Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 4, 2023

1,701 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $264.00/cwt -4.06 vs last sale · ≈ $1,816/hd at 688 lb · 76 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $310.99/cwt -6.67 vs last sale · ≈ $1,371/hd at 441 lb · 64 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $239.07/cwt +16.79 vs last sale · ≈ $1,879/hd at 786 lb · 61 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,701	2,199	1,903
Feeder cattle	1,092	987	990
Slaughter cattle	609	1,212	913

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
272–280	276	4	342.50–345.00	$343.73	$949	+3.73
325–340	333	2	305.00–337.50	$320.88	$1,069	—
350–370	356	30	307.50–337.50	$324.78	$1,156	+9.29
415–447	441	64	300.00–332.50	$310.99	$1,371	-1.43
450–495	474	31	291.00–325.00	$305.71	$1,449	-1.51
500–545	522	45	285.00–301.00	$296.24	$1,546	-7.44
550–598	582	56	275.00–301.00	$294.22	$1,712	+13.20
586 thin fleshed	586	5	301.00	$301.00	$1,764	—
600–647	629	34	265.00–286.00	$277.38	$1,745	+18.74
651–695	688	76	260.00–291.00	$264.00	$1,816	-4.06
705–735	714	7	235.00–267.50	$245.73	$1,755	-9.49
750–757	752	7	251.00–263.00	$259.55	$1,952	-1.10
918	918	53	230.00	$230.00	$2,111	+19.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915	915	1	112.50	$112.50	$1,029	—
965–1305	1197	10	159.00–182.00	$175.17	$2,097	+42.54
1205	1205	1	195.00	$195.00	$2,350	+23.27
1285	1285	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,670	—
1100–1575	1309	115	183.00–194.00	$187.95	$2,460	+0.98
1251–1475	1332	9	174.00–182.00	$179.51	$2,391	+3.59
1660	1660	1	150.00	$150.00	$2,490	-24.54
1705	1705	1	187.00	$187.00	$3,188	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	2	320.00	$320.00	$736	—
348	348	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,044	-13.53
355–395	381	6	267.50–287.50	$276.06	$1,052	-19.29
420–445	435	10	242.50–290.00	$284.65	$1,238	+46.34
450–495	481	28	235.00–290.00	$275.69	$1,326	+27.55
525–547	537	8	250.00–286.00	$271.96	$1,460	+25.54
550 thin fleshed	550	4	290.00	$290.00	$1,595	—
586	586	3	269.00	$269.00	$1,576	+9.15
557–595	587	40	242.50–290.00	$274.49	$1,611	+14.64
605–635	618	8	250.00–275.00	$270.85	$1,674	+30.98
675	675	2	244.00	$244.00	$1,647	+6.17
675–695	684	5	250.00–272.50	$256.47	$1,754	+18.64
735–746	740	9	226.00–250.00	$236.72	$1,752	+19.02
785	785	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,578	-30.25

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	247.50	$247.50	$978	—
465–485	475	2	232.00–250.00	$240.81	$1,144	+15.96
500–540	518	4	172.50–202.50	$188.48	$976	-34.03
550	550	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,031	—
680–685	683	2	211.00–220.00	$215.48	$1,472	+12.59
700	700	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,435	+2.55

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,593	+49.00
630	630	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,575	—
693–695	694	4	265.00–266.00	$265.75	$1,844	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	202.50	$202.50	$972	—
675	675	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,350	—
860	860	1	191.00	$191.00	$1,643	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	207.50	$207.50	$550	-1.62
690	690	1	181.00	$181.00	$1,249	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,365	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–349	336	9	292.50–322.50	$301.73	$1,014	—
351–375	355	6	297.50	$297.50	$1,056	+21.50
405–432	425	9	277.50–300.00	$286.92	$1,219	+20.12
456–495	478	28	270.00–307.50	$292.01	$1,396	+34.74
508–540	528	41	250.00–292.50	$265.89	$1,404	+1.81
551–595	575	26	247.50–290.00	$276.04	$1,587	+30.14
605–648	626	57	242.00–267.50	$248.79	$1,557	-0.03
660–697	671	15	237.50–269.00	$255.65	$1,715	+8.13
711–743	726	10	220.00–245.00	$233.57	$1,696	-0.69
750–788	786	61	211.00–240.00	$239.07	$1,879	+16.79

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1000	977	3	180.00–185.00	$182.31	$1,781	+12.90
925–1279	1131	11	164.00–180.00	$175.15	$1,981	+45.14
990–1295	1143	5	110.00–130.00	$115.20	$1,317	-14.81
1065–1310	1150	5	175.00–182.00	$178.65	$2,054	—
1005–1485	1206	147	183.00–193.00	$187.74	$2,264	+0.40

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	255.00	$255.00	$625	+5.05
290	290	1	262.50	$262.50	$761	-1.43
305–325	320	4	252.50–287.50	$260.84	$835	+12.20
350–368	363	7	250.00–280.00	$255.47	$927	+7.55
400–445	421	9	250.00–267.50	$259.08	$1,091	+18.08
441 thin fleshed	441	14	261.00	$261.00	$1,151	—
450–495	464	13	252.50–272.50	$261.40	$1,213	+25.07
500–535	524	39	230.00–263.00	$254.48	$1,333	+21.24
547 thin fleshed	547	6	240.00	$240.00	$1,313	—
555–592	586	25	220.00–262.00	$253.54	$1,486	+14.85
614 thin fleshed	614	6	241.00	$241.00	$1,480	—
605–640	627	3	222.50–250.00	$234.39	$1,470	+10.40
670–695	685	14	222.50–240.00	$234.21	$1,604	+15.56
795	795	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,670	-0.18

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	251.00	$251.00	$1,155	—
550	550	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,430	—
605–630	618	3	237.50–255.00	$247.43	$1,529	—
660–670	665	2	237.50	$237.50	$1,579	—
835	835	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,678	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,008	+47.05
495	495	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,101	+21.85
505–515	510	2	200.00–212.50	$206.19	$1,052	+22.48
550	550	1	231.00	$231.00	$1,270	—
865	865	1	171.00	$171.00	$1,479	—
915	915	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,473	-24.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	202.50	$202.50	$810	+50.87
575	575	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,035	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	292.00	$292.00	$788	—
330	330	1	275.00	$275.00	$908	—
550	550	1	277.50	$277.50	$1,526	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1185	1001	80-85%	4	113.50–150.00	$123.30	$1,234	—
1040–1350	1212	80-85%	3	110.00–125.00	$116.25	$1,409	+27.40
1005–1530	1218	80-85%	23	95.00–112.00	$104.23	$1,270	+15.38
925–1470	1235	80-85%	10	62.00–99.00	$88.85	$1,097	±0.00

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1800	1449	75-80%	5	80.00–110.00	$98.51	$1,427	—
1250–1905	1502	75-80%	29	105.00–123.00	$116.99	$1,757	—
1290–1875	1570	75-80%	4	124.00–126.00	$124.67	$1,957	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895	895	85-90%	1	100.00	$100.00	$895	—
920–1070	995	85-90%	2	95.00–100.00	$97.69	$972	+24.98
805–1295	1139	85-90%	6	61.00–79.00	$72.27	$823	—
925–1320	1171	85-90%	7	70.00–94.50	$84.50	$989	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290	1290	65-75%	1	160.00	$160.00	$2,064	—
1445	1445	65-75%	1	140.00	$140.00	$2,023	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1048	1048	3	103.00	$103.00	$1,079	-28.34
1070–1985	1459	8	98.00–122.00	$111.43	$1,626	—
940–2350	1635	14	119.00–135.00	$128.83	$2,106	+2.23
1395–2155	1656	5	136.00–143.00	$139.09	$2,303	+26.46

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245	1245	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,618	—
1310–1320	1315	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,972	+39.64

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Dairy Steers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	172.50	$172.50	$724	—
490	490	2	152.50–172.50	$162.50	$796	—
501–537	514	25	152.50–179.00	$174.84	$899	—
552–580	560	7	162.50–172.50	$166.87	$934	—
621	621	4	162.50	$162.50	$1,009	—
788	788	21	177.50	$177.50	$1,399	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1250	1210	3	157.00–160.00	$159.02	$1,924	—
1240–1630	1404	5	122.00–142.00	$134.06	$1,882	-1.13
1380–1550	1472	3	138.00–140.00	$139.30	$2,050	-20.70
1325–1613	1517	15	142.00–160.00	$153.56	$2,330	+4.82

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
634	634	24	190.00	$190.00	$1,205	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	102.50	$102.50	$482	—
530	530	1	102.50	$102.50	$543	—
570	570	1	132.50	$132.50	$755	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	152.50	$152.50	$480	—
375	375	1	172.50	$172.50	$647	—

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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.