Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 2, 2023

1,452 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $259.55/cwt -3.36 vs last sale · ≈ $1,879/hd at 724 lb · 78 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $286.67/cwt -21.39 vs last sale · ≈ $1,473/hd at 514 lb · 57 head

heavy 9-weight M&L 1 steers $234.50/cwt ≈ $2,235/hd at 953 lb · 56 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,452	2,227	1,215
Feeder cattle	679	1,411	556
Slaughter cattle	685	816	659
Replacement cattle	88	—	0

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	3	330.00	$330.00	$1,142	—
405–430	411	10	283.00–316.00	$299.52	$1,231	-13.81
467–495	484	11	290.00–301.00	$294.74	$1,427	-28.62
500–532	514	57	256.00–301.00	$286.67	$1,473	-21.39
555	555	11	286.00	$286.00	$1,587	—
605–645	629	16	240.00–253.00	$251.99	$1,585	-16.19
659–687	664	24	244.00–264.00	$260.58	$1,730	—
710–744	724	78	241.00–264.00	$259.55	$1,879	-3.36
800–836	828	47	239.50–245.00	$240.74	$1,993	-17.95
876	876	11	230.00	$230.00	$2,015	-24.84
953	953	56	234.50	$234.50	$2,235	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150	1150	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,506	—
1080–1305	1186	6	131.00–141.00	$134.47	$1,595	—
1110–1625	1332	13	146.00–175.00	$159.06	$2,119	+30.87
1015–1663	1407	115	175.00–190.00	$183.68	$2,584	—
1242–1595	1432	24	140.00–178.00	$170.09	$2,436	-19.39
1695–1870	1749	10	150.00–167.00	$163.29	$2,856	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	305.00	$305.00	$778	-29.00
350	350	1	292.50	$292.50	$1,024	+20.51
405–420	412	3	245.00–273.00	$259.40	$1,069	-32.98
455–495	469	9	235.00–277.00	$256.80	$1,204	-11.91
505–540	531	9	232.50–264.00	$249.93	$1,327	-25.52
550–590	564	53	231.00–272.50	$260.40	$1,469	-13.21
605–635	613	16	228.00–250.00	$243.93	$1,495	-4.37
620	620	1	221.00	$221.00	$1,370	-27.30
675	675	1	221.00	$221.00	$1,492	-20.16
745	745	1	227.00	$227.00	$1,691	-0.97
815–840	828	2	200.00–201.00	$200.51	$1,660	-37.44
895	895	1	219.00	$219.00	$1,960	-13.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–485	475	3	201.00–226.00	$209.66	$996	-21.34
550–595	575	3	221.00–227.00	$224.61	$1,292	-0.92
565–582	576	4	200.00–217.00	$207.41	$1,195	-18.12
611–625	615	4	215.00–218.00	$217.24	$1,336	-8.26
650	650	1	226.00	$226.00	$1,469	—
660–690	675	2	211.00–214.00	$212.47	$1,434	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
731	731	4	221.00	$221.00	$1,616	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	173.00	$173.00	$891	-10.00
640	640	1	181.00	$181.00	$1,158	+9.00

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	219.00	$219.00	$1,358	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610	610	1	157.00	$157.00	$958	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845	845	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,208	—
910	910	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,592	+60.57
875–1255	1065	2	136.00–140.00	$138.36	$1,474	—
1052–1275	1139	16	155.00–175.00	$169.39	$1,929	+10.05
1040–1525	1240	123	178.00–189.00	$183.85	$2,280	-1.03
1200–1420	1263	11	166.00–175.00	$171.11	$2,161	-4.98

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–440	428	7	259.00–271.00	$261.15	$1,118	-14.34
450–485	469	11	253.00–269.00	$262.15	$1,229	-2.29
505–527	520	3	241.00–247.00	$242.94	$1,263	-15.18
550	550	4	243.00	$243.00	$1,336	—
633	633	4	231.00	$231.00	$1,462	-26.43
678	678	9	238.00	$238.00	$1,614	-7.34
700–744	736	54	220.00–240.00	$223.07	$1,642	-27.85
790	790	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,738	-33.17

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	271	4	251.00–267.50	$259.41	$703	-23.09
315	315	1	259.00	$259.00	$816	-15.09
350–390	374	7	239.00–267.00	$251.23	$940	-33.87
420	420	1	235.00	$235.00	$987	+8.28
470–493	488	5	230.00–231.00	$230.39	$1,124	-6.74
505–525	517	5	207.00–231.00	$218.07	$1,127	-21.11
552–599	567	36	204.00–245.00	$236.65	$1,342	+0.40
600–615	603	11	217.00–236.00	$232.94	$1,405	+27.94
660–665	663	2	216.00–223.00	$219.49	$1,455	+13.49
715	715	2	217.00	$217.00	$1,552	-8.00
795	795	1	209.00	$209.00	$1,662	—
835	835	3	202.00	$202.00	$1,687	-14.01

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–391	386	4	213.00–219.00	$217.56	$840	+4.47
440	440	1	207.50	$207.50	$913	—
465	465	1	201.00	$201.00	$935	+1.00
500–535	518	4	165.00–205.00	$182.57	$946	-22.43
558	558	3	178.00	$178.00	$993	-17.62
620	620	1	161.00	$161.00	$998	—
680	680	1	173.00	$173.00	$1,176	—
793	793	3	155.00	$155.00	$1,229	—
945	945	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,323	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	157.00	$157.00	$926	-8.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	4	283.00–284.00	$283.25	$864	—
510–545	525	3	212.50–249.00	$225.76	$1,185	-21.74
625	625	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,250	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	147.50	$147.50	$826	—
575	575	2	191.00	$191.00	$1,098	—
647	647	2	181.00	$181.00	$1,171	—
695	695	1	189.00	$189.00	$1,314	—
960	960	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,411	—
1095	1095	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,522	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1302–1710	1438	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	1,700.00–2,300.00	$1,937.83	—
1870	1870	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120	1120	80-85%	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,355	—
905–1585	1260	80-85%	24	77.00–93.00	$86.63	$1,092	-6.54
1185–1415	1289	80-85%	6	106.00–118.00	$110.22	$1,421	+17.05
1090–1585	1333	80-85%	32	87.00–104.00	$97.82	$1,304	-16.63

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1440	1123	85-90%	13	50.00–73.00	$66.62	$748	-18.85
915–1405	1133	85-90%	20	70.00–85.00	$78.99	$895	-6.48
1050–1205	1143	85-90%	3	86.00–87.00	$86.66	$991	+1.19

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1565	1342	75-80%	10	70.00–96.00	$88.12	$1,183	—
1240–1735	1541	75-80%	17	100.00–109.00	$105.06	$1,619	—
1600–1695	1648	75-80%	2	115.00–120.00	$117.57	$1,938	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1412–1430	1418	65-75%	3	131.00–142.00	$138.30	$1,961	—
1590–1695	1643	65-75%	2	156.00–161.00	$158.58	$2,605	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1197–1835	1435	4	120.25–126.00	$123.85	$1,777	—
1255–2015	1611	8	101.00–117.00	$111.61	$1,798	—
1945	1945	1	140.00	$140.00	$2,723	—

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Bred Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00
1153–1209	1176	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	1,750.00–1,850.00	$1,792.82
1185–1340	1265	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,800.00–2,000.00	$1,917.64
1295	1295	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00
1345–1515	1430	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,450.00–1,675.00	$1,569.19
1485–1710	1595	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,400.00–2,175.00	$1,912.76

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00

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Bred Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00
1140	1140	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00
1155–1291	1238	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,375.00–2,600.00	$2,183.71
1245	1245	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810	810	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00

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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	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—
1090–1290	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	1,950.00–2,250.00	$2,123.67	—
1100–1415	1235	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	2,400.00–3,150.00	$2,652.78	—
1100–1600	1350	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,700.00–2,600.00	$2,233.33	—
1375–1500	1438	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,750.00–2,900.00	$2,300.00	—
1500	1500	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—
1500	1500	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,450.00	$2,450.00	—
1520	1520	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900 thin fleshed	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00	—
980–1000	992	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	2,300.00–2,600.00	$2,418.55	—
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,025.00	$2,025.00	—
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,050.00	$2,050.00	—
1100–1185	1143	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,850.00–1,900.00	$1,874.07	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–1425	1355	2	130.00–140.00	$134.74	$1,826	-1.25
1405	1405	1	160.00	$160.00	$2,248	+17.67
1205–1740	1445	34	145.00–155.00	$150.27	$2,171	+7.94

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Heifer Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050–1075	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	2,050.00–2,500.00	$2,317.45	—
1100–1150	1121	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	2,700.00–3,150.00	$3,065.92	—

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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.