Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 17, 2025

1,518 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $259.80/cwt ≈ $2,286/hd at 880 lb · 111 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $311.11/cwt ≈ $1,966/hd at 632 lb · 73 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $257.57/cwt ≈ $2,143/hd at 832 lb · 68 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,518	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–363	356	9	400.00–425.00	$408.51	$1,454	—
405–430	417	13	400.00–407.00	$403.33	$1,682	—
470–495	483	18	351.00–372.50	$361.54	$1,746	—
505–539	523	40	332.50–371.00	$352.53	$1,844	—
555–578	571	23	327.50–351.00	$335.52	$1,916	—
608–648	632	73	301.00–319.00	$311.11	$1,966	—
652–679	667	32	284.00–310.00	$299.44	$1,997	—
710–736	724	41	273.00–291.00	$284.73	$2,061	—
752–780	763	22	275.00–288.50	$286.96	$2,190	—
802–842	832	68	248.00–261.00	$257.57	$2,143	—
855–895	880	111	246.00–264.75	$259.80	$2,286	—
918–948	927	14	231.00–244.00	$237.63	$2,203	—
960	960	2	243.00	$243.00	$2,333	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,047	—
343	343	3	355.00	$355.00	$1,218	—
370–385	378	2	360.00–367.50	$363.82	$1,375	—
437–440	438	3	310.00–347.50	$322.56	$1,413	—
455–495	475	6	320.00–340.00	$326.74	$1,552	—
503–525	511	14	300.00–331.00	$320.32	$1,637	—
550–593	581	33	305.00–327.00	$321.87	$1,870	—
610–647	638	16	252.50–289.00	$274.77	$1,753	—
660–699	686	22	260.00–287.00	$266.04	$1,825	—
710–745	737	6	242.00–265.00	$260.45	$1,920	—
764–790	777	11	239.00–262.00	$250.11	$1,943	—
805–840	823	3	231.00–250.00	$238.00	$1,959	—
850–870	865	4	231.00–245.00	$238.29	$2,061	—
905	905	1	221.00	$221.00	$2,000	—
1010	1010	1	201.00	$201.00	$2,030	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040	1040	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,768	—
1055	1055	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,266	—
1060–1350	1223	8	160.00–198.00	$183.99	$2,250	—
1055–1287	1248	6	202.00–209.00	$208.01	$2,596	—
1095–1460	1350	8	170.00–205.00	$195.36	$2,637	—
1130–1760	1514	98	200.00–223.00	$207.18	$3,137	+8.81
1645–1860	1752	3	175.00–195.00	$186.57	$3,269	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,056	—
380–395	388	2	280.00–289.00	$284.59	$1,104	—
410–416	415	4	269.00–305.00	$277.90	$1,153	—
460–495	473	3	251.00–295.00	$274.75	$1,300	—
531	531	3	275.00	$275.00	$1,460	—
555–596	589	11	250.00–302.50	$286.53	$1,688	—
610–630	624	4	235.00–259.00	$249.59	$1,557	—
670–675	673	2	231.00–235.00	$232.99	$1,568	—
705	705	1	243.00	$243.00	$1,713	—
870	870	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,696	—
1013	1013	2	186.00	$186.00	$1,884	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	180.00	$180.00	$882	—
640	640	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,056	—
855	855	2	171.00	$171.00	$1,462	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665	665	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,928	—
985	985	1	234.00	$234.00	$2,305	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	1	263.00	$263.00	$1,723	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	282.50	$282.50	$1,243	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	165.00	$165.00	$569	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,122	—
375	375	2	360.00	$360.00	$1,350	—
406–431	416	18	317.50–350.00	$340.03	$1,415	—
456–479	471	18	302.00–331.00	$324.42	$1,528	—
510–547	535	34	299.00–313.00	$309.87	$1,658	—
555–583	562	38	286.00–316.00	$299.80	$1,685	—
600–648	627	64	241.00–286.00	$273.44	$1,714	—
652–695	676	40	239.00–292.00	$260.88	$1,764	—
701–706	704	12	245.00–268.00	$256.26	$1,804	—
750–766	759	25	245.00–259.00	$254.70	$1,933	—
808	808	3	241.00	$241.00	$1,947	—
900	900	1	219.00	$219.00	$1,971	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940	940	1	179.00	$179.00	$1,683	—
985	985	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,280	-8.34
1000–1225	1112	13	175.00–191.00	$183.75	$2,043	—
1135–1275	1221	4	193.00–195.00	$194.50	$2,375	—
1275	1275	1	160.00	$160.00	$2,040	-47.21
1065–1525	1308	121	197.00–221.50	$207.32	$2,712	+8.00
1340–1490	1418	11	210.00–215.00	$211.71	$3,002	-6.29

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–330	325	3	322.50–332.50	$327.58	$1,065	—
365–375	370	2	292.50–315.00	$303.90	$1,124	—
411	411	3	313.00	$313.00	$1,286	—
450–495	480	14	283.00–315.00	$297.15	$1,426	—
515–540	533	10	272.50–285.00	$282.36	$1,505	—
550–598	582	25	263.00–287.00	$277.63	$1,616	—
610–640	628	3	237.00–265.00	$251.83	$1,581	—
665–683	673	14	231.00–266.00	$244.81	$1,648	—
710–745	734	6	211.00–262.00	$234.19	$1,719	—
750	750	1	221.00	$221.00	$1,658	—
803–843	821	9	216.00–221.00	$219.11	$1,799	—
857–860	858	3	211.00	$211.00	$1,810	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	285.00	$285.00	$798	—
330–345	338	2	272.50–300.00	$285.94	$966	—
425–448	439	6	230.00–290.00	$274.75	$1,206	—
485	485	1	247.50	$247.50	$1,200	—
535	535	2	247.00	$247.00	$1,321	—
550–590	569	10	237.00–260.00	$246.79	$1,404	—
600	600	3	227.00	$227.00	$1,362	—
690–695	693	2	231.00–237.50	$234.24	$1,623	—
740	740	1	202.50	$202.50	$1,498	—
765–785	772	3	201.00–216.00	$210.91	$1,628	—
1065–1090	1073	3	187.50–195.00	$192.46	$2,065	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
723	723	13	266.00	$266.00	$1,923	—
765	765	3	243.00	$243.00	$1,859	—
960–976	974	8	224.00–234.00	$225.23	$2,194	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
326	326	6	135.00	$135.00	$440	—
372	372	2	150.00	$150.00	$558	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–992	991	3	169.00–195.00	$186.34	$1,847	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885	885	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,460	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	275.00	$275.00	$852	—
415	415	1	247.50	$247.50	$1,027	—
523	523	4	271.00	$271.00	$1,417	—
570–590	583	11	260.00–281.00	$270.25	$1,576	—
625	625	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,562	—
655	655	4	240.00	$240.00	$1,572	—
715–747	721	11	222.00–233.00	$228.76	$1,649	—
757–765	758	8	202.00–222.00	$219.48	$1,664	—
930–945	938	2	165.00–181.00	$172.94	$1,622	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,251	—
390–395	393	2	330.00–375.00	$352.64	$1,386	—
415	415	1	332.50	$332.50	$1,380	—
450–485	473	8	297.00–325.00	$316.10	$1,495	—
505–525	515	2	292.50–302.50	$297.40	$1,532	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–2030	1593	75-80%	35	130.00–160.00	$151.93	$2,420	+20.15
1325–1815	1607	75-80%	5	105.00–138.00	$123.97	$1,992	-27.59
1450–1809	1658	75-80%	8	157.50–161.00	$160.07	$2,654	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095	1095	80-85%	1	70.00	$70.00	$766	—
990–1430	1258	80-85%	9	110.00–144.00	$127.59	$1,605	+11.33
1295	1295	80-85%	1	152.00	$152.00	$1,968	+20.56
1300	1300	80-85%	1	156.00	$156.00	$2,028	—
1245–1435	1336	80-85%	4	92.00–131.00	$113.00	$1,510	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995	995	85-90%	1	127.50	$127.50	$1,269	—
810–1285	1106	85-90%	6	80.00–117.50	$99.11	$1,096	—
1210	1210	85-90%	1	75.00	$75.00	$908	-19.50

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1595	1595	1	175.00	$175.00	$2,791	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1875	1474	7	110.00–165.00	$143.24	$2,111	—
1515–1915	1692	3	187.00–205.00	$195.85	$3,314	—
1455–2230	1730	4	155.00–181.00	$168.96	$2,923	—

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Beef/Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295	1295	1	185.00	$185.00	$2,396	—
1310–1395	1352	5	191.00–200.00	$195.22	$2,639	—

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Beef/Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–2010	1532	5	195.00–200.00	$196.62	$3,012	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,129	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1385	1315	85-90%	2	112.50–116.00	$114.16	$1,501	—
1205–1470	1338	80-85%	2	112.50–115.00	$113.63	$1,520	—
1429	1429	75-80%	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,901	—
1460	1460	75-80%	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,934	—
1470	1470	80-85%	1	102.50	$102.50	$1,507	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,008	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1455	1455	1	175.00	$175.00	$2,546	+8.41
1355–1546	1456	11	160.00–172.00	$168.63	$2,455	+2.04
1430–1710	1537	7	140.00–154.00	$150.57	$2,314	—
1485–1595	1540	4	150.00–154.00	$151.72	$2,336	—

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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.