Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 17, 2024

1,220 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $289.00/cwt ≈ $1,947/hd at 674 lb · 42 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $232.06/cwt ≈ $1,831/hd at 789 lb · 19 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $321.35/cwt ≈ $1,231/hd at 383 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,220	927	2,874
Feeder cattle	285	—	1,640
Slaughter cattle	935	927	1,234

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950	950	3	160.00	$160.00	$1,520	—
950–1300	1123	15	150.00–189.00	$180.65	$2,029	—
1110–1500	1250	16	180.00–189.00	$184.13	$2,302	—
1120–1630	1388	251	188.00–200.00	$194.00	$2,693	+4.44
1760	1760	1	184.00	$184.00	$3,238	—
1775	1775	1	167.00	$167.00	$2,964	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	2	365.00–387.50	$376.25	$1,148	—
400–425	406	9	345.00–360.00	$356.51	$1,447	—
470	470	13	362.50	$362.50	$1,704	—
530	530	3	332.50	$332.50	$1,762	—
580	580	1	288.00	$288.00	$1,670	—
608 fancy	608	2	329.00	$329.00	$2,000	—
616 value added	616	5	327.00	$327.00	$2,014	—
618–645	629	7	266.00–282.00	$272.64	$1,715	—
658 value added	658	12	292.00	$292.00	$1,921	—
671–695	680	30	262.50–299.00	$287.80	$1,957	—
774	774	5	262.00	$262.00	$2,028	—
833–844	837	14	245.00–251.00	$248.84	$2,083	—
912	912	5	239.00	$239.00	$2,180	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	325.00	$325.00	$780	—
355–395	385	4	327.50–342.50	$330.96	$1,274	—
430	430	2	285.00	$285.00	$1,226	—
460	460	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,380	—
510–540	518	5	270.00–282.50	$276.49	$1,432	—
560	560	1	277.50	$277.50	$1,554	—
625–645	635	4	237.50–252.50	$242.45	$1,540	—
665	665	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,662	—
740	740	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,702	—
760–785	768	3	232.50–255.00	$247.34	$1,900	—
840	840	1	241.00	$241.00	$2,024	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	275.00	$275.00	$591	—
335	335	1	240.00	$240.00	$804	—
815	815	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,589	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,863	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,024	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–920	870	2	101.00–160.00	$132.20	$1,150	—
955–995	975	2	170.00–180.00	$175.10	$1,707	+9.60
1001–1025	1011	7	155.00–190.00	$170.20	$1,721	—
945–1212	1100	23	160.00–186.00	$176.99	$1,947	—
1110	1110	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,388	—
1010–1385	1160	29	167.50–189.00	$183.10	$2,124	+2.91
1020–1745	1238	203	188.00–200.00	$193.36	$2,394	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	307.50	$307.50	$969	—
370–398	383	14	300.00–340.00	$321.35	$1,231	—
435–436	436	7	300.00–322.50	$312.87	$1,364	—
450–465	455	3	292.50–302.50	$299.09	$1,361	—
528	528	4	305.00	$305.00	$1,610	—
550–575	567	12	285.00–290.00	$286.47	$1,624	—
600–643	619	8	250.00–260.00	$255.05	$1,579	—
697	697	5	262.00	$262.00	$1,826	—
710 fancy	710	5	264.00	$264.00	$1,874	—
725	725	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,686	—
786–795	789	19	221.00–239.00	$232.06	$1,831	—
818	818	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,800	—
925–930	926	4	187.00–192.00	$188.26	$1,743	—
975	975	1	193.00	$193.00	$1,882	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	322.50	$322.50	$919	—
315	315	1	280.00	$280.00	$882	—
405–445	425	2	252.50–280.00	$266.90	$1,134	—
455–485	470	2	235.00–272.50	$254.35	$1,195	—
500–535	518	2	252.50–260.00	$256.38	$1,328	—
580–595	588	13	250.00–262.50	$261.55	$1,538	—
615	615	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,461	—
650–680	665	2	242.50	$242.50	$1,613	—
708	708	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,522	—
890	890	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,736	—
973	973	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,800	—
1130	1130	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,921	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
902	902	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,894	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,151	—
730	730	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,314	—
1050	1050	1	177.50	$177.50	$1,864	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,113	—
595	595	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,130	—
755	755	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,604	—
808	808	3	167.50	$167.50	$1,353	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,378	—
670	670	2	255.00	$255.00	$1,708	—
710	710	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,704	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780	780	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,170	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,264	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–990	988	80-85%	2	139.00	$139.00	$1,373	-19.00
1210	1210	80-85%	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,573	-3.35
930–1625	1243	80-85%	73	136.00–149.00	$141.69	$1,761	+8.34
1225–1275	1250	80-85%	2	150.00–156.00	$153.06	$1,913	+1.78
1005–1540	1269	80-85%	27	117.00–135.00	$129.46	$1,643	-21.82

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1600	1433	75-80%	3	152.00–162.50	$157.19	$2,253	—
1240–1845	1492	75-80%	41	139.00–159.00	$152.31	$2,272	-4.54
1230–1880	1500	75-80%	27	122.50–145.00	$136.56	$2,048	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1640	1498	65-75%	10	167.00–189.00	$175.40	$2,627	—
1260–1890	1583	65-75%	24	155.00–167.00	$161.80	$2,561	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–965	898	85-90%	3	127.50–138.00	$131.26	$1,179	—
780–1110	904	85-90%	4	95.00–112.50	$106.42	$962	—
800–1450	1121	85-90%	15	115.00–127.50	$122.30	$1,371	—
1230	1230	85-90%	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,660	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–2020	1748	6	160.00–171.00	$165.78	$2,898	—
1635–1930	1783	2	176.00–180.00	$178.17	$3,177	+4.57
1155–2970	1969	7	125.00–157.50	$143.25	$2,821	—

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Beef Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1465	1265	5	171.00–188.00	$182.67	$2,311	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1720	1473	12	175.00–192.00	$182.60	$2,690	—

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Bullocks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350	1350	1	165.00	$165.00	$2,228	—
1365–1610	1488	2	179.00–190.00	$184.05	$2,739	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960	960	80-85%	2	105.00–110.00	$107.50	$1,032	—
1320	1320	85-90%	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,716	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1340	1277	3	150.00–153.00	$151.71	$1,937	—
1230–1455	1306	12	150.00–153.00	$151.18	$1,974	—
1335	1335	1	170.00	$170.00	$2,270	—
1285–1545	1403	20	154.00–160.00	$157.91	$2,215	+21.18

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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.