Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 20, 2024

1,821 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $259.42/cwt ≈ $2,288/hd at 882 lb · 190 head

heavy 9-weight M&L 1 steers $242.56/cwt ≈ $2,346/hd at 967 lb · 110 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $253.34/cwt ≈ $2,288/hd at 903 lb · 57 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,821	1,007	1,938
Feeder cattle	950	—	1,108
Slaughter cattle	871	1,007	830

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,300	—
350–385	375	10	329.00–375.00	$359.58	$1,348	—
410–441	424	13	312.50–359.00	$342.12	$1,451	—
450–495	472	53	320.00–370.00	$341.25	$1,611	—
500–545	527	49	307.00–355.00	$330.85	$1,744	—
560–585	571	14	301.00–326.00	$318.93	$1,821	—
615 fancy	615	7	324.00	$324.00	$1,993	—
605–648	631	37	289.00–321.00	$311.52	$1,966	—
650–690	656	20	285.00–318.00	$310.66	$2,038	—
707	707	2	277.00	$277.00	$1,958	—
755–784	771	19	251.00–263.00	$258.09	$1,990	—
800–836	829	8	244.00–252.00	$248.77	$2,062	—
860–889	882	190	243.00–260.75	$259.42	$2,288	—
902–935	903	57	231.00–253.75	$253.34	$2,288	—
961–972	967	110	239.75–245.50	$242.56	$2,346	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
967	967	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,450	—
1140	1140	1	149.00	$149.00	$1,699	—
1190	1190	2	187.00	$187.00	$2,225	—
980–1305	1234	10	150.00–184.00	$173.90	$2,146	+9.42
1060–1737	1403	26	178.00–186.00	$184.12	$2,583	-3.72
1075–1720	1407	197	182.00–197.50	$190.69	$2,683	+2.85
1550	1550	1	175.00	$175.00	$2,712	-4.93
1800	1800	1	183.00	$183.00	$3,294	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	259.00	$259.00	$1,075	—
460–475	468	2	282.00–305.00	$293.68	$1,374	—
520	520	1	281.00	$281.00	$1,461	—
555–590	578	10	271.00–300.00	$282.35	$1,632	—
605–635	622	3	231.00–285.00	$255.84	$1,591	—
650	650	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,511	—
657–690	671	9	247.00–278.00	$259.33	$1,740	—
705	705	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,657	—
760–786	774	13	208.00–249.00	$241.07	$1,866	—
815–845	825	3	218.00–234.00	$225.24	$1,858	—
880	880	2	214.00–237.00	$225.50	$1,984	—
865–890	882	3	231.00–235.00	$233.69	$2,061	—
1165	1165	1	171.00	$171.00	$1,992	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565–595	583	3	252.00–269.00	$259.43	$1,512	—
880	880	6	191.00	$191.00	$1,681	—
910–925	918	2	183.00–191.00	$186.97	$1,716	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995	995	1	209.00	$209.00	$2,080	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030	1030	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,468	—
985–1300	1131	13	161.00–183.50	$174.79	$1,977	-2.91
1255–1315	1285	2	195.00–196.00	$195.49	$2,512	+7.01
1005–1538	1297	159	182.00–197.00	$190.26	$2,468	+1.78
1120–1550	1341	22	178.00–186.50	$183.25	$2,457	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	2	390.00	$390.00	$994	—
335	335	1	347.00	$347.00	$1,162	—
350–380	362	10	305.00–331.00	$326.69	$1,183	—
405–445	431	18	305.00–330.00	$314.56	$1,356	—
450–495	478	47	291.00–324.00	$317.00	$1,515	—
500–546	518	51	285.00–324.00	$312.92	$1,621	—
552–595	580	14	292.00–309.00	$298.88	$1,734	—
600–645	611	27	251.00–289.00	$279.03	$1,705	—
658–680	669	9	235.00–251.00	$239.68	$1,603	—
716–741	726	10	231.00–251.00	$242.57	$1,761	—
825–841	837	4	219.00–220.00	$219.25	$1,835	—
860	860	1	218.00	$218.00	$1,875	—
915	915	2	211.00	$211.00	$1,931	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	331.00	$331.00	$927	—
310–335	318	3	260.00–282.50	$274.38	$873	—
355–395	380	4	241.00–285.00	$265.49	$1,009	—
417–445	427	4	270.00–282.00	$274.89	$1,174	—
455–495	472	9	247.00–273.00	$263.83	$1,245	—
500–545	525	6	259.00–285.00	$276.93	$1,454	—
550–580	561	4	242.50–273.00	$263.61	$1,479	—
605	605	2	284.00	$284.00	$1,718	—
670	670	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,524	—
660–695	678	2	243.00–258.00	$250.69	$1,700	—
715–735	728	5	207.00–231.00	$219.36	$1,597	—
755–775	765	5	200.00–223.00	$213.59	$1,634	—
865–887	880	3	203.00–216.00	$211.74	$1,863	—
985	985	1	189.00	$189.00	$1,862	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825	825	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,279	—
925	925	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,498	—
950	950	3	167.00	$167.00	$1,586	—
1000	1000	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,620	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710	710	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,668	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	297.50	$297.50	$818	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,001	—
350	350	1	337.50	$337.50	$1,181	—
415	415	1	301.00	$301.00	$1,249	—
451–480	460	7	292.50–327.50	$315.17	$1,450	—
505–510	508	2	272.50–297.00	$284.81	$1,447	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	392.50	$392.50	$1,256	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1115	1058	80-85%	2	133.00–155.00	$144.60	$1,530	—
1060–1485	1228	80-85%	14	146.00–158.00	$149.41	$1,835	+15.49
1045–1445	1241	80-85%	18	115.00–132.50	$126.14	$1,565	-7.78
962–1630	1254	80-85%	36	133.00–144.00	$138.95	$1,742	-5.25

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1760	1461	75-80%	20	120.00–139.00	$132.72	$1,939	-10.43
1215–1870	1496	75-80%	40	134.00–151.00	$144.44	$2,161	+12.39
1555–1975	1736	75-80%	5	153.00–156.00	$154.62	$2,684	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–1210	927	85-90%	8	85.00–107.50	$96.74	$897	—
820–1090	969	85-90%	5	130.00–149.00	$135.62	$1,314	—
945–1225	1034	85-90%	8	125.00–133.00	$129.78	$1,342	—
770–1620	1092	85-90%	23	110.00–122.50	$116.99	$1,278	+0.49

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–2190	1600	65-75%	31	146.00–167.00	$154.72	$2,476	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–2005	1418	7	115.00–157.50	$135.56	$1,922	-18.26
1350–1960	1718	6	151.00–183.00	$174.17	$2,992	—
1830–2380	2042	7	178.00–195.00	$188.21	$3,843	—

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Beef Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1515	1299	19	171.00–184.00	$180.37	$2,343	+1.32
1355	1355	10	187.00	$187.00	$2,534	—
1295–1505	1400	2	172.00	$172.00	$2,408	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1222	1222	2	159.00	$159.00	$1,943	—
1320–1540	1390	19	180.00–185.00	$184.29	$2,562	+4.10

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1255	1150	85-90%	2	117.50–120.00	$118.86	$1,367	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1505	1328	3	140.00–146.00	$143.42	$1,905	—
1355	1355	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,762	—
1220–1607	1398	35	148.00–169.00	$154.18	$2,155	—

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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.