Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 11, 2023

2,492 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $316.39/cwt +21.62 vs last sale · ≈ $1,827/hd at 577 lb · 72 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $281.93/cwt +5.89 vs last sale · ≈ $1,604/hd at 569 lb · 63 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $290.13/cwt +24.24 vs last sale · ≈ $1,520/hd at 524 lb · 62 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,492	1,701	2,740
Feeder cattle	1,140	1,092	1,610
Slaughter cattle	1,220	609	970
Replacement cattle	132	—	160

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–327	325	3	340.00–355.00	$350.07	$1,138	+29.19
330 fancy	330	1	372.50	$372.50	$1,229	—
398	398	7	345.00	$345.00	$1,373	—
410 fancy	410	2	347.50	$347.50	$1,425	—
408–440	432	27	319.00–346.00	$340.39	$1,470	+29.40
458–496	482	31	309.00–340.00	$319.55	$1,540	+13.84
510–549	526	59	292.00–323.00	$311.39	$1,638	+15.15
554 fancy	554	14	328.00	$328.00	$1,817	—
551–596	583	58	309.00–321.00	$313.59	$1,828	+19.37
600–649	608	39	283.00–313.50	$305.99	$1,860	+28.61
659–685	667	58	254.00–294.00	$285.50	$1,904	+21.50
705–744	732	58	242.00–282.00	$271.33	$1,986	+25.60
778	778	10	244.00–263.00	$255.40	$1,987	-4.15
811–835	826	50	250.00–257.00	$253.55	$2,094	—
850	850	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,955	—
915	915	1	219.00	$219.00	$2,004	-11.00
972–980	973	6	216.00–218.00	$217.66	$2,118	—
1000	1000	1	221.00	$221.00	$2,210	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–990	864	4	171.00–198.00	$187.08	$1,616	—
1100	1100	2	189.00	$189.00	$2,079	—
1095–1450	1218	24	145.00–182.00	$169.96	$2,070	-25.04
1305	1305	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,631	-62.95
1050–1675	1330	311	182.00–193.50	$188.72	$2,510	+9.21
1170–1565	1337	13	164.00–182.00	$174.54	$2,334	-4.97
1550	1550	1	195.00	$195.00	$3,022	—
1635–1770	1698	3	180.00–185.00	$182.27	$3,095	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	275.00	$275.00	$921	-25.00
355–390	379	7	230.00–287.50	$255.77	$969	-20.29
400–447	430	17	231.00–275.00	$254.59	$1,095	-30.06
450–495	477	9	222.50–292.50	$262.62	$1,253	-13.07
500–540	512	10	223.00–290.00	$252.57	$1,293	-19.39
550–595	573	17	220.00–285.00	$252.90	$1,449	-16.10
600–615	608	6	220.00–256.00	$238.52	$1,450	-32.33
650–690	667	6	226.00–260.00	$242.52	$1,618	-1.48
712–730	718	3	215.00–234.00	$227.56	$1,634	-9.16
825–840	833	2	201.00–222.00	$211.59	$1,763	—
910–930	920	2	184.00–201.00	$192.41	$1,770	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	243.00	$243.00	$680	—
380	380	1	215.00	$215.00	$817	-32.50
445	445	1	195.00	$195.00	$868	—
445	445	1	205.00	$205.00	$912	—
525	525	1	190.00	$190.00	$998	+1.52
500–545	534	4	181.00–211.00	$189.59	$1,012	+1.11
610–640	625	2	175.00–180.00	$177.44	$1,109	—
785	785	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,264	—
840	840	1	189.00	$189.00	$1,588	—
870–880	877	3	191.00–193.00	$191.66	$1,681	—
910–935	923	2	152.50–162.00	$157.19	$1,451	—
1075	1075	1	177.00	$177.00	$1,903	—

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	—
430–445	440	3	133.00–150.00	$138.54	$610	—
475	475	1	171.00	$171.00	$812	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,625	—
652	652	2	276.00	$276.00	$1,800	—
815	815	1	244.00	$244.00	$1,989	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	291.00	$291.00	$960	—
590 thin fleshed	590	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,268	—
615	615	1	244.00	$244.00	$1,501	-6.00
670	670	1	231.00	$231.00	$1,548	-34.75

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1187	1187	2	166.00	$166.00	$1,970	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–985	943	2	174.00–181.00	$177.66	$1,675	—
900–1005	965	3	95.00–137.50	$120.18	$1,160	-62.13
965–990	978	6	185.00–190.00	$187.16	$1,830	+4.85
1060	1060	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,929	—
955–1225	1084	12	140.00–178.00	$166.89	$1,809	—
1005–1490	1214	342	179.50–194.00	$187.54	$2,277	-0.20
1045–1620	1221	19	170.00–182.00	$178.61	$2,181	-9.13
1240–1265	1253	2	195.00	$195.00	$2,443	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359 fancy	359	20	339.00	$339.00	$1,217	—
408–448	442	42	257.50–300.00	$293.85	$1,299	+6.93
460–490	478	17	231.00–301.00	$290.84	$1,390	-1.17
500–530	524	62	265.00–301.00	$290.13	$1,520	+24.24
553–577	569	63	265.00–295.00	$281.93	$1,604	+5.89
605–646	631	47	245.00–266.00	$258.37	$1,630	+9.58
650–658	656	24	254.00–256.00	$255.50	$1,676	-0.15
700–735	707	19	235.00–261.00	$254.08	$1,796	+20.51
770–793	775	45	236.00–250.00	$246.60	$1,911	+7.53
813	813	3	241.00	$241.00	$1,959	—
871	871	40	236.25	$236.25	$2,058	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	280.00	$280.00	$616	+25.00
280	280	1	261.00	$261.00	$731	-1.50
300–340	320	2	260.00–282.50	$271.95	$870	+11.11
360–395	371	10	225.00–279.00	$262.41	$974	+6.94
410–445	427	18	223.00–267.00	$243.30	$1,039	-15.78
455–495	474	7	220.00–253.00	$238.40	$1,130	-23.00
500–545	524	19	223.00–257.00	$247.30	$1,296	-7.18
550–585	562	7	226.00–252.00	$238.49	$1,340	-15.05
605	605	1	232.00	$232.00	$1,404	-2.39
650–697	666	8	207.00–241.00	$219.13	$1,459	-15.08
700–735	712	3	230.00–231.00	$230.34	$1,640	—
756	756	3	226.00	$226.00	$1,709	—
860	860	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,729	—
1025	1025	1	191.00	$191.00	$1,958	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	250.00	$250.00	$562	—
250–297	281	3	237.50–247.00	$240.31	$675	—
341	341	3	247.00	$247.00	$842	—
415	415	1	210.00	$210.00	$872	-30.00
470	470	1	150.00	$150.00	$705	-72.50
505–540	526	5	155.00–207.50	$186.63	$982	-19.56
570	570	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,146	-30.00
650–685	664	4	166.00–201.00	$187.46	$1,245	—
790	790	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,193	—
865–885	875	2	145.00–174.00	$159.33	$1,394	-11.67
937–945	940	3	161.00–170.00	$166.98	$1,570	+5.98
1045	1045	1	169.00	$169.00	$1,766	—
1256	1256	3	173.00	$173.00	$2,173	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–430	426	4	145.00–187.50	$172.03	$733	-30.47
495	495	1	155.00	$155.00	$767	—
650	650	1	187.00	$187.00	$1,216	—
710–735	718	3	151.00–161.00	$157.59	$1,131	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–498	487	4	211.00–249.00	$240.13	$1,169	-10.87
600	600	1	219.00	$219.00	$1,314	-28.43
867–885	873	3	191.00–201.00	$197.62	$1,725	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615–645	625	3	231.00	$231.00	$1,444	—
750	750	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,875	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825	825	1	169.00	$169.00	$1,394	—
1185	1185	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,576	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	155.00	$155.00	$597	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	170.00	$170.00	$493	—
365–390	380	4	185.00–225.00	$206.32	$784	—
625	625	1	193.00	$193.00	$1,206	—
677	677	4	211.00	$211.00	$1,428	—
805–845	819	8	156.00–173.00	$160.02	$1,311	—
950	950	2	121.00	$121.00	$1,150	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–375	362	5	237.00–280.00	$267.05	$967	—
416–445	423	4	219.00–271.00	$257.33	$1,089	—
455	455	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,251	—
530	530	2	247.00	$247.00	$1,309	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1500	1500	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—
1450–1735	1543	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	5	1,989.00–2,500.00	$2,191.77	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755	755	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,321	—
1005	1005	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,457	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,154	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	187.50	$187.50	$919	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1085	1012	80-85%	3	123.00–135.00	$128.38	$1,299	+5.08
785–1485	1217	80-85%	26	80.00–104.00	$95.10	$1,157	-9.13
970–1610	1286	80-85%	55	95.00–116.00	$108.57	$1,396	—
1240–1440	1323	80-85%	7	117.00–124.00	$119.25	$1,578	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–1880	1473	75-80%	46	110.00–126.50	$119.43	$1,759	—
1120–1945	1556	75-80%	8	127.00–132.50	$128.99	$2,007	+4.32
1125–2340	1574	75-80%	7	85.00–114.50	$101.87	$1,603	-22.80

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–922	920	85-90%	3	96.00–105.00	$98.98	$911	—
790–1285	1046	85-90%	18	30.00–86.00	$71.90	$752	—
790–1480	1141	85-90%	19	72.00–97.00	$89.69	$1,023	+17.42
1085–1300	1203	85-90%	4	99.00–106.00	$101.87	$1,225	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1730	1389	65-75%	7	125.00–140.00	$132.75	$1,844	—
1140–1660	1412	65-75%	11	155.00–165.00	$160.41	$2,265	+20.41
1240–1710	1462	65-75%	3	105.00–110.00	$108.36	$1,584	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095	1095	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,456	—
1140–2105	1584	18	87.00–123.00	$111.60	$1,768	—
1290–2295	1818	14	126.00–135.00	$130.85	$2,379	—
1810–2055	1958	3	138.00–149.00	$142.81	$2,796	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
773 thin fleshed	773	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	725.00	$725.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
627 thin fleshed	627	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	650.00	$650.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085	1085	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,085.00	$1,085.00

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Bred Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1095	1095	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1350	1350	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,800.00	$1,800.00
1350	1350	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,850.00	$1,850.00
1405	1405	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00
1315–1727	1450	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,500.00–2,400.00	$1,940.43
1665	1665	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,850.00	$1,850.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
801	801	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	800.00	$800.00
830 thin fleshed	830	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	900.00	$900.00
961 thin fleshed	961	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	950.00	$950.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
898 thin fleshed	898	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,200.00	$1,200.00
965 thin fleshed	965	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	850.00	$850.00
1057	1057	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,300.00	$1,300.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

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Bred Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995	995	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00
993–1300	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,350.00–1,600.00	$1,425.95
1167	1167	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,500.00	$1,500.00
1027–1645	1274	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	55	1,300.00–3,000.00	$2,418.90

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885 thin fleshed	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	950.00	$950.00
910	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1500	1283	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,900.00–2,850.00	$2,299.61	—
1265–1420	1353	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,000.00–2,550.00	$2,272.40	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1250	1192	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,050.00–2,400.00	$2,264.49	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1280	1228	3	131.00–140.00	$135.68	$1,666	+5.68
1295	1295	2	156.00	$156.00	$2,020	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	217.50	$217.50	$903	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1275	1253	2	150.00–153.00	$151.47	$1,898	—
1165–1455	1302	9	131.00–144.00	$140.33	$1,827	—
1220–1670	1410	3	120.00–129.00	$124.18	$1,751	-9.88
1345–1630	1473	6	135.00–144.00	$140.70	$2,073	+1.40
1170–1835	1528	19	145.00–160.00	$149.43	$2,283	-4.13
1565	1565	1	160.00	$160.00	$2,504	—

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Heifer Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975–1250	1067	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,200.00–2,400.00	$1,668.75	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
650	650	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	550.00	$550.00	—

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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.