
325	325	2	220.00–223.00	$221.50	$720	—
495	495	3	185.00	$185.00	$916	—
502	502	4	201.00	$201.00	$1,009	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	171.00	$171.00	$684	—
480	480	1	145.00	$145.00	$696	—
552	552	2	175.00	$175.00	$966	—
665	665	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,097	—
740	740	1	129.00	$129.00	$955	—
755–792	777	5	132.00–159.00	$147.13	$1,143	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–485	473	2	167.00–185.00	$175.76	$831	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1165	1105	80-85%	4	110.00–129.00	$117.80	$1,302	—
975–1670	1255	80-85%	62	72.00–106.50	$99.31	$1,246	—
840–1590	1270	80-85%	21	46.00–94.50	$79.28	$1,007	—
1100–1375	1296	80-85%	7	107.00–109.00	$107.89	$1,398	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1625	1485	75-80%	8	85.00–98.00	$90.81	$1,349	-0.04
1150–1970	1533	75-80%	29	96.00–111.00	$105.48	$1,617	+3.62
1445–1960	1654	75-80%	9	112.00–119.00	$116.21	$1,922	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745	745	85-90%	1	25.00	$25.00	$186	—
990–1070	1017	85-90%	3	93.00–94.00	$93.65	$952	—
775–1536	1030	85-90%	9	65.00–78.00	$72.18	$743	—
840–1430	1118	85-90%	21	62.00–91.00	$83.63	$935	-10.37

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1420	1420	65-75%	1	146.00	$146.00	$2,073	-2.23
1385–1585	1485	65-75%	2	155.00–162.50	$158.50	$2,354	+63.50

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1875	1477	10	60.00–117.00	$103.12	$1,523	—
1195–2345	1806	18	112.50–130.00	$122.36	$2,210	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1398	1375	3	150.00–159.00	$156.10	$2,146	—
1393	1393	4	168.50	$168.50	$2,347	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1700	1470	47	130.00–157.00	$142.43	$2,094	+6.15
1520–1775	1648	2	120.00–147.00	$132.46	$2,183	—

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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.