Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 20, 2025

2,127 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $308.98/cwt -1.03 vs last sale · ≈ $1,752/hd at 567 lb · 165 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $318.47/cwt +7.47 vs last sale · ≈ $2,009/hd at 631 lb · 138 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $258.55/cwt +0.90 vs last sale · ≈ $1,842/hd at 712 lb · 96 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,127	2,884	1,828
Feeder cattle	1,514	2,047	979
Slaughter cattle	482	837	639
Replacement cattle	131	—	210

Market comments — USDA reporter

Correction: Removed a 210 lbs lean cow

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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	3	465.00	$465.00	$1,372	+10.00
300–315	307	3	445.00–455.00	$450.03	$1,382	+25.03
405–445	419	14	370.00–400.00	$388.68	$1,629	+21.79
455–488 fancy	483	11	405.00–407.50	$407.29	$1,967	—
450–499	490	36	357.50–400.00	$391.64	$1,919	+23.47
520 fancy	520	9	400.00	$400.00	$2,080	—
505–545	531	34	332.50–375.00	$355.67	$1,889	+11.08
550–599	564	42	334.00–377.00	$359.77	$2,029	+20.44
601–620 fancy	615	24	330.00–333.00	$331.32	$2,038	—
602–647	634	114	298.00–328.00	$315.76	$2,002	+4.76
662–698	680	62	291.00–311.50	$303.47	$2,064	+1.49
703–747	715	88	274.00–299.00	$284.80	$2,036	-9.30
764–790	768	17	262.00–293.50	$282.20	$2,167	+10.57
838	838	62	277.50	$277.50	$2,325	+12.39
850–881	874	59	252.00–261.00	$257.21	$2,248	-7.79
903–920	903	62	231.00–276.00	$275.26	$2,486	+43.94

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090	1090	1	177.00	$177.00	$1,929	—
1080–1180	1130	2	195.00–202.00	$198.35	$2,241	—
1060–1420	1192	8	160.00–195.00	$181.37	$2,162	—
1340	1340	1	209.00	$209.00	$2,801	+32.22
1185–1671	1488	158	195.00–218.00	$209.56	$3,118	+9.90
1510	1510	1	200.00	$200.00	$3,020	—
1650	1650	1	190.00	$190.00	$3,135	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,239	+78.82
340	340	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,292	—
380	380	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,558	+33.62
410–423	420	6	322.50–355.00	$340.29	$1,429	+18.12
457	457	2	351.00	$351.00	$1,604	+25.13
538	538	3	317.50	$317.50	$1,708	+2.43
550–597	585	41	293.00–327.50	$315.62	$1,846	+2.00
605–635	613	9	254.00–285.00	$265.79	$1,629	-10.98
652–695	677	17	247.50–285.00	$271.81	$1,840	-3.92
700–745	714	13	253.00–273.00	$261.65	$1,868	-9.53
750–793	770	32	252.00–266.00	$260.82	$2,008	+5.01
825–848	844	6	243.00–251.00	$244.30	$2,062	+10.99
863	863	3	247.00	$247.00	$2,132	+14.28
935–940	938	2	206.00–227.50	$216.72	$2,033	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
227–240	231	3	340.00–380.00	$366.17	$846	—
300	300	1	315.00	$315.00	$945	—
445	445	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,190	+12.50
460–495	477	8	277.50–303.00	$293.05	$1,398	+38.05
510–540	519	4	255.00–280.00	$265.23	$1,377	-4.75
555–580	568	3	262.00–280.00	$270.53	$1,537	+0.61
570	570	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,568	+5.08
645	645	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,742	—
750–795	772	3	220.00–235.00	$229.85	$1,774	-20.15

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,034	—
465	465	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,046	+15.00
545	545	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,144	—
590	590	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,446	—
645	645	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,290	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
642	642	2	288.00	$288.00	$1,849	—
1000	1000	1	222.00	$222.00	$2,220	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
532	532	2	295.00	$295.00	$1,569	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,414	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	3	381.00	$381.00	$1,173	+4.72
400–443	431	17	325.00–360.00	$345.40	$1,489	+0.22
451–483	467	27	320.00–335.00	$327.80	$1,531	-11.89
505–545	527	52	291.00–325.00	$308.85	$1,628	-9.57
552–590	567	165	295.00–321.00	$308.98	$1,752	+1.65
600–647	620	62	260.00–297.00	$285.88	$1,772	+3.25
652–694	678	51	256.00–279.00	$262.95	$1,783	-1.56
700–735	712	93	245.00–270.00	$258.96	$1,844	+1.31
710–740	720	3	243.00–251.00	$245.74	$1,769	-11.91
780–788	786	13	242.00–246.00	$243.70	$1,915	-9.80
824	824	25	265.50	$265.50	$2,188	+43.93

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960	960	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,824	+23.15
1002–1305	1062	8	185.00–190.00	$186.70	$1,983	—
1260	1260	1	207.00	$207.00	$2,608	—
1255–1335	1285	3	200.00–204.00	$201.30	$2,587	—
1075–1530	1355	133	195.00–218.50	$208.53	$2,826	-0.45

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–287	285	3	355.00–365.00	$361.72	$1,031	+26.72
335–345	340	2	337.50–355.00	$346.12	$1,177	+45.12
380–390	385	3	330.00–340.00	$334.96	$1,290	+11.93
410–442	430	4	302.50–315.00	$311.91	$1,341	+19.96
464–495	468	9	284.00–315.00	$303.55	$1,421	+2.80
533–545	540	9	255.00–260.00	$257.98	$1,393	-25.28
555–595	573	21	247.00–285.00	$267.19	$1,531	-13.66
600–635	612	14	235.00–261.00	$255.37	$1,563	-30.63
680–688	686	5	241.00–259.00	$255.43	$1,752	+15.35
700–745	729	10	228.00–247.50	$233.91	$1,705	-3.67
755–762	760	3	233.00–243.00	$236.31	$1,796	+17.31
800	800	1	208.00	$208.00	$1,664	-23.00
835	835	2	222.00	$222.00	$1,854	-9.00
860	860	1	221.00	$221.00	$1,901	+13.27
910	910	1	220.00	$220.00	$2,002	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	295.00	$295.00	$752	-5.00
310–325	315	3	249.00–265.00	$259.50	$817	+8.50
420–440	429	4	255.00–273.00	$267.03	$1,146	-3.46
450–490	470	9	260.00–279.00	$269.61	$1,267	+24.06
510–520 unweaned	518	4	230.00–267.50	$258.26	$1,338	—
505–545	525	2	270.00–271.00	$270.52	$1,420	—
562 unweaned	562	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,349	—
590	590	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,254	-39.26
645	645	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,580	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	2	395.00	$395.00	$1,639	—
524	524	5	317.50	$317.50	$1,664	-2.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
517	517	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,292	-27.64

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,312	—
655	655	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,343	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	235.00	$235.00	$881	—
490	490	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,004	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,147	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
451	451	4	290.00	$290.00	$1,308	—
515	515	4	259.00	$259.00	$1,334	—
563	563	3	267.50	$267.50	$1,506	—
606	606	5	259.00	$259.00	$1,570	—
667	667	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,467	—
700–720	710	2	220.00–235.00	$227.39	$1,614	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850	850	75-80%	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,402	—
1000–1915	1416	75-80%	36	110.00–142.00	$135.26	$1,915	—
1245–1695	1457	75-80%	3	90.00–115.00	$100.12	$1,459	—
1830	1830	75-80%	1	138.00	$138.00	$2,525	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1450	1211	80-85%	10	100.00–130.00	$118.87	$1,440	—
995–1495	1288	80-85%	6	87.50–110.00	$99.85	$1,286	-33.67

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1690	1376	65-75%	12	143.00–156.00	$146.93	$2,022	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1470	1163	85-90%	6	70.00–115.00	$98.19	$1,142	-8.18
1370	1370	85-90%	1	97.50	$97.50	$1,336	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1270	1258	2	145.00–152.50	$148.79	$1,872	—
1440–2070	1657	10	155.00–171.00	$163.98	$2,717	+31.55
2005–2060	2033	2	177.50–179.00	$178.24	$3,624	—

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Bred Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1215	1215	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00
1215–1473	1401	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	2,800.00–3,900.00	$3,644.53

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Bred Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1032–1279	1138	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	115	2,600.00–4,200.00	$3,723.19
1345	1345	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,900.00	$3,900.00

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Beef Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1550	1550	1	195.00	$195.00	$3,022	-8.50

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Beef Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1595	1383	4	190.00–203.00	$195.42	$2,703	—
1500	1500	1	170.00	$170.00	$2,550	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210	1210	85-90%	1	92.00	$92.00	$1,113	—
1415	1415	85-90%	1	70.00	$70.00	$990	-41.36

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1440–1815	1686	14	160.00–170.00	$166.71	$2,811	—

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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.