Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 8, 2023

2,229 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $208.03/cwt ≈ $1,806/hd at 868 lb · 186 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $219.97/cwt ≈ $1,777/hd at 808 lb · 140 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $185.36/cwt ≈ $1,548/hd at 835 lb · 68 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,229	1,105	1,194
Feeder cattle	1,270	—	394
Slaughter cattle	959	886	800
Replacement cattle	—	219	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	277.50	$277.50	$708	—
315–330	320	3	247.00–263.00	$252.50	$808	—
356–386	377	10	267.00–279.00	$272.57	$1,028	—
400–445	424	11	232.50–281.00	$252.87	$1,072	—
450–497	476	34	223.00–290.00	$264.07	$1,257	—
500–540	524	50	219.00–283.00	$250.02	$1,310	—
550–590	573	20	223.00–247.00	$235.61	$1,350	—
606–647	633	57	209.00–231.00	$224.36	$1,420	—
692–693	692	12	216.00–225.00	$219.00	$1,515	—
708–740	723	18	184.00–217.00	$202.00	$1,460	—
750–790	762	49	214.50–241.00	$215.15	$1,639	—
804–830	808	140	199.50–222.25	$219.97	$1,777	—
864–874	868	186	204.25–214.00	$208.03	$1,806	—
933	933	8	188.00	$188.00	$1,754	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1180	1072	3	110.00–119.00	$115.27	$1,236	—
1110–1460	1312	12	140.00–170.00	$165.19	$2,167	+54.22
1190–1615	1393	13	167.50–171.00	$169.72	$2,364	—
1130–1627	1425	276	172.00–183.50	$176.61	$2,517	+0.10
1650	1650	1	125.00	$125.00	$2,062	—
1600–1795	1670	36	135.00–172.00	$159.04	$2,656	+0.86

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311	311	3	230.00	$230.00	$715	—
356–395	380	9	212.00–231.00	$227.54	$865	—
400–444	433	16	210.00–241.00	$222.15	$962	—
450–480	468	10	197.00–223.00	$211.18	$988	—
500–532	517	6	181.00–209.00	$194.72	$1,007	—
555–590	571	7	176.00–213.00	$192.03	$1,096	—
605–635	623	14	191.00–201.00	$196.87	$1,227	—
670–685	675	3	191.00–201.00	$194.38	$1,312	—
700–748	727	18	167.00–191.00	$184.77	$1,343	—
765–787	778	5	173.00–181.00	$177.81	$1,383	—
835–846	844	10	177.00–182.00	$177.99	$1,502	—
863–881	873	62	188.50–190.00	$189.31	$1,653	—
920	920	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,472	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	212.50	$212.50	$722	—
390	390	1	212.50	$212.50	$829	—
405	405	1	181.00	$181.00	$733	—
475	475	1	174.00	$174.00	$826	—
550–595	575	4	181.00–185.00	$182.77	$1,051	—
620–645	633	2	167.00–168.00	$167.49	$1,060	—
667	667	2	176.00	$176.00	$1,174	—
715	715	2	167.00–171.00	$169.00	$1,208	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
916	916	5	175.50	$175.50	$1,608	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	141.00	$141.00	$719	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	2	225.00–241.00	$233.00	$711	—
360–397	391	9	227.00–249.00	$237.23	$928	—
405–447	433	15	217.00–257.00	$242.43	$1,050	—
455–498	475	13	216.00–271.00	$227.37	$1,080	—
506–549	534	49	225.00–263.00	$239.92	$1,281	—
561–587	566	11	205.00–217.00	$213.29	$1,207	—
605–633	626	8	206.00–227.00	$213.91	$1,339	—
693	693	4	186.00	$186.00	$1,289	—
808–836	835	68	171.00–186.00	$185.36	$1,548	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1145	1035	3	95.00–122.50	$113.55	$1,175	—
1185	1185	1	107.50	$107.50	$1,274	—
1010–1435	1223	2	140.00–154.00	$148.22	$1,813	—
1050–1535	1284	146	172.00–183.50	$176.82	$2,270	-5.18
1170–1635	1461	9	153.00–170.50	$162.51	$2,374	—
1650–1745	1693	3	145.00–150.00	$148.28	$2,510	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	207.00	$207.00	$756	—
405–445	432	3	172.00–211.00	$189.35	$818	—
450–492	468	6	190.00–204.00	$197.01	$922	—
540–545	543	2	175.00–191.00	$182.96	$993	—
575–585	580	2	173.00–181.00	$177.03	$1,027	—
610–625	618	2	181.00–189.00	$185.05	$1,144	—
665–677	673	7	167.00–193.00	$187.01	$1,259	—
705–745	734	4	164.00–176.00	$172.10	$1,263	—
851	851	64	186.00	$186.00	$1,583	—
900	900	60	178.00	$178.00	$1,602	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
547	547	2	169.00	$169.00	$924	—
565	565	1	169.00	$169.00	$955	—
735	735	1	163.00	$163.00	$1,198	—
775	775	3	184.00	$184.00	$1,426	—
965	965	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,312	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	6	243.00	$243.00	$1,251	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	151.00	$151.00	$476	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	231.00	$231.00	$705	—
357	357	2	230.00	$230.00	$821	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,004	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1065	961	80-85%	6	85.00–105.00	$93.42	$898	—
920–1665	1227	80-85%	50	68.00–91.00	$84.94	$1,042	—
975–1550	1258	80-85%	62	92.00–102.50	$95.65	$1,203	+5.45
1515	1515	80-85%	1	103.00	$103.00	$1,560	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–1680	1476	75-80%	7	83.00–93.00	$89.73	$1,324	+1.76
1200–1750	1486	75-80%	45	95.00–105.50	$100.80	$1,498	+12.83
1360–1765	1581	75-80%	8	107.00–114.00	$109.24	$1,727	+2.24

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995	995	85-90%	1	102.50	$102.50	$1,020	—
975–1110	1043	85-90%	3	87.00–88.50	$87.84	$916	+0.21
845–1335	1080	85-90%	21	75.00–86.00	$80.59	$870	+2.97
875–1285	1098	85-90%	8	50.00–74.00	$67.29	$739	-10.33

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330	1330	65-75%	1	152.50	$152.50	$2,028	+42.57
1360	1360	65-75%	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,428	—
1375	1375	65-75%	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,512	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1965	1494	10	60.00–116.00	$100.38	$1,500	—
1620–1990	1776	7	118.00–129.00	$123.74	$2,198	—
1755–2085	1920	2	130.00–136.00	$133.26	$2,559	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350	1350	1	156.00	$156.00	$2,106	—
1375	1375	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,925	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1415–1965	1619	44	135.00–149.00	$140.31	$2,272	—

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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.