Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 16, 2024

3,054 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $339.63/cwt +3.96 vs last sale · ≈ $1,791/hd at 527 lb · 88 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $268.40/cwt -17.69 vs last sale · ≈ $1,535/hd at 572 lb · 85 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $300.45/cwt +0.34 vs last sale · ≈ $1,586/hd at 528 lb · 80 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,054	3,572	1,606
Feeder cattle	2,046	2,189	880
Slaughter cattle	1,008	1,236	726
Replacement cattle	—	147	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
232–235	233	3	445.00–470.00	$453.40	$1,056	—
250–293	268	11	370.00–432.50	$406.31	$1,089	+13.74
305–341	334	30	400.00–432.00	$423.55	$1,415	—
335–338 fancy	337	5	447.00–470.00	$451.57	$1,522	—
365–390	375	6	350.00–407.50	$386.27	$1,449	-5.41
406–448	426	61	330.00–392.50	$369.97	$1,576	+7.69
460 fancy	460	2	375.00	$375.00	$1,725	—
450–495	479	58	322.50–367.50	$350.74	$1,680	+8.09
501 unweaned	501	2	342.00	$342.00	$1,713	—
501–546	528	86	299.00–367.50	$339.58	$1,793	+3.91
555–596	573	77	291.00–345.00	$312.22	$1,789	-6.83
600	600	2	275.00	$275.00	$1,650	-30.90
600–648	623	58	276.00–304.00	$293.63	$1,829	-12.27
653–686	674	58	273.00–291.00	$284.59	$1,918	-10.67
701–748	723	49	244.00–283.50	$271.78	$1,965	-13.20
771–799	785	8	250.00–270.00	$259.82	$2,040	-14.40
800–840	828	29	240.00–267.00	$257.38	$2,131	-15.00
897	897	60	252.00	$252.00	$2,260	-8.89
937	937	2	245.00	$245.00	$2,296	+9.00
956	956	28	248.75	$248.75	$2,378	—
1010	1010	1	210.00	$210.00	$2,121	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1185	1137	3	120.00–140.00	$131.36	$1,494	-9.68
1290	1290	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,742	—
1180–1520	1307	22	150.00–189.00	$167.59	$2,190	-12.05
1160–1692	1409	28	140.00–188.00	$177.69	$2,504	+26.92
1080–1710	1452	239	185.00–200.00	$193.95	$2,816	—
1640–1800	1708	9	170.00–189.50	$184.21	$3,146	—
1770	1770	2	185.00	$185.00	$3,274	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	2	380.00	$380.00	$836	—
305–340	324	5	320.00–385.00	$360.91	$1,169	+7.40
350–395	373	12	310.00–392.50	$368.65	$1,375	+11.73
400–445	415	4	302.50–342.50	$329.96	$1,369	+7.43
470–495	481	14	275.00–352.50	$323.95	$1,558	+11.21
500–540	519	23	272.50–340.00	$317.42	$1,647	+23.40
550–597	573	49	268.00–317.00	$300.45	$1,722	+20.92
600–646	625	30	222.00–287.00	$266.42	$1,665	-13.98
651–692	666	73	230.00–282.00	$255.48	$1,701	-16.34
700–732	713	16	257.00–275.00	$269.42	$1,921	+16.62
750–790	772	27	238.00–283.00	$255.91	$1,976	-5.30
800–810	808	5	235.00–241.00	$239.81	$1,938	-3.27
850–885	860	6	220.00–245.00	$237.33	$2,041	+6.33
910–925	915	3	210.00–230.00	$223.26	$2,043	+6.26

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,072	—
370–385	378	3	282.50–332.50	$314.53	$1,189	+64.53
405–443	431	12	220.00–302.50	$274.29	$1,182	+11.72
460–480	471	8	235.00–300.00	$277.98	$1,309	+14.30
515–545	533	7	227.50–295.00	$265.61	$1,416	+3.86
575	575	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,351	-25.81
550–592	578	25	230.00–282.50	$256.42	$1,482	-4.39
635	635	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,460	-15.64
655–688	680	4	223.00–237.50	$226.49	$1,540	-8.36
715–740	723	3	205.00–212.50	$209.94	$1,518	—
751–780	763	5	200.00–240.00	$222.13	$1,695	-5.87
908–945	925	4	186.00–211.00	$204.14	$1,888	—
965	965	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,737	-26.00
1120	1120	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,512	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385–390	388	2	260.00–280.00	$270.06	$1,048	—
445	445	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,190	—
453–483	470	8	225.00–260.00	$232.08	$1,091	—
541	541	4	215.00	$215.00	$1,163	+10.00
560	560	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,148	-22.50

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	303.00	$303.00	$894	—
435	435	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,022	—
548	548	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,260	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,719	—
660	660	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,650	-8.67
710–725	718	2	268.00–270.00	$268.99	$1,931	+37.99

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	270.00	$270.00	$702	—
370–375	373	2	205.00–240.00	$222.38	$829	+57.38
425	425	1	236.00	$236.00	$1,003	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700	700	3	247.50	$247.50	$1,732	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	2	310.00	$310.00	$1,643	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	4	425.00	$425.00	$978	—
277–285	279	5	375.00–415.00	$406.82	$1,135	—
310–345	326	22	332.50–395.00	$366.53	$1,195	+45.53
350–388	364	33	330.00–384.00	$367.43	$1,337	+47.99
410–446	427	71	300.00–367.50	$337.81	$1,442	+26.05
464–488	471	24	272.50–367.50	$304.75	$1,435	-6.32
501–545	528	80	275.00–319.00	$300.45	$1,586	+0.34
553–598	572	85	242.00–288.00	$268.40	$1,535	-17.69
600	600	1	248.00	$248.00	$1,488	-22.13
600–648	628	45	231.00–280.00	$262.40	$1,648	-7.73
672	672	3	251.00	$251.00	$1,687	-8.31
650–692	675	61	230.00–255.00	$244.62	$1,651	-14.69
701–735	704	37	239.00–245.00	$243.09	$1,711	+7.72
750–767	765	8	237.00–240.00	$239.63	$1,833	+7.63
820	820	1	212.00	$212.00	$1,738	-21.43
917	917	5	216.00	$216.00	$1,981	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	310.00	$310.00	$760	—
271	271	3	380.00	$380.00	$1,030	—
300–345	320	11	285.00–330.00	$307.32	$983	-11.47
373–390	381	9	275.00–322.50	$309.97	$1,181	+11.36
405–445	428	12	265.00–317.50	$296.08	$1,267	+19.31
460–496	488	41	252.50–315.00	$296.62	$1,448	+8.76
500 unweaned	500	2	252.50	$252.50	$1,262	—
500–545	523	34	233.00–315.00	$274.38	$1,435	+1.56
552–580	561	3	250.00–270.00	$263.11	$1,476	+1.99
550–595	575	51	234.00–282.00	$262.68	$1,510	+1.56
600	600	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,320	-18.49
608–625	610	7	222.00–231.00	$223.32	$1,362	-15.17
655–688	681	17	221.00–247.00	$228.06	$1,553	-3.61
693–698	696	4	211.00–227.00	$219.03	$1,524	-12.64
711–720	715	5	220.00–233.00	$225.24	$1,610	-0.76
760	760	3	228.00	$228.00	$1,733	—
765–785	774	19	212.50–219.00	$218.29	$1,690	—
800–830	820	10	202.00–220.00	$213.83	$1,753	-2.13
850–857	855	3	200.00–210.00	$206.68	$1,767	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1005	993	3	147.50–160.00	$153.30	$1,522	-27.70
1110	1110	2	167.50–190.00	$178.75	$1,984	+3.86
1150	1150	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,524	—
1130–1440	1251	4	160.00–181.00	$167.30	$2,093	-22.74
165–1605	1306	203	185.00–198.00	$191.83	$2,505	—
1180–1600	1310	11	182.00–187.00	$184.05	$2,411	—
1455	1455	1	197.00	$197.00	$2,866	—
1670	1670	1	175.00	$175.00	$2,922	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	300.00	$300.00	$765	+20.00
311–345	322	8	255.00–302.50	$278.55	$897	+3.55
352–390	365	3	250.00–252.50	$250.89	$916	-21.21
410–445	427	6	230.00–275.00	$259.91	$1,110	+0.65
457–490	476	17	229.00–280.00	$253.78	$1,208	+4.20
490	490	2	205.00	$205.00	$1,004	-44.58
515–542	532	5	210.00–242.50	$232.20	$1,235	+0.89
570–580	577	3	207.50–235.00	$225.94	$1,304	+1.92
710	710	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,509	—
798	798	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,596	-2.00
805	805	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,690	—
1050	1050	3	171.00	$171.00	$1,796	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	262.50	$262.50	$1,496	-2.50
640	640	1	254.00	$254.00	$1,626	—
665	665	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,563	-11.00
705–735	723	5	247.00–248.00	$247.80	$1,792	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,232	—
505	505	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,288	—
737	737	2	234.00	$234.00	$1,725	—
778	778	3	212.50	$212.50	$1,653	-8.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	225.00	$225.00	$574	—
375	375	2	207.50	$207.50	$778	-7.37
680	680	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,326	—
915	915	1	176.00	$176.00	$1,610	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	3	280.00	$280.00	$1,106	+29.00
510	510	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,071	-12.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	170.00	$170.00	$578	—
475	475	1	130.00	$130.00	$618	—
525	525	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,050	—
560	560	1	150.00	$150.00	$840	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	2	170.00	$170.00	$743	—
450	450	1	130.00	$130.00	$585	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,190	—
475	475	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,378	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155	1155	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,848	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	310.00	$310.00	$744	—
415	415	1	235.00	$235.00	$975	—
540	540	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,269	—
572 unweaned	572	5	272.50	$272.50	$1,559	—
575–595	587	6	232.00–255.00	$242.64	$1,424	+7.64
610–647	625	7	200.00–250.00	$218.41	$1,365	—
685	685	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,473	—
715–745	731	4	207.50–231.00	$222.01	$1,623	—
960–965	963	2	150.00–165.00	$157.48	$1,517	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–390	382	3	330.00–350.00	$340.76	$1,302	+41.76
405–425	415	2	290.00–322.50	$306.64	$1,273	—
450	450	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,372	+53.00
522–535	526	4	310.00–322.50	$313.12	$1,647	—
581–597	584	11	257.50–282.00	$277.45	$1,620	+32.45
627–635	630	3	262.50–265.00	$264.16	$1,664	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
421–430	426	4	325.00–335.00	$330.05	$1,406	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660	660	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,204	—
855	855	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,539	—
920	920	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,058	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	220.00	$220.00	$792	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1285	1132	80-85%	5	110.00–137.50	$122.70	$1,389	—
995–1765	1297	80-85%	39	90.00–122.50	$113.68	$1,474	—
1170–1515	1303	80-85%	6	105.00–128.00	$121.41	$1,582	—
1140–1640	1367	80-85%	23	80.00–111.00	$102.17	$1,397	-13.87

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1789	1552	75-80%	2	132.50–135.00	$133.94	$2,079	+9.35
1205–2005	1578	75-80%	35	100.00–130.00	$122.07	$1,926	-2.52
1310–2115	1612	75-80%	17	70.00–119.00	$107.24	$1,729	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–1110	985	85-90%	5	110.00–165.00	$138.95	$1,369	—
835–1355	1092	85-90%	11	30.00–87.50	$72.37	$790	—
935–1525	1153	85-90%	13	70.00–103.00	$93.88	$1,082	—
1110–1400	1230	85-90%	5	105.00–114.00	$108.37	$1,333	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1465	1387	65-75%	3	139.00–168.00	$151.71	$2,104	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1005	952	3	132.50–162.50	$151.68	$1,444	—
1070–2275	1618	10	115.00–142.50	$132.52	$2,144	—
1625–2055	1907	3	167.50–175.00	$169.81	$3,238	—
1535–2150	1992	5	130.00–162.50	$151.27	$3,013	+1.15

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Beef Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1360	1306	4	170.00–175.00	$172.51	$2,253	—
1335–1450	1405	4	178.00–192.50	$183.88	$2,584	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1292–1630	1446	7	160.00–175.00	$170.20	$2,461	—
1415–1670	1511	11	180.00–194.00	$183.81	$2,777	—

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Bullocks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–1305	1295	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,942	—
1435	1435	1	170.00	$170.00	$2,440	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145	1145	85-90%	1	60.00	$60.00	$687	—
1155–1635	1396	85-90%	7	70.00–110.00	$97.34	$1,359	—
1270–1575	1462	80-85%	3	112.50–120.00	$116.95	$1,710	—
1630	1630	75-80%	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,891	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1380–1660	1476	5	130.00–145.00	$137.20	$2,025	-24.80
1270–1835	1513	29	150.00–160.00	$154.81	$2,342	-0.86
1295–1745	1642	12	125.00–148.00	$140.82	$2,312	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	175.00	$175.00	$665	—

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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.