Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 6, 2025

3,170 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $269.46/cwt ≈ $2,344/hd at 870 lb · 129 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $271.04/cwt ≈ $1,708/hd at 630 lb · 127 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $309.54/cwt ≈ $2,075/hd at 670 lb · 122 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,170	598	2,012
Feeder cattle	2,027	—	923
Slaughter cattle	980	598	1,089
Replacement cattle	163	—	0

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	283	2	435.00–445.00	$439.78	$1,245	—
320–337	331	3	420.00–445.00	$428.05	$1,417	—
360	360	2	420.00	$420.00	$1,512	—
405–443	428	24	355.00–385.00	$372.21	$1,593	—
446 fancy	446	7	399.00	$399.00	$1,780	—
450–495	475	21	350.00–377.50	$367.03	$1,743	—
513–547	535	61	334.00–359.00	$344.15	$1,841	—
565–590	583	30	330.00–343.00	$334.36	$1,949	—
602–627 fancy	620	23	323.00–337.00	$333.46	$2,067	—
600–648	631	61	297.00–322.00	$311.47	$1,965	—
660 fancy	660	32	330.00	$330.00	$2,178	—
650–698	674	90	291.00–313.00	$302.26	$2,037	—
700–738	719	91	276.00–300.00	$288.63	$2,075	—
750–799	773	82	242.00–283.50	$277.74	$2,147	—
801–828	810	63	268.00–274.00	$271.56	$2,200	—
863–871	870	129	252.00–271.50	$269.46	$2,344	—
900–946	918	45	239.00–249.50	$246.24	$2,260	—
951–956	955	82	238.00–248.50	$245.44	$2,344	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,224	—
355–385	369	8	375.00–385.00	$378.14	$1,395	—
420–445	433	10	300.00–352.50	$328.96	$1,424	—
450–496	483	17	302.50–345.00	$326.26	$1,576	—
511–542	529	12	307.00–328.00	$322.19	$1,704	—
552–595	585	121	291.00–326.00	$317.49	$1,857	—
600–645	622	16	260.00–287.00	$276.10	$1,717	—
655–695	676	26	245.00–283.00	$274.09	$1,853	—
703–730	710	9	242.00–262.00	$249.65	$1,773	—
750–790	761	26	246.00–268.00	$256.74	$1,954	—
810–845	822	9	221.00–251.00	$236.73	$1,946	—
875–896	895	24	230.00–247.00	$238.95	$2,139	—
910	910	1	242.00	$242.00	$2,202	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720	720	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,080	—
1140–1175	1156	4	168.00–197.00	$177.27	$2,049	—
1125–1720	1466	230	191.00–215.00	$202.90	$2,975	—
1462–1575	1507	5	207.00–208.50	$207.87	$3,133	+39.11
1350–1630	1509	5	168.00–192.00	$177.80	$2,683	+9.04
1720–1760	1740	2	170.00–199.00	$184.67	$3,213	—
1775	1775	1	152.00	$152.00	$2,698	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	245.00	$245.00	$845	—
388–395	391	7	303.00–317.50	$307.83	$1,204	—
440	440	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,078	—
490	490	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,200	—
510–523	521	6	261.00–277.50	$270.92	$1,411	—
560–595	573	16	261.00–285.00	$271.44	$1,555	—
610	610	1	226.00	$226.00	$1,379	—
660–695	681	5	222.50–233.00	$227.25	$1,548	—
730	730	6	232.00	$232.00	$1,694	—
773–795	779	8	195.00–221.00	$208.48	$1,624	—
862–895	885	9	191.00–205.00	$202.46	$1,792	—
900	900	1	202.00	$202.00	$1,818	—
1055	1055	1	202.50	$202.50	$2,136	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	277.00	$277.00	$1,787	—
700	700	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,785	—
762–795	783	6	251.00–266.00	$259.10	$2,029	—
870	870	1	245.00	$245.00	$2,132	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	240.00	$240.00	$948	—
445	445	2	237.50	$237.50	$1,057	—
535	535	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,124	—
690	690	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,208	—
775	775	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,318	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	260.00	$260.00	$949	—
450–485	468	2	240.00–250.00	$244.81	$1,146	—
655	655	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,392	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
827	827	2	236.00	$236.00	$1,952	—
895	895	1	247.00	$247.00	$2,211	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	320.00	$320.00	$800	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	200.00	$200.00	$480	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	2	370.00	$370.00	$1,092	—
310–345	323	3	345.00–360.00	$353.04	$1,140	—
350–385	371	5	333.00–335.00	$333.79	$1,238	—
400–440	430	24	315.00–347.00	$336.53	$1,447	—
465–486	479	52	317.00–327.00	$322.39	$1,544	—
501–541	521	78	291.00–325.00	$310.62	$1,618	—
525 fancy	525	10	330.00	$330.00	$1,732	—
550–580	572	63	280.00–309.00	$290.07	$1,659	—
603–648	630	127	254.00–282.00	$271.04	$1,708	—
650–695	666	35	244.00–276.00	$263.06	$1,752	—
700–740	721	39	241.00–263.00	$255.76	$1,844	—
773–788	785	74	239.00–242.00	$241.44	$1,895	—
879	879	56	237.50	$237.50	$2,088	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–990	877	3	117.50–145.00	$127.12	$1,115	—
865–975	920	2	160.00–162.50	$161.18	$1,483	—
990	990	1	186.00	$186.00	$1,841	—
1080	1080	1	202.00	$202.00	$2,182	+62.00
1060–1290	1179	6	150.00–185.00	$161.17	$1,900	—
1040–1510	1258	7	181.00–195.00	$190.73	$2,399	+11.56
1000–1695	1328	163	191.00–213.00	$202.66	$2,691	+12.10

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	335	3	317.50–345.00	$326.12	$1,093	—
371–388	379	8	307.00–327.00	$316.97	$1,201	—
415–435	430	4	271.00–305.00	$290.73	$1,250	—
450–495	479	15	255.00–303.00	$281.17	$1,347	—
500–548	529	24	253.00–294.00	$274.26	$1,451	—
553–599	592	70	253.00–284.00	$274.15	$1,623	—
602–645	628	10	232.00–243.00	$238.19	$1,496	—
670–680	674	11	219.00–244.00	$236.42	$1,593	—
725–735	732	11	222.00–252.00	$234.52	$1,717	—
850	850	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,912	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	295.00	$295.00	$664	—
260–270	265	2	310.00–322.50	$316.37	$838	—
325–345	335	2	285.00–290.00	$287.43	$963	—
375	375	1	233.00	$233.00	$874	—
410	410	1	242.00	$242.00	$992	—
460–480	472	3	225.00–255.00	$238.11	$1,124	—
525–540	533	2	231.00–255.00	$243.17	$1,296	—
556–575	561	13	233.00–243.00	$239.02	$1,341	—
630	630	3	209.00	$209.00	$1,317	—
651–690	663	7	191.00–216.00	$202.81	$1,345	—
735	735	2	206.00	$206.00	$1,514	—
810–815	813	2	186.00–197.00	$191.48	$1,557	—
880	880	1	191.00	$191.00	$1,681	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
573	573	4	251.00	$251.00	$1,438	—
670	670	1	244.00	$244.00	$1,635	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432	432	2	210.00	$210.00	$907	—
590	590	1	171.00	$171.00	$1,009	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,601	—
715	715	1	237.00	$237.00	$1,695	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,017	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
967	967	4	138.00	$138.00	$1,334	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,540	—
630	630	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,528	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
2345	2345	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	3,500.00	$3,500.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,533	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–2040	1545	75-80%	48	55.00–127.00	$117.93	$1,822	—
1250–1960	1551	75-80%	65	120.00–139.00	$132.90	$2,061	—
1405–1985	1735	75-80%	12	140.00–148.00	$144.70	$2,511	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1185	1107	80-85%	7	125.00–130.00	$127.74	$1,414	—
1190–1425	1317	80-85%	8	127.00–132.00	$129.40	$1,704	—
1085–1590	1321	80-85%	28	87.00–114.00	$106.21	$1,403	—
1005–1710	1323	80-85%	58	100.00–126.00	$118.17	$1,563	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1055	990	85-90%	2	114.00–120.00	$117.20	$1,160	—
745–1410	1022	85-90%	15	40.00–97.50	$77.30	$790	—
980–1320	1124	85-90%	4	111.00–113.00	$112.09	$1,260	—
830–1440	1156	85-90%	28	80.00–110.00	$103.57	$1,197	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–2050	1643	65-75%	3	135.00–152.00	$145.49	$2,390	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
801–940	829	5	160.00–170.00	$162.27	$1,345	—
1565–2435	1865	11	90.00–153.00	$136.64	$2,548	—
1715–2370	2046	12	142.00–172.00	$161.63	$3,307	—
2105	2105	1	180.00	$180.00	$3,789	—

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Bred Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115–1615	1252	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	47	1,800.00–3,500.00	$3,085.62
1298–1501	1374	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	2,950.00–3,250.00	$3,127.11
1137–1577	1411	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	2,100.00–3,100.00	$2,835.40
1460	1460	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00
1260–1800	1464	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	1,425.00–1,800.00	$1,607.96
1418–1540	1471	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,550.00–2,200.00	$1,721.86
1307–1755	1525	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	1,400.00–2,350.00	$2,007.01
1250–1696	1553	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	1,450.00–3,050.00	$2,518.17

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1064–1086	1072	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	2,650.00–2,900.00	$2,805.05
1097–1170	1112	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,950.00–2,900.00	$2,700.02
1120	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00
1195–1196	1196	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,250.00–1,600.00	$1,530.05

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Bred Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1132–1190	1160	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	2,250.00–2,400.00	$2,279.88
1175–1218	1207	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,600.00–2,100.00	$1,978.34

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
970	970	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00

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Beef Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1440	1267	5	187.00–190.00	$187.93	$2,381	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225	1225	1	180.00	$180.00	$2,205	—
1295–1650	1469	7	185.00–188.00	$187.01	$2,747	—

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Bullocks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1460	1460	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,971	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1400	1400	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—
1450–1600	1500	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	2,500.00–2,750.00	$2,661.11	—
1500	1500	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—
1450–1550	1525	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,800.00–3,700.00	$3,486.07	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1395	1235	85-90%	2	101.00–109.00	$104.48	$1,290	—
1285–1545	1468	80-85%	6	106.00–115.00	$110.64	$1,624	—
1490	1490	75-80%	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,788	—
1260–1760	1510	75-80%	2	98.00–108.00	$103.83	$1,568	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1515	1515	1	155.00	$155.00	$2,348	—

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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	100.00	$100.00	$1,245	—
1310–1495	1411	4	167.00–170.00	$168.21	$2,373	—
1200–1685	1418	6	130.00–163.00	$142.60	$2,022	—
1205–1650	1440	34	154.00–177.00	$165.02	$2,376	—

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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.