Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 12, 2025

2,248 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $301.18/cwt ≈ $2,641/hd at 877 lb · 179 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $365.04/cwt ≈ $1,738/hd at 476 lb · 103 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $393.29/cwt ≈ $1,647/hd at 419 lb · 77 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	2,248	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–345	321	8	440.00–475.00	$448.93	$1,441	—
370	370	1	435.00	$435.00	$1,610	—
417 fancy	417	16	475.00	$475.00	$1,981	—
400–432	419	34	420.00–465.00	$435.08	$1,823	—
463–491	486	55	410.00–436.00	$429.14	$2,086	—
523–545	537	16	409.00–410.00	$409.37	$2,198	—
558	558	7	397.50–400.00	$398.93	$2,226	—
567 fancy	567	20	435.00	$435.00	$2,466	—
610–635	621	21	325.00–370.00	$352.43	$2,189	—
631 unweaned	631	15	337.00	$337.00	$2,126	—
652–675	663	13	327.50–367.00	$350.96	$2,327	—
708–715	709	7	311.00–332.00	$328.97	$2,332	—
798	798	5	300.00	$300.00	$2,394	—
824	824	62	314.00	$314.00	$2,587	—
853–895	877	179	297.25–309.25	$301.18	$2,641	—
905	905	60	281.50	$281.50	$2,548	—
984–991	985	63	274.00	$274.00	$2,699	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925	925	1	171.00	$171.00	$1,582	—
1105–1385	1242	13	170.00–219.00	$196.98	$2,446	—
1225–1855	1425	28	165.00–221.00	$204.15	$2,909	-16.99
1110–1820	1444	262	220.00–239.00	$228.69	$3,302	+7.55
1555	1555	6	239.00	$239.00	$3,716	—
1525–1645	1585	2	185.00–190.00	$187.59	$2,973	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–290	280	2	410.00–440.00	$424.46	$1,188	—
315–320	316	4	395.00–435.00	$412.43	$1,303	—
365–378	373	8	410.00–432.50	$425.75	$1,588	—
412–436	428	9	375.00–415.00	$401.98	$1,720	—
450–477	468	10	350.00–402.50	$390.65	$1,828	—
500–535	518	8	330.00–380.00	$355.91	$1,844	—
572 unweaned	572	23	385.00	$385.00	$2,202	—
550–590	576	39	335.00–392.50	$380.90	$2,194	—
660–681	673	5	277.00–287.50	$279.36	$1,880	—
710–735	717	4	291.00–309.00	$297.44	$2,133	—
766–785	777	10	278.00–305.00	$287.45	$2,233	—
815–845	839	22	262.50–289.00	$275.58	$2,312	—
850–897	877	32	249.00–278.00	$263.76	$2,313	—
900–945	918	8	244.00–254.00	$248.23	$2,279	—
1006	1006	6	252.00	$252.00	$2,535	—
1055	1055	1	249.00	$249.00	$2,627	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–385	373	5	345.00–375.00	$358.97	$1,339	—
400–430	415	2	330.00–355.00	$342.95	$1,423	—
460–490	475	4	325.00–355.00	$345.08	$1,639	—
500–535	518	5	345.00–355.00	$350.10	$1,814	—
555–587	577	10	295.00–325.00	$315.16	$1,818	—
640	640	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,792	—
670–695	686	8	270.00–272.50	$270.92	$1,859	—
705–740	720	5	231.00–282.50	$247.94	$1,785	—
1055	1055	1	186.00	$186.00	$1,962	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	220.00	$220.00	$781	—
510	510	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,352	—
595	595	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,250	—
775–785	780	2	195.00–205.00	$200.03	$1,560	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	465.00	$465.00	$1,046	—
330	330	12	400.00	$400.00	$1,320	—
361 fancy	361	8	430.00	$430.00	$1,552	—
350–391	381	26	395.00–422.50	$414.98	$1,581	—
400–440	417	61	345.00–402.50	$389.15	$1,623	—
422 fancy	422	14	417.50	$417.50	$1,762	—
447 unweaned	447	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,564	—
450–495	476	103	340.00–377.50	$365.04	$1,738	—
500–548	521	42	332.50–377.50	$357.85	$1,864	—
565 unweaned	565	8	342.00	$342.00	$1,932	—
550–579	569	33	324.00–345.00	$330.81	$1,882	—
600–601 fancy	601	4	327.00–327.50	$327.38	$1,968	—
600–630	614	17	272.50–323.00	$304.49	$1,870	—
662–699	680	19	265.00–283.00	$274.99	$1,870	—
730–736	732	8	268.00–271.00	$269.87	$1,975	—
760–785	782	69	260.00–283.00	$280.55	$2,194	—
841	841	3	249.00	$249.00	$2,094	—
919	919	57	263.00	$263.00	$2,417	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965	965	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,689	—
995–1265	1130	2	164.00–197.50	$178.75	$2,020	—
1010–1350	1135	8	192.50–218.00	$210.55	$2,390	—
1000–1580	1276	205	220.00–236.50	$227.94	$2,909	+33.05
1005–1675	1310	32	182.50–218.00	$213.19	$2,793	-8.95
1565	1565	7	238.00	$238.00	$3,725	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253–292	270	6	400.00–435.00	$409.56	$1,106	—
310–340	325	2	360.00–370.00	$365.23	$1,187	—
370–395	383	6	380.00–397.50	$385.49	$1,476	—
443–445	444	4	325.00–335.00	$332.49	$1,476	—
455–490	467	3	330.00–337.50	$334.88	$1,564	—
515–535	522	3	310.00–327.50	$319.27	$1,667	—
555–590	573	9	310.00–322.50	$317.72	$1,821	—
615	615	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,660	—
660–688	677	6	225.00–257.50	$248.83	$1,685	—
705–732	720	4	252.50–260.00	$258.15	$1,859	—
871	871	3	227.50	$227.50	$1,982	—
910	910	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,138	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	300.00	$300.00	$945	—
485–490	488	2	255.00–295.00	$274.90	$1,342	—
500	500	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,375	—
562–585	568	5	295.00–300.00	$296.00	$1,681	—
590 unweaned	590	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,593	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333–335	334	4	245.00–265.00	$259.98	$868	—
457	457	2	255.00	$255.00	$1,165	—
595	595	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,220	—
605	605	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,150	—
655	655	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,343	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,690	—
885	885	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,881	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412	412	2	330.00	$330.00	$1,360	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755	755	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,699	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	240.00	$240.00	$708	—

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	205.00	$205.00	$697	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402–438	420	7	350.00–395.00	$372.90	$1,566	—
450	450	2	360.00	$360.00	$1,620	—
513	513	4	360.00	$360.00	$1,847	—
578	578	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,850	—
627–642	635	4	280.00–300.00	$289.88	$1,841	—
650–695	673	2	267.50–280.00	$273.54	$1,841	—
750	750	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,912	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,116	—
395	395	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,284	—
450–485	468	2	290.00–315.00	$302.03	$1,414	—
550	550	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,375	—
665	665	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,696	—
810	810	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,822	—
964	964	5	205.00	$205.00	$1,976	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	215.00	$215.00	$871	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1960	1526	75-80%	68	130.00–165.00	$154.93	$2,364	—
1295–1880	1568	75-80%	22	112.50–150.00	$140.11	$2,197	-0.58

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1290	1129	80-85%	13	154.00–215.00	$167.02	$1,886	+1.18
935–1590	1271	80-85%	20	125.00–153.00	$145.09	$1,844	-3.75
1170–1490	1316	80-85%	10	122.50–139.00	$131.48	$1,730	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
85–740	413	85-90%	2	65.00–85.00	$82.94	$343	—
830–1015	938	85-90%	5	117.50–127.50	$123.61	$1,159	—
910–1000	965	85-90%	3	132.00–150.00	$137.83	$1,330	+8.93
1025–1385	1205	85-90%	2	130.00–135.00	$132.13	$1,592	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1475	1475	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,954	-45.83
1480–1675	1555	3	167.00–172.50	$169.10	$2,630	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–2335	1540	11	142.50–167.50	$157.47	$2,425	+3.07
1170–2185	1758	12	160.00–195.00	$178.13	$3,132	—
1940–2280	2153	4	211.00–218.00	$214.71	$4,623	—

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Beef/Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1545	1198	13	215.00–225.00	$220.38	$2,640	—
1280	1280	1	220.00	$220.00	$2,816	—

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Beef/Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295	1295	1	170.00	$170.00	$2,202	-45.00
1205–1625	1340	13	211.00–225.00	$220.56	$2,956	—

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Bullocks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1220	1102	3	140.00–150.00	$145.10	$1,599	—
1115–1290	1203	2	151.00–161.00	$156.36	$1,881	—
1305	1305	1	200.00	$200.00	$2,610	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1335	1078	80-85%	3	105.00–120.00	$112.57	$1,214	—
1140–1360	1250	85-90%	2	100.00–101.00	$100.46	$1,256	—
1370	1370	75-80%	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,438	—
1415	1415	80-85%	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,415	-22.76

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355–1485	1406	4	200.00–210.00	$205.66	$2,892	+26.48
1165–1620	1436	10	167.00–178.00	$174.24	$2,502	-4.94
1130–1655	1444	31	182.00–195.00	$188.29	$2,719	+9.11
1475–1595	1535	2	178.00–180.00	$179.04	$2,748	—

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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.