Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 7, 2024

1,297 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 heifers $213.50/cwt ≈ $2,020/hd at 946 lb · 58 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $275.39/cwt ≈ $1,713/hd at 622 lb · 53 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $238.50/cwt ≈ $2,077/hd at 871 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,297	799	869
Feeder cattle	673	—	182
Slaughter cattle	624	715	687
Replacement cattle	—	84	—

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1205	1070	2	145.00–148.00	$146.69	$1,570	—
1120–1285	1248	7	162.50–184.00	$176.35	$2,201	-6.70
1195–1640	1394	17	150.00–186.00	$176.38	$2,459	—
1120–1735	1426	248	183.00–198.00	$191.03	$2,724	+1.03
1830	1830	1	187.50	$187.50	$3,431	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	309.00	$309.00	$1,051	—
438	438	5	300.00	$300.00	$1,314	—
480–490	483	4	281.00–300.00	$295.18	$1,426	—
500–511	508	4	291.00–315.00	$309.10	$1,570	—
555	555	3	287.00	$287.00	$1,593	—
600–647	622	53	258.00–287.00	$275.39	$1,713	—
655–687	680	20	259.00–271.00	$266.66	$1,813	—
715–725	722	3	243.00–249.00	$247.02	$1,783	—
752–795	779	25	230.00–255.00	$238.29	$1,856	—
805–815	814	13	223.00–233.00	$230.69	$1,878	—
858–896	871	42	229.00–241.00	$238.50	$2,077	—
940	940	23	220.00	$220.00	$2,068	—
1035	1035	9	204.00	$204.00	$2,111	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	248.00	$248.00	$856	—
355–370	363	2	251.00–267.00	$258.83	$940	—
407–440	423	13	258.00–280.00	$265.65	$1,124	—
480–495	489	5	257.00–269.00	$263.45	$1,288	—
500–541	516	18	253.00–283.00	$270.56	$1,396	—
555–592	577	31	235.00–275.00	$267.56	$1,544	—
615–635	624	19	231.00–257.00	$245.12	$1,530	—
655–695	679	8	230.00–251.00	$242.86	$1,649	—
700–726	715	7	221.00–236.00	$231.06	$1,652	—
785	785	1	234.00	$234.00	$1,837	—
805	805	1	221.00	$221.00	$1,779	—
865–890	873	3	212.00–213.00	$212.34	$1,854	—
948	948	3	216.00	$216.00	$2,048	—
993	993	3	201.00	$201.00	$1,996	—
1043	1043	3	183.00	$183.00	$1,909	—
1061–1080	1072	8	182.00–192.00	$186.59	$2,000	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–292	290	4	201.00–231.00	$221.37	$642	—
410–435	416	5	231.00–251.00	$239.91	$998	—
450–480	464	4	241.00–251.00	$246.35	$1,143	—
510–520	517	3	241.00–246.00	$243.99	$1,261	—
565–595	582	14	231.00–246.00	$240.44	$1,399	—
645	645	2	226.00	$226.00	$1,458	—
795	795	1	217.00	$217.00	$1,725	—
920	920	1	172.00	$172.00	$1,582	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	2	210.00–226.00	$218.00	$948	—
490	490	1	202.00	$202.00	$990	—
560	560	1	218.00	$218.00	$1,221	—
645	645	1	163.00	$163.00	$1,051	—
885	885	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,336	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–340	335	2	272.00–275.00	$273.48	$916	—
378	378	3	261.00	$261.00	$987	—
430	430	1	256.00	$256.00	$1,101	—
472	472	5	270.00	$270.00	$1,274	—
535–545	538	3	241.00–247.00	$244.98	$1,318	—
550–571	566	6	231.00–246.00	$239.49	$1,356	—
610–646	635	11	236.00–247.00	$245.23	$1,557	—
652–690	674	12	221.00–242.00	$231.49	$1,560	—
705–740	723	2	215.00–233.00	$223.78	$1,618	—
762–777	773	7	214.00–221.00	$215.97	$1,669	—
894	894	12	201.00	$201.00	$1,797	—
946	946	58	213.50	$213.50	$2,020	—
960	960	21	209.00	$209.00	$2,006	—
1016	1016	4	185.00	$185.00	$1,880	—
1070–1074	1071	20	187.00–196.00	$193.74	$2,075	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000	1000	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,425	—
1050	1050	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,376	-41.96
1130	1130	1	182.00	$182.00	$2,057	—
1070–1615	1297	137	183.00–197.00	$190.38	$2,469	+1.26
1130–1570	1376	7	178.00–185.00	$182.07	$2,505	—
1379–1383	1381	11	197.00–200.00	$198.64	$2,743	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	315	3	245.00–271.00	$256.34	$807	—
358–398	372	16	242.00–255.00	$250.30	$931	—
435–447	442	4	231.00–251.00	$240.15	$1,061	—
455–495	476	12	221.00–253.00	$241.82	$1,151	—
500–515	510	3	221.00–248.00	$233.19	$1,189	—
556–595	566	9	228.00–243.00	$234.22	$1,326	—
600–625	611	11	210.00–226.00	$219.11	$1,339	—
685	685	1	212.00	$212.00	$1,452	—
732	732	4	221.00	$221.00	$1,618	—
782	782	2	202.00	$202.00	$1,580	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–340	333	4	231.00–247.00	$242.91	$809	—
365	365	1	239.00	$239.00	$872	—
440	440	3	221.00–241.00	$227.67	$1,002	—
455–465	460	4	212.00–223.00	$219.27	$1,009	—
530–548	544	4	215.00–218.00	$215.73	$1,174	—
575–585	580	2	203.00–219.00	$210.93	$1,223	—
655	655	1	183.00	$183.00	$1,199	—
972	972	5	177.00	$177.00	$1,720	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	195.00	$195.00	$858	—
825	825	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,023	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–478	467	6	231.00–259.00	$244.68	$1,143	—
510–520	515	2	229.00–250.00	$239.60	$1,234	—
560	560	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,288	—
653–672	661	10	216.00–218.00	$217.19	$1,436	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	152.00	$152.00	$692	—
700	700	1	140.00	$140.00	$980	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060	1060	80-85%	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,526	—
1070–1525	1258	80-85%	6	133.00–143.00	$136.53	$1,718	+21.93
1245–1465	1355	80-85%	14	117.00–132.00	$124.42	$1,686	—
1275–1525	1373	80-85%	3	115.00–119.00	$117.12	$1,608	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050	1050	85-90%	1	137.50	$137.50	$1,444	—
880–1320	1094	85-90%	5	95.00–105.00	$100.95	$1,104	—
1035–1420	1191	85-90%	9	107.00–119.00	$114.55	$1,364	—
1045–1340	1195	85-90%	4	120.00–125.00	$122.03	$1,458	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1440–1525	1466	75-80%	4	114.00–126.00	$122.76	$1,800	—
1305–1685	1473	75-80%	12	126.00–141.00	$133.54	$1,967	—
1445–1885	1665	75-80%	2	143.00	$143.00	$2,381	+6.95

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–1915	1628	5	70.00–130.00	$108.23	$1,762	-46.93
1380–1905	1688	3	160.00–165.00	$163.64	$2,762	—
1485–1925	1699	4	142.50–150.00	$146.39	$2,487	—

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Beef Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1370	1317	7	180.00–185.00	$181.71	$2,393	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1465	1343	9	180.00–185.00	$182.80	$2,455	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1115	1010	85-90%	2	100.00–102.50	$101.12	$1,021	—
975–1550	1212	85-90%	6	107.00–115.00	$110.61	$1,341	—
1445–1580	1518	80-85%	3	113.00–121.00	$117.77	$1,788	—
1700	1700	75-80%	1	139.00	$139.00	$2,363	—
1875	1875	75-80%	1	119.00	$119.00	$2,231	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270	1270	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,524	—
1240–1420	1334	5	140.00–145.00	$143.08	$1,909	—
1375–1755	1581	13	150.00–169.00	$159.13	$2,516	—

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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.