Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 12, 2024

2,418 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $244.60/cwt ≈ $2,174/hd at 889 lb · 242 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $238.35/cwt ≈ $1,984/hd at 832 lb · 156 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $259.17/cwt ≈ $2,169/hd at 837 lb · 132 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,418	878	2,044
Feeder cattle	1,393	—	945
Slaughter cattle	1,025	878	1,099

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–432	426	7	322.50–335.00	$325.99	$1,389	—
450–495	473	18	313.00–341.00	$326.97	$1,547	—
475–495 fancy	490	4	331.00	$331.00	$1,622	—
500–542	531	4	287.50–317.50	$308.60	$1,639	—
556 fancy	556	11	331.00	$331.00	$1,840	—
550–591	573	9	285.00–308.00	$298.04	$1,708	—
602–649	627	27	284.00–303.00	$296.20	$1,857	—
650–660	653	3	273.00–280.00	$275.36	$1,798	—
711–740	713	17	254.00–282.00	$280.29	$1,998	—
809–843	837	132	245.00–265.00	$259.17	$2,169	—
878–898	889	242	238.75–249.50	$244.60	$2,174	—
911–930	919	103	238.00–259.00	$250.13	$2,299	—
951–954	952	113	231.00–237.50	$234.33	$2,231	—
1038	1038	6	223.00	$223.00	$2,315	—
1090	1090	1	214.00	$214.00	$2,333	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1475	1213	15	150.00–185.00	$174.57	$2,118	—
1055–1740	1418	322	187.00–197.50	$193.26	$2,740	+10.91
1125–1710	1451	11	171.00–186.00	$181.13	$2,628	—
1635–1840	1751	6	180.00–188.00	$183.50	$3,213	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–345	338	4	325.00–328.00	$325.77	$1,101	—
380–395	390	3	290.00–320.00	$305.19	$1,190	—
420–445	434	4	271.00–283.00	$277.41	$1,204	—
450–495	472	3	245.00–277.50	$262.79	$1,240	—
505–545	534	20	249.00–285.00	$263.87	$1,409	—
550–590	566	24	246.00–281.00	$270.16	$1,529	—
605–645	628	19	235.00–271.00	$260.35	$1,635	—
655–695	680	30	243.00–272.00	$262.89	$1,788	—
730–740	735	5	237.00–246.00	$242.18	$1,780	—
750–799	789	28	222.00–245.00	$238.46	$1,881	—
830	830	1	233.00	$233.00	$1,934	—
870–890	877	6	225.00–237.00	$227.19	$1,992	—
985	985	1	210.00	$210.00	$2,068	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
707	707	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,768	—
891	891	5	238.00	$238.00	$2,121	—
920	920	3	231.00	$231.00	$2,125	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	255.00	$255.00	$956	—
410	410	1	202.00	$202.00	$828	—
645	645	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,419	—
740–745	743	2	215.00–216.00	$215.50	$1,601	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	200.00	$200.00	$970	—
500	500	1	203.00	$203.00	$1,015	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,053	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	2	303.00	$303.00	$1,167	—
420 fancy	420	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,302	—
400–449	433	8	285.00–305.00	$292.73	$1,268	—
460–485	477	9	275.00–292.50	$287.83	$1,373	—
502–540	527	36	251.00–285.00	$276.19	$1,456	—
550–599	586	27	259.00–286.00	$275.84	$1,616	—
600–635	617	15	260.00–278.00	$270.06	$1,666	—
650–695	677	29	247.00–270.00	$262.58	$1,778	—
705–743	716	36	226.00–257.00	$246.96	$1,768	—
759–770	760	11	235.00–252.00	$250.43	$1,903	—
807–837	829	91	226.00–249.00	$239.31	$1,984	—
837	837	65	237.00	$237.00	$1,984	—
858	858	3	232.00	$232.00	$1,991	—
912–920	915	3	209.00–224.00	$218.97	$2,004	—
976	976	16	210.00	$210.00	$2,050	—
1057	1057	2	209.00	$209.00	$2,209	—
1065	1065	1	202.00	$202.00	$2,151	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1110	1057	5	139.00–186.00	$165.44	$1,749	—
1040–1527	1272	227	186.00–196.50	$192.54	$2,449	+14.51
1160–1490	1287	10	178.00–185.00	$182.46	$2,348	+4.43

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	255.00	$255.00	$714	—
300–335	323	3	280.00–290.00	$283.76	$917	—
395	395	3	269.00–273.00	$271.67	$1,073	—
400–445	428	6	255.00–279.00	$272.49	$1,166	—
475–492	483	6	243.00–270.00	$256.56	$1,239	—
490	490	1	257.50	$257.50	$1,262	—
500–535	519	7	239.00–267.00	$259.54	$1,347	—
550–595	578	3	232.00–245.00	$238.64	$1,379	—
645	645	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,451	—
650–675	663	2	235.00–247.00	$241.11	$1,599	—
765	765	1	202.00	$202.00	$1,545	—
815–820	818	2	216.00–224.00	$220.01	$1,800	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	300.00	$300.00	$630	—
280	280	1	269.00	$269.00	$753	—
310–325	318	2	253.00–273.00	$263.24	$837	—
350	350	1	270.00	$270.00	$945	—
495	495	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,262	—
575–580	578	2	224.00–237.00	$230.47	$1,332	—
635	635	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,334	—
935	935	1	193.00	$193.00	$1,805	—
967	967	2	166.00	$166.00	$1,605	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
527	527	2	277.50	$277.50	$1,462	—
642	642	2	234.00	$234.00	$1,502	—
650	650	1	253.00	$253.00	$1,644	—
735–737	737	5	240.00–243.00	$240.60	$1,773	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
564	564	7	253.00	$253.00	$1,427	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	181.00	$181.00	$606	—
680	680	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,394	—
785	785	1	219.00	$219.00	$1,719	—
815	815	1	207.00	$207.00	$1,687	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
457	457	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,028	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770	770	1	216.00	$216.00	$1,663	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480–490	482	5	251.00–281.00	$274.90	$1,325	—
535	535	1	241.00	$241.00	$1,289	—
605	605	3	249.00	$249.00	$1,506	—
725	725	1	217.00	$217.00	$1,573	—
1135	1135	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,714	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–335	325	2	325.00–365.00	$344.38	$1,119	—
515	515	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,390	—
650	650	1	233.00	$233.00	$1,514	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
736–1480	1166	80-85%	35	56.00–136.00	$121.30	$1,414	—
1160–1180	1170	80-85%	2	151.00–161.00	$156.04	$1,826	—
1125–1650	1292	80-85%	37	117.00–148.00	$140.88	$1,820	-8.31
1325–1490	1388	80-85%	4	149.00–153.00	$151.30	$2,100	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995	995	75-80%	1	95.00	$95.00	$945	—
1305–1540	1443	75-80%	18	133.00–146.00	$140.69	$2,030	—
1300–1805	1526	75-80%	35	130.00–158.00	$150.00	$2,289	+12.96

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–935	858	85-90%	2	140.00–172.50	$154.78	$1,328	—
665–1375	1106	85-90%	7	30.00–116.00	$84.35	$933	—
855–1440	1119	85-90%	23	82.00–128.00	$121.27	$1,357	—
1000–1570	1239	85-90%	6	90.00–138.00	$126.78	$1,571	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1595	1470	65-75%	9	160.00–170.00	$163.24	$2,400	+3.03
1530–1660	1575	65-75%	3	175.00–185.00	$180.01	$2,835	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640–947	812	4	172.50–215.00	$186.04	$1,511	—
755–1910	1281	13	122.50–160.00	$146.70	$1,879	—
1125–2445	1771	12	150.00–174.00	$166.72	$2,953	—
1585–2005	1798	5	180.00–185.00	$182.60	$3,283	—

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Beef Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1093	1093	3	182.00	$182.00	$1,989	—
1260–1290	1275	2	185.00	$185.00	$2,359	-0.11

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Beef Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1400	1303	3	174.00–188.00	$179.65	$2,341	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,125	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1445	1445	85-90%	1	30.00	$30.00	$434	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245	1245	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,868	—
1275–1695	1406	4	150.00	$150.00	$2,109	+15.37
1260–1669	1424	35	153.00–182.50	$162.97	$2,321	+4.93

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	1	140.00	$140.00	$847	—

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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.