Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 28, 2025

1,052 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $353.95/cwt ≈ $2,393/hd at 676 lb · 88 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $354.26/cwt ≈ $1,867/hd at 527 lb · 50 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $297.97/cwt ≈ $1,865/hd at 626 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,052	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312	312	2	445.00	$445.00	$1,388	—
365–398	380	15	440.00–475.00	$448.87	$1,706	—
400–434	423	11	435.00–460.00	$442.40	$1,871	—
455–498	481	30	405.00–452.00	$421.95	$2,030	—
525–542	535	26	400.00–424.00	$411.17	$2,200	—
565	565	10	417.00	$417.00	$2,356	—
600–648	629	27	327.00–355.00	$346.42	$2,179	—
652–694	676	88	332.50–369.00	$353.95	$2,393	—
717–727	722	11	322.00–333.00	$326.30	$2,356	—
801	801	14	298.00	$298.00	$2,387	—
930	930	1	261.00	$261.00	$2,427	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065	1065	1	220.00	$220.00	$2,343	+33.05
1180–1435	1267	9	185.00–205.00	$195.50	$2,477	—
1085–1675	1403	121	206.00–228.00	$216.58	$3,039	+20.06
1335–1515	1419	7	182.50–210.50	$201.12	$2,854	+4.60
1845	1845	1	130.00	$130.00	$2,398	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
217	217	2	435.00	$435.00	$944	—
375–385	380	2	405.00–420.00	$412.40	$1,567	—
420–445	433	2	355.00–385.00	$369.57	$1,600	—
450–495	470	18	350.00–395.00	$369.23	$1,735	—
500–540	518	19	337.50–395.00	$365.58	$1,894	—
555–588	581	6	332.50–355.00	$346.78	$2,015	—
610–645	628	2	325.00	$325.00	$2,041	—
665–695	683	3	292.50–315.00	$305.75	$2,088	—
705–735	720	11	285.00–317.00	$312.86	$2,253	—
783	783	4	295.00	$295.00	$2,310	—
820–835	828	2	261.00–272.50	$266.70	$2,208	—
898	898	3	263.00	$263.00	$2,362	—
915	915	1	257.00	$257.00	$2,352	—
970	970	1	242.00	$242.00	$2,347	—
1015	1015	1	227.50	$227.50	$2,309	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,155	—
390	390	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,384	—
405	405	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,397	—
475	475	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,639	—
506	506	6	365.00	$365.00	$1,847	—
585–587	586	3	305.00–320.00	$315.01	$1,846	—
620	620	1	282.50	$282.50	$1,752	—
665	665	1	277.00	$277.00	$1,842	—
695	695	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,911	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	350.00	$350.00	$945	—
420	420	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,239	—
510–530	520	2	305.00–325.00	$314.81	$1,637	—
570	570	1	317.50	$317.50	$1,810	—
850	850	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,806	—
965	965	1	217.50	$217.50	$2,099	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–490	473	3	265.00–295.00	$281.37	$1,331	—

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
548	548	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,151	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	1	317.50	$317.50	$2,064	—
790	790	1	285.00	$285.00	$2,252	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990	990	1	222.50	$222.50	$2,203	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,069	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	312	13	395.00–435.00	$421.65	$1,316	—
372–398	382	4	392.50–410.00	$401.68	$1,534	—
403–440	419	20	370.00–420.00	$387.29	$1,623	—
453–487	474	9	342.50–360.00	$353.29	$1,675	—
500–545	527	50	340.00–362.50	$354.26	$1,867	—
558–578	569	9	330.00–357.50	$341.98	$1,946	—
606–644	626	32	292.00–307.00	$297.97	$1,865	—
650–695	680	3	277.00–283.00	$278.91	$1,897	—
713–737	722	10	267.00–287.00	$279.46	$2,018	—
755–775	772	15	271.00–277.50	$271.85	$2,099	—
780	780	2	262.50	$262.50	$2,048	—
805–835	820	2	247.00–261.00	$254.13	$2,084	—
885	885	1	237.50	$237.50	$2,102	—
920	920	1	237.00	$237.00	$2,180	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050	1050	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,942	—
1090–1105	1098	2	201.00–202.00	$201.50	$2,212	—
1210	1210	1	185.00	$185.00	$2,238	—
1260–1315	1287	5	219.00–220.00	$219.80	$2,829	—
1040–1735	1290	73	210.00–225.00	$216.91	$2,798	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,128	—
305	305	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,159	—
350–395	371	7	335.00–385.00	$362.18	$1,344	—
425–447	438	6	332.50–360.00	$351.38	$1,539	—
460–497	482	5	335.00–355.00	$341.38	$1,645	—
525–540	532	3	320.00–322.50	$321.51	$1,710	—
555–561	558	7	301.00–334.00	$315.06	$1,758	—
605–625	619	4	245.00–277.50	$255.72	$1,583	—
670–675	673	2	257.00–260.00	$258.49	$1,740	—
720–742	735	3	242.50–267.00	$259.00	$1,904	—
760–795	778	2	235.00–241.00	$237.93	$1,851	—
807	807	2	232.50	$232.50	$1,876	—
935	935	1	227.00	$227.00	$2,122	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,068	—
365	365	1	322.50	$322.50	$1,177	—
405	405	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,296	—
470–485	480	5	305.00–325.00	$316.53	$1,519	—
520–535	528	3	277.50–285.00	$280.03	$1,479	—
575–590	586	4	285.00–295.00	$292.55	$1,714	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	262.50	$262.50	$1,142	—
488	488	3	265.00	$265.00	$1,293	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,860	—
835	835	1	252.50	$252.50	$2,108	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1090	1085	2	212.50–215.00	$213.76	$2,319	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,058	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610	610	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,418	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	387.50	$387.50	$1,376	—
415	415	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,556	—
615–640	628	2	287.50–299.00	$293.14	$1,841	—
760	760	1	261.00	$261.00	$1,984	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,155	—
512	512	2	295.00	$295.00	$1,510	—
830	830	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,784	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1600	1433	75-80%	4	159.00–160.00	$159.47	$2,285	+11.58
1200–2055	1490	75-80%	48	145.00–156.00	$151.17	$2,252	—
1005–1805	1534	75-80%	18	112.50–144.00	$135.78	$2,083	-13.52

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1210	1145	80-85%	3	147.00–151.00	$148.32	$1,698	—
1025–1435	1163	80-85%	9	115.00–132.00	$128.10	$1,490	—
1000–1435	1169	80-85%	18	148.00–177.00	$156.31	$1,827	—
1000–1525	1258	80-85%	13	135.00–146.00	$140.59	$1,769	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325	1325	1	177.00	$177.00	$2,345	—
1140–2095	1539	21	156.00–164.00	$160.23	$2,466	-1.66

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670–990	856	85-90%	8	60.00–110.00	$86.29	$739	—
890–1195	1001	85-90%	4	133.00–165.00	$147.58	$1,477	+2.70
835–1510	1124	85-90%	7	115.00–125.00	$119.84	$1,347	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–2340	1571	20	80.00–182.50	$163.21	$2,564	-32.15
1395–2335	1717	8	185.00–197.50	$191.20	$3,283	—
1810–2080	1922	3	207.50–220.00	$215.71	$4,146	+3.42

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Beef/Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1615	1450	4	190.00–200.00	$194.40	$2,819	—

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Beef/Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1670	1509	12	185.00–218.50	$199.15	$3,005	—

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Bullocks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330	1330	1	160.00	$160.00	$2,128	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180	1180	1	170.00	$170.00	$2,006	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1725	1398	8	165.00–172.00	$169.84	$2,374	-2.40
1280–1620	1412	5	187.00–200.00	$190.33	$2,687	+30.54
1245–1740	1448	18	175.00–186.00	$180.91	$2,620	+21.12
1630–1780	1705	2	170.00	$170.00	$2,898	—

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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.