Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 24, 2023

1,847 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $184.20/cwt ≈ $1,405/hd at 763 lb · 66 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $186.00/cwt ≈ $1,490/hd at 801 lb · 64 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $241.69/cwt ≈ $1,378/hd at 570 lb · 64 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,847	982	1,239
Feeder cattle	1,060	—	850
Slaughter cattle	787	982	389

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–333	328	8	239.00–261.00	$256.91	$843	—
360–395	375	9	239.00–261.00	$251.16	$942	—
405–449	437	33	235.00–289.00	$278.90	$1,219	—
455–498	489	44	226.00–283.00	$268.58	$1,313	—
515–540	531	56	223.00–265.00	$244.50	$1,298	—
552–594	570	64	215.00–251.00	$241.69	$1,378	—
600–641	619	53	212.50–251.00	$229.25	$1,419	—
655–681	672	19	203.00–220.00	$215.24	$1,446	—
705	705	3	216.00	$216.00	$1,523	—
780–793	791	8	191.00–195.00	$194.51	$1,539	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940	940	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,372	—
940–1387	1188	7	129.00–134.00	$130.90	$1,555	-22.59
1225	1225	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,225	—
1150–1443	1329	15	142.00–170.00	$157.60	$2,095	—
1090–1785	1406	192	170.00–180.00	$175.93	$2,474	-2.19
1115–1675	1417	9	155.00–170.00	$161.82	$2,293	-16.30
1342–1585	1423	3	122.00–126.00	$123.49	$1,757	-54.63
1640–1760	1686	4	140.00–165.00	$152.28	$2,567	-14.26

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	245.00	$245.00	$551	—
322	322	2	225.00	$225.00	$724	—
400–445	418	6	174.00–201.00	$194.85	$814	—
462–495	473	3	211.00–219.00	$213.79	$1,011	—
515–520	518	3	187.00–201.00	$193.67	$1,003	—
560–595	574	5	191.00–207.00	$196.27	$1,127	—
625	625	1	199.00	$199.00	$1,244	—
662–697	679	17	180.00–199.00	$187.46	$1,273	—
708–740	728	8	185.00–191.00	$187.19	$1,363	—
775–797	786	4	172.00–184.00	$177.92	$1,398	—
892	892	5	172.00	$172.00	$1,534	—
915	915	1	164.00	$164.00	$1,501	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
973–986	980	33	168.50–169.00	$168.76	$1,654	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	153.00	$153.00	$673	—
465	465	3	155.00	$155.00	$721	—
525–535	530	2	153.00–155.00	$153.99	$816	—
580	580	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,015	—
625	625	1	159.00	$159.00	$994	—
655–695	676	4	161.00–171.00	$166.50	$1,126	—
690	690	1	172.00	$172.00	$1,187	—
770–775	773	2	145.00–166.00	$155.53	$1,202	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	4	181.00	$181.00	$1,321	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–345	336	11	235.00–247.50	$243.40	$818	—
350–392	383	7	221.00–251.00	$234.29	$897	—
408–435	422	21	231.00–239.00	$233.45	$985	—
450–496	481	40	216.00–231.00	$224.87	$1,082	—
510–545	532	28	211.00–226.00	$216.67	$1,153	—
555–590	571	42	192.00–227.00	$213.71	$1,220	—
602–637	631	17	195.00–214.00	$208.30	$1,314	—
653–693	669	44	183.00–203.00	$196.70	$1,316	—
705–734	723	18	174.00–180.00	$175.80	$1,271	—
761–769	763	66	170.00–190.00	$184.20	$1,405	—
801	801	64	186.00	$186.00	$1,490	—
855–875	873	12	165.00–175.00	$174.18	$1,521	—
902	902	2	162.00	$162.00	$1,461	—
916	916	58	177.00	$177.00	$1,621	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1020	893	5	112.50–146.00	$129.03	$1,152	+4.01
950–1020	985	2	160.00–172.00	$165.79	$1,633	-8.21
900–1116	1016	8	110.00–127.50	$123.11	$1,251	—
1086–1306	1186	16	140.00–164.00	$147.40	$1,748	+2.79
1050–1600	1318	183	170.00–181.00	$176.37	$2,325	—
1195–1435	1328	9	150.00–170.00	$163.29	$2,168	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	3	200.00–235.00	$223.33	$480	—
250	250	1	195.00	$195.00	$488	—
350–395	379	7	187.00–212.00	$203.15	$770	—
415–440	422	6	161.00–205.00	$192.35	$812	—
465–490	476	7	172.00–199.00	$186.78	$889	—
500–545	518	11	165.00–208.00	$180.71	$936	—
573–575	574	4	181.00–192.00	$189.24	$1,086	—
600–610	607	3	175.00–194.00	$181.26	$1,100	—
660–690	669	4	173.00–183.00	$180.51	$1,208	—
702–735	710	17	164.00–181.00	$176.66	$1,254	—
761	761	3	171.00	$171.00	$1,301	—
816–827	820	6	153.00–161.00	$158.31	$1,298	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,204	—
760	760	1	166.00	$166.00	$1,262	—
850–864	857	39	157.00–159.50	$158.21	$1,356	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–535	523	3	147.00–166.00	$154.66	$809	—
570–580	578	4	153.00–155.00	$153.49	$887	—
610–620	615	2	141.00–153.00	$147.05	$904	—
675	675	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,019	—
690	690	1	131.00	$131.00	$904	—
755–765	759	4	141.00–157.00	$149.97	$1,138	—
770–785	778	2	149.00–155.00	$151.97	$1,182	—
800–815	810	3	137.00–155.00	$142.93	$1,158	—
995	995	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,423	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	155.00	$155.00	$612	—
445	445	1	134.00	$134.00	$596	—
475	475	2	133.00	$133.00	$632	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
634	634	4	149.00	$149.00	$945	—
695	695	3	155.00	$155.00	$1,077	—
805	805	2	135.00	$135.00	$1,087	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	2	253.00	$253.00	$810	—
513–530	517	4	223.00–231.00	$228.95	$1,184	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–435	428	3	192.50–204.00	$197.95	$847	—
615	615	1	177.00	$177.00	$1,089	—
755	755	1	171.00	$171.00	$1,291	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1040	968	80-85%	4	104.00–135.00	$118.47	$1,147	—
1195	1195	80-85%	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,243	—
925–1505	1226	80-85%	58	92.00–103.00	$96.39	$1,182	+12.28
940–1710	1293	80-85%	28	71.00–91.50	$86.02	$1,112	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1660	1378	75-80%	6	86.00–96.50	$92.42	$1,274	—
1225–1920	1453	75-80%	39	98.50–109.00	$103.77	$1,508	-2.25
1645–1795	1720	75-80%	2	110.00–113.00	$111.43	$1,917	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1000	934	85-90%	7	89.00–118.00	$101.57	$949	—
830–1290	1096	85-90%	30	77.00–88.00	$81.55	$894	-1.92
1120	1120	85-90%	1	91.00	$91.00	$1,019	—
885–1415	1136	85-90%	8	42.50–70.00	$59.15	$672	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1475	1391	65-75%	5	133.00–142.00	$140.09	$1,949	—
1575	1575	65-75%	1	109.50	$109.50	$1,725	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865	865	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,124	—
885–2750	1527	13	72.50–117.00	$102.22	$1,561	—
1725–2245	2014	6	118.00–128.00	$123.31	$2,483	-12.15

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345–1560	1443	10	120.00–130.00	$125.36	$1,809	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365–1545	1445	4	120.00–132.00	$127.81	$1,847	-1.15
1290–1755	1473	17	135.00–145.00	$138.82	$2,045	-3.57
1685	1685	1	132.00	$132.00	$2,224	-18.00
1590–2195	1846	4	81.00	$81.00	$1,495	—

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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.