Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 8, 2024

2,012 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $230.05/cwt -18.47 vs last sale · ≈ $1,679/hd at 730 lb · 78 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $234.85/cwt -4.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,618/hd at 689 lb · 70 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $286.65/cwt +18.08 vs last sale · ≈ $1,625/hd at 567 lb · 61 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,012	2,577	2,886
Feeder cattle	923	1,412	1,603
Slaughter cattle	1,089	1,013	1,283
Replacement cattle	—	152	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	273.00	$273.00	$983	-14.09
380 fancy	380	2	335.00	$335.00	$1,273	—
445	445	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,179	-32.64
450–480 fancy	462	15	317.00–325.00	$320.97	$1,483	+3.97
475–492	479	10	279.00–308.00	$302.68	$1,450	+34.43
520 fancy	520	2	315.00	$315.00	$1,638	+4.00
522–540	529	21	265.00–309.00	$300.00	$1,587	+22.32
552 fancy	552	20	314.00	$314.00	$1,733	—
550–591	574	41	262.00–289.00	$273.31	$1,569	+4.74
600–645	623	47	229.00–249.00	$240.98	$1,501	-4.32
651–695	689	70	227.00–239.00	$234.85	$1,618	-4.00
701–744	730	78	220.00–232.75	$230.05	$1,679	-6.68
789–793	791	36	220.00	$220.00	$1,740	-15.19
836	836	32	217.00	$217.00	$1,814	-5.11

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1000	965	2	141.00–145.00	$142.93	$1,379	—
1025–1370	1212	24	130.00–169.50	$150.33	$1,822	—
1050–1390	1244	8	110.00–131.00	$121.92	$1,517	—
1185–1570	1371	14	148.00–168.50	$158.64	$2,175	-8.25
1110–1653	1446	226	165.00–181.50	$172.21	$2,490	—
1300–1555	1482	7	179.50–180.00	$179.63	$2,662	+5.46
1600–1935	1727	10	100.00–166.00	$154.85	$2,674	-8.87
1840–1975	1908	2	110.00–125.00	$117.23	$2,237	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	221.00	$221.00	$829	+0.69
420	420	1	251.00	$251.00	$1,054	+26.00
470	470	1	239.00	$239.00	$1,123	—
545–546	546	4	240.00–245.00	$241.25	$1,317	+10.92
552–596	577	30	215.00–259.00	$242.16	$1,397	+8.46
614–638	624	11	209.00–225.00	$212.11	$1,324	-8.40
670	670	1	204.00	$204.00	$1,367	-5.52
700–745	738	13	211.00–223.00	$212.29	$1,567	-0.11
750	750	2	201.00	$201.00	$1,508	-5.95
816–845	822	11	197.00–201.00	$198.99	$1,636	-1.01
855	855	1	188.00	$188.00	$1,607	-1.07
855–873	871	10	191.00–192.00	$191.90	$1,671	+2.83

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	223.00	$223.00	$647	+68.00
525–540	535	3	180.00–204.00	$194.29	$1,039	—
632	632	2	171.00	$171.00	$1,081	-16.36
690	690	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,256	+13.00
706–735	718	7	181.00–190.00	$183.62	$1,318	+2.81
790	790	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,090	-37.97
803–835	810	14	171.00–185.00	$179.88	$1,457	-4.62
850–885	867	5	161.00–176.00	$168.19	$1,458	-4.81
930	930	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,507	-9.02

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	155.00	$155.00	$558	-22.50
520	520	1	152.00	$152.00	$790	-15.50
605	605	1	157.00	$157.00	$950	—
685	685	1	145.00	$145.00	$993	—
725	725	1	131.00	$131.00	$950	—
805	805	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,119	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665	665	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,210	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920	920	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,334	+31.47
990	990	1	153.00	$153.00	$1,515	—
907–1245	1039	10	97.50–132.50	$120.07	$1,248	—
1040	1040	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,716	—
930–1340	1156	23	130.00–169.00	$154.28	$1,783	—
1060–1635	1317	197	165.00–179.00	$171.10	$2,253	+7.86
1045–1625	1353	9	145.00–167.00	$159.03	$2,152	—
1238–1585	1377	5	178.50–187.50	$180.78	$2,489	—
1630	1630	1	150.00	$150.00	$2,445	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–365	360	3	247.00–273.00	$256.98	$925	+16.28
419–446	429	16	235.00–292.00	$271.61	$1,165	+31.62
450–491	470	15	243.00–275.00	$267.00	$1,255	+28.39
500–540	523	59	235.00–267.00	$256.95	$1,344	+12.95
550–588	561	46	227.00–257.00	$239.36	$1,343	+1.47
600–633	618	15	218.00–228.00	$222.95	$1,378	-8.93
665–679	670	54	207.00–224.00	$218.25	$1,462	-9.53
767	767	12	200.00	$200.00	$1,534	-8.67

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	210.00	$210.00	$682	-19.13
370–380	372	5	227.00–242.50	$230.47	$857	+18.54
435	435	1	221.00	$221.00	$961	+7.31
450–493	475	10	217.50–225.00	$222.97	$1,059	+3.55
507–540	524	4	221.00–225.00	$223.19	$1,170	+5.70
554–595	565	13	207.00–221.00	$219.41	$1,240	-0.64
610–645	632	9	205.00–215.00	$211.46	$1,336	-4.77
650–690	669	47	204.00–216.00	$209.04	$1,398	+7.70
715–720	718	3	184.00–197.00	$188.31	$1,352	-1.69
757	757	4	195.00	$195.00	$1,476	+1.99

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	3	179.00	$179.00	$582	-10.46
460–465	463	3	183.00–205.00	$194.33	$900	-0.56
512–515	513	3	187.00–202.00	$192.02	$985	+4.69
573–577	575	5	153.00–176.00	$166.76	$959	-27.88
600–632	625	7	161.00–193.00	$171.59	$1,072	+10.59
658–696	675	12	157.00–195.00	$184.74	$1,247	+6.51
702–715	710	9	176.00–183.00	$179.10	$1,272	+2.17
755–790	776	4	155.00–186.00	$172.15	$1,336	-7.55
820	820	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,320	-13.00
880	880	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,329	-8.76
916	916	3	155.00	$155.00	$1,420	—
960	960	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,354	-5.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	2	179.00	$179.00	$603	+14.00
450	450	1	151.00	$151.00	$680	—
885	885	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,159	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	173.00	$173.00	$701	-60.66
538–540	538	7	192.00–199.00	$193.00	$1,038	-18.70

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	1	151.00	$151.00	$966	-8.31
690	690	3	137.00	$137.00	$945	-14.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	151.00	$151.00	$461	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–1300	1098	80-85%	8	112.00–132.50	$117.03	$1,285	+14.48
940–1740	1312	80-85%	28	52.50–96.00	$88.45	$1,160	-0.82
1070–1600	1318	80-85%	58	96.00–109.00	$103.28	$1,361	+14.01
1200–1530	1356	80-85%	14	110.00–122.50	$111.95	$1,518	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185	1185	75-80%	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,469	—
1290–1690	1472	75-80%	10	102.00–111.00	$104.86	$1,544	+7.24
1215–1885	1528	75-80%	57	105.00–119.00	$114.75	$1,753	—
1305–1800	1646	75-80%	18	120.00–124.00	$121.23	$1,995	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1285	1093	85-90%	3	90.00–92.00	$90.71	$991	—
845–1310	1099	85-90%	14	40.00–77.00	$67.41	$741	—
725–1310	1103	85-90%	19	76.00–89.00	$82.24	$907	+6.87

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1645	1448	65-75%	6	91.00–116.00	$101.58	$1,471	+1.58
1220–1800	1461	65-75%	12	124.00–147.50	$130.39	$1,905	—
1145–1665	1463	65-75%	4	149.00–162.50	$154.99	$2,268	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1400	1308	2	156.00	$156.00	$2,040	—
1430–2105	1729	8	100.00–127.00	$119.31	$2,063	—
1545–2195	1796	6	101.00–113.00	$107.31	$1,927	—
1980–2235	2065	3	134.00–136.00	$135.36	$2,795	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110	1110	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,110	—
1325	1325	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,855	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1560	1442	3	130.00–138.00	$132.46	$1,910	-5.34
1455–1510	1483	2	101.00–110.00	$105.42	$1,563	—
1350–1760	1493	34	140.00–150.00	$142.72	$2,131	—
1310–1640	1498	9	120.00–144.00	$131.56	$1,971	—
1480–1585	1545	4	90.00–120.00	$107.77	$1,665	-43.90

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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.