Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 2, 2024

2,133 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $268.13/cwt ≈ $1,963/hd at 732 lb · 31 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $304.94/cwt ≈ $1,722/hd at 565 lb · 28 head

heavy 9-weight N/N/A heifers $200.42/cwt +24.26 vs last sale · ≈ $1,994/hd at 995 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,133	374	2,321
Feeder cattle	509	—	525
Slaughter cattle	1,274	374	1,174
Replacement cattle	350	—	622

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–930	920	2	177.50–195.00	$186.35	$1,714	—
1005	1005	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,658	—
1110–1560	1284	20	150.00–182.50	$174.47	$2,240	-2.84
1170–1620	1394	12	156.00–188.50	$177.36	$2,472	—
1130–1702	1431	293	183.00–199.50	$191.36	$2,738	—
1382–1570	1450	18	195.00–200.00	$198.63	$2,880	+18.63
1540	1540	1	150.00	$150.00	$2,310	-42.14
1615–1770	1674	8	170.00–188.00	$181.40	$3,037	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	342.50	$342.50	$873	—
343	343	3	350.00	$350.00	$1,200	—
368 fancy	368	3	372.50	$372.50	$1,371	—
350–395	379	11	332.50–365.00	$351.53	$1,332	—
412–441	427	19	320.00–357.50	$343.03	$1,465	—
450–471 thin fleshed	466	6	330.00–337.50	$331.21	$1,543	—
450–493	478	10	322.50–357.50	$343.72	$1,643	—
500–540	510	12	322.50–337.50	$332.83	$1,697	—
510 thin fleshed	510	3	327.50	$327.50	$1,670	—
527 fancy	527	2	330.00	$330.00	$1,739	—
565	565	1	322.50	$322.50	$1,822	—
568 fancy	568	4	330.00	$330.00	$1,874	—
600–645	627	16	271.00–290.00	$286.46	$1,796	—
627	627	4	296.00	$296.00	$1,856	—
650–676	670	14	285.00–295.00	$290.92	$1,949	—
700–740	732	31	265.00–277.50	$268.13	$1,963	—
760	760	2	267.50	$267.50	$2,033	—
807–831	825	21	262.00–264.50	$263.92	$2,177	—
858	858	10	255.00	$255.00	$2,188	—
920	920	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,392	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
237	237	2	332.50	$332.50	$788	—
295	295	1	317.50	$317.50	$937	—
300	300	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,005	—
365 thin fleshed	365	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,095	—
425	425	1	292.50	$292.50	$1,243	—
452–490	464	5	295.00–312.50	$302.49	$1,404	—
515–540	533	13	297.50–317.50	$304.70	$1,624	—
550–595	564	26	282.50–315.00	$308.21	$1,738	—
572	572	2	262.50	$262.50	$1,502	—
605–635	615	7	230.00–252.50	$248.59	$1,529	—
665–682	680	7	262.50–280.00	$277.55	$1,887	—
715–740	725	5	237.50–267.50	$255.96	$1,856	—
750	750	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,025	—
808	808	3	245.00	$245.00	$1,980	—
840	840	1	252.00	$252.00	$2,117	—
940	940	1	230.00	$230.00	$2,162	—
985	985	1	210.00	$210.00	$2,068	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	2	279.00	$279.00	$1,214	—
475	475	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,330	—
520–545	540	8	271.00–277.50	$276.40	$1,493	—
585–595	591	5	225.00–272.50	$262.59	$1,552	—
710–725	715	3	207.50–222.50	$212.57	$1,520	—
765	765	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,702	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615–645	625	3	262.50–267.50	$264.22	$1,651	—
663–686	673	9	280.00–282.50	$281.37	$1,894	—
740	740	3	255.00–261.00	$259.00	$1,917	—
820	820	1	250.00	$250.00	$2,050	—
870	870	1	252.50	$252.50	$2,197	—
1015	1015	1	230.00	$230.00	$2,334	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805	805	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,174	—
892	892	4	252.50	$252.50	$2,252	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,443	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	337.50	$337.50	$1,181	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	277.50	$277.50	$999	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	202.50	$202.50	$1,083	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1000	983	2	172.00–182.00	$176.91	$1,739	+0.75
775–1195	996	23	170.00–228.00	$202.46	$2,017	+26.30
1020–1130	1082	3	126.00–145.00	$134.19	$1,452	—
1035–1250	1168	13	161.00–181.00	$171.52	$2,003	—
1090–1285	1188	2	175.00–207.00	$189.69	$2,254	—
1165–1495	1241	25	168.00–189.00	$182.79	$2,268	+0.80
1045–1535	1300	269	183.00–201.00	$190.39	$2,475	—
1356–1538	1479	13	195.00–203.50	$200.89	$2,971	—
1660	1660	1	180.00	$180.00	$2,988	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	4	312.50	$312.50	$962	—
375–395	385	2	317.50–322.50	$320.06	$1,232	—
400–440	421	16	317.50–332.50	$321.26	$1,353	—
430 fancy	430	4	327.50	$327.50	$1,408	—
457 fancy	457	5	345.00	$345.00	$1,577	—
476–483	480	6	310.00–330.00	$320.07	$1,536	—
500–537	524	21	272.50–294.00	$288.03	$1,509	—
550–576	566	14	252.50–295.00	$274.68	$1,555	—
641–645	642	4	262.50	$262.50	$1,685	—
660–667	665	6	237.50–260.00	$250.26	$1,664	—
781	781	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,874	—
782–785	783	10	240.00–292.50	$281.97	$2,208	—
882	882	4	242.50	$242.50	$2,139	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	2	302.50	$302.50	$681	—
290	290	2	332.50	$332.50	$964	—
340–345	342	3	290.00–307.50	$301.61	$1,032	—
355–390	374	6	287.50–310.00	$299.47	$1,120	—
400–441	432	7	265.00–282.50	$278.33	$1,202	—
465–493	483	16	260.00–290.00	$277.01	$1,338	—
500–545	529	7	252.50–272.50	$265.18	$1,403	—
555–598	581	13	250.00–267.50	$260.48	$1,513	—
600–628	619	8	240.00–250.00	$242.79	$1,503	—
665–670	668	2	242.50–250.00	$246.24	$1,645	—
705–735	720	2	222.50–240.00	$231.43	$1,666	—
766	766	8	231.00	$231.00	$1,769	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605–640	628	3	242.50–250.00	$244.91	$1,538	—
740	740	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,702	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	220.00	$220.00	$770	—
555	555	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,332	—
665–695	680	2	207.50–227.50	$217.28	$1,478	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	180.00	$180.00	$900	—
630	630	1	202.50	$202.50	$1,276	—
650	650	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,479	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
662	662	2	245.00	$245.00	$1,622	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700	700	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,278	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	150.00	$150.00	$555	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1295	1295	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
1640	1640	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—
2035	2035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	3,400.00	$3,400.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–395 unweaned	373	3	310.00–315.00	$311.76	$1,163	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1210	1070	80-85%	4	131.00–166.00	$149.34	$1,598	—
1105–1715	1308	80-85%	66	104.00–125.00	$116.59	$1,525	+11.79
1055–1565	1318	80-85%	56	70.00–112.00	$103.38	$1,363	-1.42
1234–1685	1430	80-85%	4	126.00–135.00	$128.93	$1,844	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295	1295	75-80%	1	153.00	$153.00	$1,981	—
1175–1750	1459	75-80%	45	103.00–126.00	$114.16	$1,666	—
1180–1880	1552	75-80%	44	110.00–136.00	$125.30	$1,945	—
1480–1995	1741	75-80%	4	111.00–125.00	$121.42	$2,114	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–1010	918	85-90%	11	110.00–177.50	$139.29	$1,279	—
685–1380	1070	85-90%	16	45.00–93.00	$76.79	$822	—
660–1475	1127	85-90%	3	20.00–45.00	$24.88	$280	-77.50
905–1495	1194	85-90%	31	75.00–105.00	$94.64	$1,130	—
855–1590	1233	85-90%	7	96.00–110.00	$106.18	$1,309	-2.82

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365	1365	65-75%	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,597	—
1370–1580	1467	65-75%	10	140.00–170.00	$160.57	$2,356	+17.33

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–807	788	3	107.50–122.50	$112.26	$885	—
780–1030	905	2	169.00–187.00	$176.76	$1,600	—
740–1965	1506	7	101.00–143.00	$127.41	$1,919	—
1150–2100	1756	10	132.00–164.00	$151.37	$2,658	—

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Bred Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1196–1243	1214	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	2,250.00–2,450.00	$2,373.18
1262	1262	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,700.00	$2,700.00
1141–1385	1264	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	1,550.00–2,800.00	$2,466.14
1255–1405	1320	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,525.00–2,050.00	$1,720.60
1360	1360	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,300.00	$2,300.00
1250–1815	1412	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	34	1,600.00–2,700.00	$2,115.17
1270–1715	1416	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	1,200.00–2,100.00	$1,569.08
1315–1660	1435	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	1,400.00–1,900.00	$1,638.15
1449	1449	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,050.00	$2,050.00
1285–1860	1461	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	1,600.00–2,400.00	$2,182.99
1457–1565	1511	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,200.00–2,500.00	$2,355.36

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
946	946	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	1,850.00	$1,850.00
892–970	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	1,300.00–1,900.00	$1,813.54
1051	1051	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,600.00	$1,600.00
1116–1135	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,300.00–1,700.00	$1,618.91
1120	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	2,000.00	$2,000.00
1016–1935	1166	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	1,200.00–2,300.00	$1,730.70
1100–1230	1168	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	1,250.00–1,400.00	$1,296.75
1175	1175	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1225–1245	1237	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,450.00–2,200.00	$1,751.82

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985	985	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00

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Bred Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015	1015	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,250.00	$2,250.00
1007–1285	1131	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,800.00–2,700.00	$2,265.85
1065–1235	1168	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	34	1,900.00–3,100.00	$2,953.37
1185	1185	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00
1190	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00
1235	1235	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	3,350.01	$3,350.01
1130–1355	1251	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,500.00–2,850.00	$2,229.40

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
837	837	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,700.00	$1,700.00
940	940	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00

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Beef Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275	1275	1	184.00	$184.00	$2,346	—
1355–1415	1385	2	193.00–196.00	$194.47	$2,693	—
1265–1623	1386	15	172.00–188.00	$180.67	$2,504	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365–1380	1373	2	168.00–170.00	$168.99	$2,320	+5.99
1265–1645	1452	17	173.00–185.00	$180.75	$2,624	—

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Bullocks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280	1280	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,920	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1225	1225	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	3,450.00	$3,450.00	—
1250–1300	1260	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,750.00–3,550.00	$3,384.92	—
1250–1500	1307	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	24	3,000.00–3,700.00	$3,495.42	—
1250–1500	1417	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	3,400.00–3,700.00	$3,611.76	—
1350–1500	1425	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	2,300.00–2,800.00	$2,563.16	—
1375–1650	1513	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	2,100.00–2,500.00	$2,318.18	—
1550	1550	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,700.00	$2,700.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

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Dairy Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1485	1222	3	113.00–127.00	$120.90	$1,477	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1406	1406	1	148.00	$148.00	$2,081	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355–1720	1528	4	164.00–181.00	$169.28	$2,587	—
1344–1730	1536	47	150.00–171.50	$158.04	$2,427	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
523	523	6	230.00	$230.00	$1,203	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	2	287.50	$287.50	$1,236	—

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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.