Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 13, 2025

2,884 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $301.98/cwt -7.56 vs last sale · ≈ $2,023/hd at 670 lb · 187 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $271.63/cwt -6.11 vs last sale · ≈ $2,102/hd at 774 lb · 177 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $264.51/cwt +1.45 vs last sale · ≈ $1,770/hd at 669 lb · 154 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,884	3,170	3,340
Feeder cattle	2,047	2,027	2,809
Slaughter cattle	837	980	531
Replacement cattle	—	163	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	455.00	$455.00	$1,342	+15.22
318	318	3	425.00	$425.00	$1,352	-3.05
350–380	365	8	371.00–386.00	$374.67	$1,368	-45.33
401 fancy	401	3	400.00	$400.00	$1,604	—
400–449	421	31	351.00–385.00	$366.89	$1,545	-5.32
451–497	478	58	330.00–395.00	$368.17	$1,760	+1.14
500–543	522	51	331.00–357.50	$344.59	$1,799	+0.44
550–597	577	127	328.00–360.00	$339.33	$1,958	+4.97
600–645	628	117	291.00–319.00	$311.00	$1,953	-0.47
653–697	670	187	290.00–320.00	$301.98	$2,023	-0.28
700–743	721	142	281.00–319.00	$294.10	$2,120	+5.47
750–798	774	177	256.00–295.00	$271.63	$2,102	-6.11
802–847	828	31	252.00–269.00	$265.11	$2,195	-6.45
869	869	65	265.00	$265.00	$2,303	-4.46
907–940	918	6	230.00–232.00	$231.32	$2,124	-14.92
1003–1015	1010	9	200.00	$200.00	$2,020	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–925	923	2	125.00–135.00	$129.99	$1,200	—
940–975	958	2	140.00–210.00	$175.64	$1,683	—
1028	1028	3	216.00	$216.00	$2,220	—
1150–1580	1338	6	159.00–186.00	$176.78	$2,365	—
1135–1755	1465	293	200.00–217.00	$209.71	$3,072	+6.81
1230–1693	1475	23	180.00–204.50	$199.66	$2,945	-3.24
1725–2102	1834	5	162.00–207.00	$189.46	$3,475	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–280	275	2	331.00–351.00	$341.18	$938	—
365–380	370	5	321.00–390.00	$376.38	$1,393	-1.76
415–447	432	6	311.00–333.00	$322.17	$1,392	-6.79
450–475	458	10	302.50–335.00	$325.87	$1,492	-0.39
505–538	526	17	280.00–326.00	$315.07	$1,657	-7.12
560–596	579	20	300.00–326.00	$313.62	$1,816	-3.87
610–645	629	17	271.00–286.00	$276.77	$1,741	+0.67
652–695	674	41	260.00–294.00	$275.73	$1,858	+1.64
700–745	719	14	257.00–279.00	$271.18	$1,950	+21.53
750	750	1	264.00	$264.00	$1,980	+7.26
750–795	769	8	232.00–275.00	$255.81	$1,967	-0.93
800–835	823	6	231.00–239.00	$233.31	$1,920	-3.42
865–890	873	10	231.00–237.00	$232.72	$2,032	-6.23
965–995	980	2	200.00–230.00	$214.77	$2,105	—
1087	1087	2	200.00	$200.00	$2,174	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
598–599	598	14	311.00–321.00	$317.42	$1,898	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,135	+10.00
475	475	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,211	+10.00
520–545	533	2	269.00–271.00	$269.98	$1,439	-0.94
555	555	1	286.00	$286.00	$1,587	+14.56
552–595	574	4	250.00–286.00	$269.92	$1,549	-1.52
605	605	1	241.00	$241.00	$1,458	+15.00
697	697	2	239.00	$239.00	$1,666	+11.75
770	770	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,925	+41.52
845	845	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,732	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	311.00	$311.00	$995	—
470	470	1	323.00	$323.00	$1,518	—
578	578	3	330.00	$330.00	$1,907	—
835	835	1	231.00	$231.00	$1,929	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	287.00	$287.00	$1,205	—
580	580	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,566	—
705	705	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,692	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	251.00	$251.00	$577	—
455	455	2	210.00	$210.00	$956	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	1	286.00	$286.00	$1,873	—
745	745	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,086	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	271.00	$271.00	$962	—
625	625	1	221.00	$221.00	$1,381	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	228.00	$228.00	$1,208	—
625	625	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,256	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	320	2	370.00–382.00	$376.28	$1,204	+23.24
351–375	357	13	331.00–389.00	$375.67	$1,341	+41.88
400–430	423	39	315.00–367.00	$345.18	$1,460	+8.65
427 fancy	427	9	351.00	$351.00	$1,499	—
450–491	467	73	317.50–357.00	$339.69	$1,586	+17.30
500–548	527	69	290.00–335.00	$318.42	$1,678	+7.80
531	531	5	331.00	$331.00	$1,758	+20.38
552–598	568	97	289.00–326.00	$307.33	$1,746	+17.26
572 fancy	572	10	336.00	$336.00	$1,922	—
600–645	622	67	249.00–301.00	$282.63	$1,758	+11.59
654–695	669	154	241.00–290.00	$264.51	$1,770	+1.45
706–742	733	51	243.00–275.00	$257.65	$1,889	+1.89
753–797	769	33	241.00–277.00	$253.50	$1,949	+12.06
800–826	814	10	200.00–231.00	$221.57	$1,804	—
850–885	870	13	237.00–241.00	$237.94	$2,070	+0.44
912	912	2	224.00	$224.00	$2,043	—
923	923	3	214.00	$214.00	$1,975	—
965	965	1	213.00	$213.00	$2,055	—
1070	1070	5	204.00	$204.00	$2,183	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890	890	1	110.00	$110.00	$979	-17.12
835–1050	960	3	162.50–177.50	$166.85	$1,602	-19.15
1040–1315	1224	8	151.00–194.00	$176.71	$2,163	—
1075–1821	1366	131	200.00–215.50	$208.98	$2,855	—
1395–1575	1447	4	177.00–201.00	$193.39	$2,798	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	335.00	$335.00	$871	—
345	345	1	301.00	$301.00	$1,038	-25.12
370–380	375	2	321.00–325.00	$323.03	$1,211	+6.06
420–445	435	3	279.00–315.00	$291.95	$1,270	+1.22
450–490	468	13	286.00–316.00	$300.75	$1,408	+19.58
500–540	510	22	263.00–298.00	$283.26	$1,445	+9.00
550–595	578	20	251.00–301.00	$280.85	$1,623	+6.70
615	615	2	286.00	$286.00	$1,759	+47.81
605–645	616	7	240.00–277.00	$261.61	$1,612	+23.42
655–690	677	10	220.00–266.00	$240.08	$1,625	+3.66
720–735	730	3	231.00–251.00	$237.58	$1,734	+3.06
775	775	1	219.00	$219.00	$1,697	—
820	820	1	231.00	$231.00	$1,894	—
860–886	880	4	207.00–210.00	$207.73	$1,828	-17.27

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	300.00	$300.00	$795	-16.37
340	340	1	251.00	$251.00	$853	-36.43
365	365	2	270.00	$270.00	$986	+37.00
425–445	435	2	270.00–271.00	$270.49	$1,177	+28.49
470–480	475	2	241.00–250.00	$245.55	$1,166	+7.44
550–591	581	9	235.00–277.00	$251.76	$1,463	+12.74
600	600	1	257.00	$257.00	$1,542	+48.00
675–680	678	3	200.00–220.00	$206.63	$1,401	+3.82
950	950	1	193.00	$193.00	$1,834	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,334	—
525–545	535	2	270.00–285.00	$277.64	$1,485	—
550	550	1	279.00	$279.00	$1,534	+28.00
610	610	1	266.00	$266.00	$1,623	—
667–685	670	6	276.00–286.00	$277.70	$1,861	+33.70
785	785	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,845	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,276	—
630	630	1	211.00	$211.00	$1,329	—
725	725	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,812	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,712	+15.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	1	166.00	$166.00	$1,038	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,404	—
635	635	1	252.50	$252.50	$1,603	—
723	723	4	235.00	$235.00	$1,699	—
760	760	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,672	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,357	-30.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,062	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1405	1160	80-85%	11	130.00–200.00	$148.51	$1,723	—
1175–1345	1268	80-85%	4	132.00–136.00	$133.52	$1,693	—
985–1675	1301	80-85%	54	101.00–119.00	$112.83	$1,468	-16.57
1025–1615	1333	80-85%	52	120.00–131.00	$124.73	$1,663	+6.56

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1825	1554	75-80%	20	113.00–128.50	$123.34	$1,917	-9.56
1185–1965	1580	75-80%	39	129.00–140.00	$135.01	$2,133	+2.11
1420–1960	1640	75-80%	7	142.00–151.00	$147.22	$2,414	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690–1270	1086	85-90%	13	50.00–99.00	$86.85	$943	—
860–1380	1169	85-90%	23	99.00–111.00	$106.37	$1,243	+2.80
1060–1340	1176	85-90%	7	112.00–123.00	$116.94	$1,375	+13.37

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1910	1669	13	115.00–152.50	$132.43	$2,210	—
1520–2425	1919	10	131.00–165.00	$150.94	$2,897	—
1820–2380	2077	8	170.00–180.00	$174.58	$3,626	—

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Beef Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1575	1575	1	203.50	$203.50	$3,205	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1601–1855	1658	9	195.00–207.00	$203.05	$3,367	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1145	1118	85-90%	2	101.00–105.00	$103.05	$1,152	—
1400–1445	1423	80-85%	3	109.00–115.00	$111.36	$1,585	—
1435–1915	1675	65-75%	2	151.00–160.00	$154.86	$2,594	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
628	628	20	230.00	$230.00	$1,444	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
592	592	5	220.00	$220.00	$1,302	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1600–1710	1637	3	160.00–173.00	$168.47	$2,758	—
1650	1650	2	196.50	$196.50	$3,242	—

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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.