Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 19, 2024

1,684 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $249.68/cwt +3.57 vs last sale · ≈ $1,815/hd at 727 lb · 78 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $237.98/cwt -6.76 vs last sale · ≈ $1,499/hd at 630 lb · 60 head

heavy 9-weight L 1-2 steers $215.00/cwt ≈ $2,042/hd at 950 lb · 53 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,684	2,720	942
Feeder cattle	872	1,800	166
Slaughter cattle	812	920	776

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	317.50	$317.50	$841	—
360–390	377	4	302.00–326.00	$317.16	$1,196	-15.09
400–447	423	19	283.00–337.50	$314.87	$1,332	-11.02
475–495	485	6	273.00–313.00	$298.05	$1,446	-30.63
508–540	522	28	255.00–299.00	$274.29	$1,432	-37.03
535	535	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,418	-46.32
555–595	577	35	256.00–290.00	$271.40	$1,566	-14.49
608–645	621	39	251.00–287.00	$266.05	$1,652	-5.20
653–688	666	45	230.00–258.00	$249.17	$1,659	-13.37
712–745	727	78	235.50–258.00	$249.68	$1,815	+3.57
765	765	3	245.00	$245.00	$1,874	-7.38
847	847	3	221.00	$221.00	$1,872	-16.10
858–889	874	12	210.00–214.00	$212.04	$1,853	-19.13

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1615	1326	13	146.00–175.00	$168.53	$2,235	+6.14
1175–1535	1398	11	165.00–176.00	$173.85	$2,430	—
1167–1620	1509	203	176.00–188.00	$183.11	$2,763	—
1560	1560	3	189.50	$189.50	$2,956	—
1635–1875	1760	4	150.00–176.00	$162.34	$2,857	-0.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
707–741	726	14	185.00–229.00	$210.65	$1,529	—
950	950	53	215.00	$215.00	$2,042	—
1177	1177	9	178.50	$178.50	$2,101	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	295.00	$295.00	$796	—
323–330	327	6	270.00–280.00	$274.96	$899	-8.23
370	370	1	265.00	$265.00	$980	+9.47
410	410	1	235.00	$235.00	$964	-15.51
440	440	1	249.00	$249.00	$1,096	-1.51
495	495	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,262	-11.61
503–520	509	5	230.00–255.00	$246.85	$1,256	-1.21
560	560	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,288	-17.61
550–585	573	6	210.00–253.00	$242.34	$1,389	-5.27
667–675	671	8	211.00–230.00	$221.66	$1,487	-6.81
700–745	725	5	205.00–224.00	$214.12	$1,552	-13.35
750–790	781	10	212.00–228.00	$215.80	$1,685	+19.80
803	803	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,486	-27.00
990–995	993	2	190.00–196.00	$193.01	$1,917	+12.99

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	255.00	$255.00	$752	—
425	425	1	200.00	$200.00	$850	-7.50
580	580	1	174.00	$174.00	$1,009	—
625–640	636	4	184.00–189.00	$187.77	$1,194	-27.23
700	700	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,172	-33.50
770	770	7	181.00	$181.00	$1,394	+5.58
840	840	1	172.00	$172.00	$1,445	-14.98
850	850	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,368	—
850–883	872	3	150.00–190.00	$177.00	$1,543	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,019	—
730	730	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,095	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	130.00	$130.00	$708	—
725	725	1	134.00	$134.00	$972	-35.95

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	230.00	$230.00	$897	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	290.00	$290.00	$841	—
300–344	322	5	275.00–290.00	$283.11	$912	+21.34
365–390	379	11	258.00–286.00	$276.61	$1,048	+8.99
400–438	421	25	247.50–289.00	$273.17	$1,150	+3.49
450–495	482	22	253.00–267.00	$259.94	$1,253	+4.47
503–547	536	26	239.50–261.00	$253.40	$1,358	-11.07
553–588	579	38	238.00–255.00	$242.25	$1,403	-13.17
603–642	630	60	225.00–246.00	$237.98	$1,499	-6.76
664–680	667	18	224.00–232.00	$229.87	$1,533	-5.95
675	675	2	231.00	$231.00	$1,559	-4.82
760	760	2	221.00	$221.00	$1,680	±0.00
773–797	785	16	200.00–215.00	$207.39	$1,628	-13.61
808	808	2	202.00	$202.00	$1,632	-8.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1210	1122	3	120.00–131.00	$127.53	$1,431	—
1030–1275	1129	10	158.50–175.00	$164.93	$1,862	—
1175–1435	1284	5	171.00–175.00	$174.08	$2,235	—
1110–1590	1351	194	176.00–189.00	$181.92	$2,458	—
1480	1480	4	190.00	$190.00	$2,812	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	2	257.50	$257.50	$605	—
355–390	373	6	205.00–250.00	$237.31	$885	-4.19
415–445	435	4	230.00–251.00	$239.86	$1,043	+2.13
455–490	479	22	229.00–245.00	$235.04	$1,126	+6.79
480 unweaned	480	2	245.00	$245.00	$1,176	—
535	535	3	226.00–231.00	$229.33	$1,227	+0.68
540	540	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,202	-6.15
565 unweaned	565	1	213.00	$213.00	$1,203	—
575–587	584	4	209.00–223.00	$212.45	$1,241	-21.02
605–625	611	5	200.00–215.00	$208.63	$1,275	-10.17
620	620	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,333	-3.80
650–679	673	5	190.00–217.50	$212.19	$1,428	-7.07
700–731	724	10	195.00–219.00	$205.25	$1,486	-11.75
755–780	772	3	211.00–224.00	$219.76	$1,697	+23.25
775–778	777	4	215.00–216.00	$215.25	$1,672	+18.74
846	846	8	182.50	$182.50	$1,544	—
875	875	1	209.00	$209.00	$1,829	+4.00
880	880	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,672	-15.00
1010	1010	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,515	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
658	658	6	210.00	$210.00	$1,382	—
815	815	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,548	—
860	860	40	216.25	$216.25	$1,860	—
1046	1046	15	192.25	$192.25	$2,011	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	190.00	$190.00	$998	-3.15
610	610	1	154.00	$154.00	$939	-5.00
640	640	3	191.00–201.00	$194.33	$1,244	+35.33
660	660	3	155.00–178.00	$162.67	$1,074	—
690	690	2	186.00	$186.00	$1,283	—
725	725	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,232	-6.17
753	753	2	164.00	$164.00	$1,235	-8.51
750–763	761	6	180.00–190.00	$188.36	$1,433	+15.85
840	840	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,554	+12.33
920	920	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,219	-40.44

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	140.00	$140.00	$560	-11.00
655–690	673	2	137.50–160.00	$149.04	$1,003	—
760	760	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,254	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1043	1043	2	132.50	$132.50	$1,382	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	215.00	$215.00	$924	—
525–535	530	2	200.00–205.00	$202.48	$1,073	—
580	580	1	165.00	$165.00	$957	-15.00
750	750	3	165.00–170.00	$166.67	$1,250	—
828	828	2	164.00	$164.00	$1,358	+32.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–493	480	3	235.00–271.00	$259.63	$1,246	—
503 unweaned	503	2	232.00	$232.00	$1,167	—
550–593	572	2	207.50–222.50	$214.72	$1,228	-15.28

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1860	1273	80-85%	16	95.00–110.00	$105.22	$1,339	+11.23
1040–1640	1299	80-85%	38	111.00–122.00	$117.35	$1,524	+23.36
1335–1440	1400	80-85%	4	123.00–129.00	$125.03	$1,750	—
1440	1440	80-85%	1	25.00	$25.00	$360	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1875	1522	75-80%	31	120.00–132.00	$125.83	$1,915	+7.55
1240–1745	1574	75-80%	8	108.00–119.00	$114.96	$1,809	—
1470–1830	1645	75-80%	6	132.00–137.00	$133.98	$2,204	+6.95

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1150	835	85-90%	4	62.50–87.50	$75.04	$627	—
890	890	85-90%	2	107.00	$107.00	$952	—
885–1155	1021	85-90%	4	103.00–107.50	$105.76	$1,080	+31.48
1035–1290	1159	85-90%	11	89.00–98.00	$94.54	$1,096	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1520	1416	65-75%	7	150.00–165.00	$158.79	$2,248	—
1330–1550	1436	65-75%	5	129.00–148.00	$136.29	$1,957	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820	820	1	105.00	$105.00	$861	—
1040–1945	1460	8	105.00–125.00	$115.29	$1,683	—
1605–2630	2028	8	127.00–139.00	$133.37	$2,705	—
2010–2345	2159	4	140.00–151.00	$145.90	$3,150	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1500	1500	1	149.00	$149.00	$2,235	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1590	1438	3	126.00–135.00	$130.53	$1,877	-16.29
1330–1652	1497	42	144.00–160.00	$148.86	$2,228	+15.85
1780–1825	1805	3	130.00–142.00	$138.06	$2,492	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
973	973	4	100.00	$100.00	$973	—

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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.