Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 14, 2023

2,044 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $246.01/cwt ≈ $2,121/hd at 862 lb · 189 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $236.97/cwt ≈ $1,730/hd at 730 lb · 75 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $231.50/cwt ≈ $2,178/hd at 941 lb · 58 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,044	1,037	2,163
Feeder cattle	945	—	1,289
Slaughter cattle	1,099	1,037	874

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	322.50	$322.50	$951	—
335	335	2	293.00	$293.00	$982	—
350	350	1	313.00	$313.00	$1,096	—
409 fancy	409	4	320.00	$320.00	$1,309	—
420–445	432	3	309.00–319.00	$312.91	$1,352	—
455 fancy	455	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,502	—
453–498	481	12	290.00–313.00	$301.44	$1,450	—
510–538	522	19	290.00–307.00	$301.58	$1,574	—
533 fancy	533	2	309.00	$309.00	$1,647	—
560–590	576	8	289.00–299.00	$291.95	$1,682	—
605–640	632	22	263.00–285.00	$278.13	$1,758	—
655–684	674	42	269.00–281.00	$277.18	$1,868	—
700–720	706	6	251.00–270.00	$264.93	$1,870	—
767–794	780	26	235.00–259.00	$248.27	$1,937	—
810	810	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,904	—
854–869	862	189	240.00–250.50	$246.01	$2,121	—
941	941	58	231.50	$231.50	$2,178	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
927	927	2	206.00	$206.00	$1,910	—
955–1155	1055	2	100.00–115.00	$108.21	$1,142	-74.58
1124–1130	1125	5	166.00–186.00	$170.02	$1,913	—
1115–1475	1234	25	145.00–180.00	$167.05	$2,061	-8.98
1125–1560	1299	18	175.00–183.50	$179.03	$2,326	—
1110–1570	1345	299	179.00–195.50	$187.51	$2,522	+8.66
1615	1615	1	183.00	$183.00	$2,955	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	270.00	$270.00	$756	—
383–395	386	4	255.00–285.00	$262.67	$1,014	—
430–435	433	3	281.00–296.00	$291.04	$1,260	—
460–485	477	3	272.00–285.00	$280.82	$1,340	—
505–510	508	3	268.00–287.00	$280.71	$1,426	—
550–580	560	3	241.00–287.50	$259.50	$1,453	—
630–635	633	2	221.00–229.00	$225.02	$1,424	—
650–695	675	9	217.00–259.00	$236.24	$1,595	—
705	705	2	249.00	$249.00	$1,755	—
777–780	778	5	213.00–226.00	$218.00	$1,696	—
881–883	882	9	223.00–227.00	$224.78	$1,983	—
900	900	1	204.00	$204.00	$1,836	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	201.00	$201.00	$482	—
450	450	1	241.00	$241.00	$1,084	—
530	530	1	228.00	$228.00	$1,208	—
560–585	572	3	225.00–239.00	$231.62	$1,325	—
610–620	615	2	175.00–200.00	$187.60	$1,154	—
670	670	1	199.00	$199.00	$1,333	—
770	770	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,578	—
985	985	1	186.00	$186.00	$1,832	—
1055–1060	1058	2	180.00–181.00	$180.50	$1,910	—
1140	1140	1	177.00	$177.00	$2,018	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
602	602	3	232.00	$232.00	$1,397	—
670–685	680	3	202.00–223.00	$208.90	$1,421	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
579	579	4	225.00	$225.00	$1,303	—
853	853	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,578	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
449	449	5	263.00	$263.00	$1,181	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–343	322	4	280.00–292.50	$285.83	$920	—
350–385	379	10	239.00–282.50	$273.34	$1,036	—
413–445	424	8	235.00–271.00	$251.92	$1,068	—
479	479	9	273.00	$273.00	$1,308	—
500–545	521	13	237.00–280.00	$262.16	$1,366	—
560–598	587	17	245.00–267.00	$253.02	$1,485	—
603–645	619	39	238.00–262.50	$254.08	$1,573	—
655	655	9	238.00–246.00	$245.11	$1,605	—
720–731	730	75	233.00–237.50	$236.97	$1,730	—
821–849	826	36	203.00–221.00	$217.40	$1,796	—
933	933	57	202.25	$202.25	$1,887	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–921	910	4	190.00–204.00	$200.63	$1,826	—
955–980	968	2	180.00–183.00	$181.52	$1,757	+1.52
1007–1265	1152	20	139.00–182.00	$168.94	$1,946	—
1005–1600	1213	229	177.50–195.00	$186.10	$2,257	-1.23
1075–1497	1238	21	160.50–183.00	$175.98	$2,179	-11.35

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–285	274	5	225.00–255.00	$242.28	$664	—
365	365	1	251.00	$251.00	$916	—
408–435	424	14	207.00–237.00	$228.53	$969	—
470–488	483	5	217.00–227.50	$224.69	$1,085	—
513–545	524	9	201.00–233.00	$217.17	$1,138	—
550–585	574	4	197.00–222.00	$209.62	$1,203	—
605–645	630	3	191.00–226.00	$212.43	$1,338	—
655–685	674	4	189.00–235.00	$216.24	$1,457	—
707–745	723	8	201.00–227.00	$218.49	$1,580	—
755–775	762	4	218.00–227.00	$221.25	$1,686	—
825–840	835	9	190.00–197.00	$193.00	$1,612	—
865	865	1	199.00	$199.00	$1,721	—
905	905	1	192.00	$192.00	$1,738	—
1015	1015	3	194.50	$194.50	$1,974	—
1066	1066	12	192.00	$192.00	$2,047	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	257.50	$257.50	$888	—
421	421	7	269.00	$269.00	$1,132	—
495	495	10	264.50	$264.50	$1,309	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–375	358	3	189.00–207.50	$195.45	$700	—
540	540	2	186.00	$186.00	$1,004	—
580–585	583	2	165.00–187.50	$176.30	$1,028	—
625	625	1	187.00	$187.00	$1,169	—
655–675	665	2	177.00–181.00	$179.03	$1,191	—
700–730	718	4	147.50–183.00	$173.23	$1,244	—
855–878	870	3	179.00–185.00	$180.96	$1,574	—
1030	1030	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,802	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	154.00	$154.00	$755	—
800	800	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,288	—
970	970	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,426	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	207.50	$207.50	$820	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
387–388	388	9	269.00–275.00	$273.00	$1,059	—
453–490	463	5	233.00–281.00	$266.11	$1,232	—
525	525	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,208	—
638	638	2	217.00	$217.00	$1,384	—
700	700	2	223.00	$223.00	$1,561	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283	283	2	215.00	$215.00	$608	—
350	350	1	223.00	$223.00	$780	—
460	460	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,035	—
510	510	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,071	—
585	585	1	221.00	$221.00	$1,293	—
613–615	614	4	171.00–187.50	$175.14	$1,075	—
750–760	755	2	193.00	$193.00	$1,457	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–283	274	4	334.00–335.00	$334.48	$916	—
330	330	1	300.00	$300.00	$990	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,276	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1170	1120	80-85%	6	112.00–127.00	$117.60	$1,317	—
925–1405	1192	80-85%	12	80.00–100.50	$93.35	$1,113	-29.47
970–1525	1248	80-85%	41	101.00–112.50	$106.95	$1,335	-7.44

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–1780	1391	75-80%	30	108.00–119.00	$112.44	$1,564	—
945–2285	1533	75-80%	9	93.00–107.00	$103.17	$1,582	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840	840	85-90%	1	92.00	$92.00	$773	—
750–1145	897	85-90%	5	72.50–97.50	$89.17	$800	—
680–1455	990	85-90%	12	49.50–74.00	$64.48	$638	—
865–1525	1141	85-90%	15	75.00–90.50	$84.62	$966	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1602	1411	65-75%	5	154.00–169.00	$161.55	$2,279	+25.33
1372–1520	1424	65-75%	4	126.00–145.00	$133.98	$1,908	-2.24

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1770	1457	6	85.00–121.00	$108.62	$1,583	—
1565–2005	1750	11	115.00–133.50	$126.41	$2,212	—
1350–2200	1860	3	136.00–140.00	$137.58	$2,559	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1455	1395	4	130.00–142.00	$137.97	$1,925	-29.42
1340–1520	1417	6	155.00–169.00	$157.76	$2,235	+37.24
1205–1895	1477	28	143.00–158.00	$146.98	$2,171	+11.48
1380–1750	1518	3	142.00	$142.00	$2,156	—

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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.