Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 1, 2024

2,040 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $309.57/cwt +7.27 vs last sale · ≈ $1,624/hd at 525 lb · 67 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $230.73/cwt -11.60 vs last sale · ≈ $2,033/hd at 881 lb · 64 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $320.25/cwt -10.23 vs last sale · ≈ $1,660/hd at 518 lb · 48 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,040	2,751	1,565
Feeder cattle	923	1,789	0
Slaughter cattle	932	962	830
Replacement cattle	185	—	735

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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	352.50	$352.50	$934	+7.38
300–348	332	6	315.00–352.50	$341.09	$1,132	-25.18
352–390	374	10	300.00–351.00	$335.13	$1,253	-11.35
385 fancy	385	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,367	—
417 fancy	417	2	360.00	$360.00	$1,501	+2.50
401–443	420	30	312.50–355.00	$339.22	$1,425	+9.23
455–495	468	46	305.00–340.00	$331.43	$1,551	+5.22
508 fancy	508	14	336.00	$336.00	$1,707	-9.00
500–548	520	23	301.00–342.50	$316.87	$1,648	-12.31
526 thin fleshed	526	10	308.00	$308.00	$1,620	—
545	545	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,635	-29.18
552–570	560	17	295.00–302.50	$297.61	$1,667	-15.28
607 fancy	607	16	300.00	$300.00	$1,821	—
603–630	617	15	272.50–290.00	$281.06	$1,734	-19.26
630	630	1	277.50	$277.50	$1,748	-22.82
655–695	664	23	265.00–295.00	$280.03	$1,859	-5.56
700–731	719	17	250.00–287.50	$268.89	$1,933	+8.77
781	781	12	260.00	$260.00	$2,031	+4.71
855–888	881	64	230.00–245.00	$230.73	$2,033	-11.60
908	908	3	230.00	$230.00	$2,088	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040	1040	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,196	-15.00
960–1170	1063	3	165.00–193.00	$176.14	$1,872	—
1175	1175	1	185.00	$185.00	$2,174	—
1150–1470	1278	15	150.00–179.00	$168.60	$2,155	—
1300–1595	1411	7	150.00–175.00	$169.28	$2,389	-18.28
1080–1655	1429	223	180.00–193.50	$187.61	$2,681	+0.05
1195–1885	1496	4	100.00–140.00	$125.93	$1,884	—
1475–1680	1578	2	110.00–115.00	$112.34	$1,773	—
1705–1720	1713	2	175.00	$175.00	$2,998	—
2085	2085	1	177.00	$177.00	$3,690	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	280.00	$280.00	$910	—
355–395	372	3	285.00–297.50	$289.69	$1,078	-15.00
400–425	413	9	272.50–302.50	$293.90	$1,214	+10.19
465–495	479	12	280.00–302.50	$296.36	$1,420	+15.25
505–545	526	11	277.50–300.00	$290.95	$1,530	+18.50
530	530	1	272.50	$272.50	$1,444	+0.05
550–595	570	47	267.50–300.00	$284.07	$1,619	+4.76
620	620	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,504	-10.05
615–646	641	8	247.50–275.00	$263.71	$1,690	+11.16
655–690	667	11	245.00–265.00	$258.84	$1,726	-0.29
740–742	741	3	247.50–255.00	$252.50	$1,871	+12.74
750	750	1	252.50	$252.50	$1,894	+25.50
755–785	765	4	232.50–242.50	$239.29	$1,831	+12.29
835	835	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,900	+4.19
855–890	867	3	207.50–237.50	$227.23	$1,970	+10.73

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	260.00	$260.00	$728	-30.00
420–430	425	2	200.00–240.00	$219.76	$934	-2.44
465	465	1	212.50	$212.50	$988	-40.00
525–540	533	2	200.00–217.00	$208.38	$1,111	-21.62
555–595	575	2	245.00–247.50	$246.21	$1,416	+18.71
641–645	643	5	222.50–235.00	$226.01	$1,453	—
670–675	673	2	200.00–217.50	$208.72	$1,405	-11.28
745	745	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,583	+1.50

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,152	—
510	510	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,160	—
581–595	587	5	250.00–252.50	$251.01	$1,473	—
895	895	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,432	—
1012	1012	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,518	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810	810	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,924	+14.72

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810	810	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,357	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–330	320	2	300.00–302.50	$301.29	$964	-17.66
366–385	376	12	300.00–320.00	$313.30	$1,178	-19.12
405–449	438	39	292.50–320.00	$310.20	$1,359	+14.43
471 fancy	471	7	323.00	$323.00	$1,521	—
450–497	478	39	290.00–320.00	$308.76	$1,476	+27.04
505–528 fancy	521	26	320.00–327.50	$322.24	$1,679	+7.84
505–545	527	41	290.00–322.50	$301.54	$1,589	+11.02
572–577	575	11	290.00–300.00	$292.27	$1,681	+17.15
605–636	627	23	242.50–256.00	$251.02	$1,574	-18.04
650–673	657	11	240.00–250.00	$242.71	$1,595	-1.36
660–676	666	12	240.00–242.00	$241.49	$1,608	-2.58
710	710	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,686	+1.68
750–782	766	4	232.50–237.50	$234.95	$1,800	+12.95
858	858	3	232.50	$232.50	$1,995	+30.45

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950	950	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,710	—
1035	1035	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,552	+22.00
890–1295	1105	3	150.00–177.50	$163.28	$1,804	—
1080–1220	1150	2	135.00–144.00	$139.77	$1,607	—
1165–1535	1261	7	160.00–180.00	$172.91	$2,180	+0.78
1070–1640	1308	139	180.00–193.50	$187.46	$2,452	+12.49
1807	1807	2	176.00	$176.00	$3,180	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	250.00	$250.00	$712	-52.50
325–330	328	2	252.50–265.00	$258.70	$849	-15.02
350–375	365	3	270.00–279.00	$273.04	$997	-7.45
425–435	430	5	257.50–287.50	$276.48	$1,189	+8.22
475–495	485	2	275.00–277.50	$276.22	$1,340	+19.15
500–545	529	31	240.00–289.00	$276.08	$1,460	+23.20
550–595	572	26	242.50–282.50	$267.84	$1,532	+9.45
600–635	616	6	235.00–250.00	$247.42	$1,524	+8.42
640	640	2	222.50	$222.50	$1,424	-16.50
693–695	694	4	236.00–242.50	$237.63	$1,649	+3.63
707	707	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,555	-1.17
735	735	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,544	-11.17
770	770	5	225.00	$225.00	$1,732	+8.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–380	373	2	200.00–232.50	$216.58	$808	+4.08
430	430	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,021	+5.00
470	470	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,046	+5.62
615	615	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,384	—
700–715	708	2	180.00–202.50	$191.13	$1,353	-8.59
745	745	1	217.50	$217.50	$1,620	+17.78
755	755	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,586	-5.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	262.50	$262.50	$1,470	+15.00

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	202.50	$202.50	$1,306	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,377	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1115–1400	1294	(<2 yrs)	N/A	7	1,500.00–2,300.00	$1,875.18	—
1362–2190	1544	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	9	1,900.00–3,600.00	$2,782.21	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1855–2085	1982	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	3	175.00–179.00	$177.08	$3,510	—
2490	2490	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	157.00	$157.00	$3,909	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–2040	1579	75-80%	39	108.00–137.50	$126.94	$2,004	-10.73
1315–1950	1605	75-80%	43	133.00–148.00	$141.72	$2,275	—
1505–1820	1654	75-80%	4	149.00–150.00	$149.23	$2,468	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1025	960	80-85%	2	135.00–142.50	$138.50	$1,330	—
1045–1535	1278	80-85%	33	119.00–133.00	$127.36	$1,628	+13.85
1030–1580	1316	80-85%	30	76.00–121.00	$114.67	$1,509	-19.11
1175–1510	1337	80-85%	5	135.00–140.00	$136.06	$1,819	+2.28

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1159	1100	85-90%	2	122.50	$122.50	$1,348	+13.06
840–1365	1116	85-90%	28	105.00–117.50	$111.68	$1,246	+2.24
810–1320	1118	85-90%	10	65.00–105.00	$98.62	$1,103	-10.82
1270	1270	85-90%	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,994	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345	1345	65-75%	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,614	—
1380–1575	1465	65-75%	3	163.00–177.50	$169.17	$2,478	+7.60
1290–1805	1519	65-75%	10	150.00–160.00	$153.37	$2,330	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1820	1323	6	137.50–147.50	$142.50	$1,885	—
1270–2255	1788	15	142.00–165.00	$155.02	$2,772	+2.11
1340–2205	1884	20	161.00–186.00	$173.33	$3,266	+8.19

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Stock Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1006	1006	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	1,950.00	$1,950.00

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Bred Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1122	1122	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,750.00	$1,750.00
1125–1500	1333	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	2,300.00–3,300.00	$2,895.51
1278–1810	1429	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	2,300.00–2,650.00	$2,456.08
1330–1730	1515	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	1,700.00–2,400.00	$2,122.92
1515	1515	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,400.00	$2,400.00
1486–1597	1530	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,200.00–3,150.00	$2,753.46

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1435	1435	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,636
1455	1455	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,761
1645	1645	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,990

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1226	1226	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,100.00	$2,100.00

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Bred Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055–1225	1183	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,100.00–2,500.00	$2,410.78
1260	1260	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	3,050.00	$3,050.00

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Beef Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	2	227.50	$227.50	$755	—
497	497	2	265.00	$265.00	$1,317	—
540	540	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,080	—
618	618	4	215.00	$215.00	$1,329	—
660	660	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,402	—
728	728	3	202.50	$202.50	$1,474	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1240	1230	2	180.00–182.00	$180.99	$2,226	+27.54

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Beef Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302	302	2	255.00	$255.00	$770	—
405	405	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,053	—
460–467	465	3	255.00–257.50	$256.68	$1,194	—
528	528	8	232.50	$232.50	$1,228	—
565–585	575	2	215.00–222.50	$218.68	$1,257	—
615–643	633	5	212.50–247.50	$220.83	$1,398	—
654–665	656	6	234.00–250.00	$247.30	$1,622	—
725–745	735	2	217.50–232.50	$225.10	$1,654	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1465	1373	3	175.00–182.00	$178.88	$2,456	+30.88

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,150	—
745	745	1	208.00	$208.00	$1,550	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1400	1148	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	2,300.00–3,400.00	$3,112.78	—
1180–1400	1284	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	2,400.00–3,250.00	$3,087.20	—
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,250.00	$2,250.00	—
1250–1700	1466	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	2,100.00–2,550.00	$2,359.02	—
1395–1500	1474	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	2,400.00–2,600.00	$2,552.67	—
1435–1550	1512	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,750.00–2,800.00	$2,765.82	—
1700	1700	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
980 thin fleshed	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—
1080	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—
1150	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—
1175	1175	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1830	1261	85-90%	7	95.00–115.00	$108.44	$1,367	—
1336–1600	1468	80-85%	2	111.00–120.00	$115.90	$1,701	—
1365–1685	1573	80-85%	3	119.00–126.00	$122.19	$1,922	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	152.50	$152.50	$648	—
600	600	1	152.50	$152.50	$915	—
815	815	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,080	—
960	960	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,152	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
426	426	4	243.00	$243.00	$1,035	—
456–476	469	19	230.00–242.50	$238.02	$1,116	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	3	202.50	$202.50	$800	—
470	470	1	190.00	$190.00	$893	—
545	545	1	217.50	$217.50	$1,185	—
550–582	578	9	200.00–222.50	$220.12	$1,272	—
640–645	643	2	170.00–200.00	$185.06	$1,190	—
650–697	682	5	170.00–202.50	$181.20	$1,236	—
1055	1055	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,477	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1400	1345	5	130.00–140.00	$135.97	$1,829	—
1385	1385	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,981	—
1280–1545	1411	15	145.00–170.00	$155.10	$2,188	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	152.50	$152.50	$702	—
510–540	523	3	152.50–167.50	$160.05	$837	—
585	585	1	122.50	$122.50	$717	—
700	700	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,057	—
845	845	1	122.50	$122.50	$1,035	—
850	850	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,105	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,044	—

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Heifer Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1080–1485	1210	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	37	3,400.00–3,650.00	$3,506.67	—

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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.