Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 1, 2025

1,194 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight L 1-2 steers $410.79/cwt ≈ $2,900/hd at 706 lb · 47 head

heavy 9-weight L 1-2 steers $320.00/cwt ≈ $3,190/hd at 997 lb · 41 head

heavy 5-weight L 1-2 steers $455.61/cwt ≈ $2,684/hd at 589 lb · 36 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,194	—	—

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985	985	1	245.00	$245.00	$2,413	—
1050	1050	2	222.50	$222.50	$2,336	—
1145–1430	1252	11	220.00–233.00	$230.00	$2,880	—
1075–1635	1385	224	239.00–253.00	$244.94	$3,392	+0.66
1431–1460	1452	11	251.50–253.00	$252.60	$3,668	—
1355–1690	1493	13	200.00–240.00	$226.51	$3,382	—
1465–1575	1520	2	178.00–200.00	$189.40	$2,879	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	502.50	$502.50	$1,558	—
370–390	387	6	482.50–542.50	$532.93	$2,062	—
435–440	438	4	495.00–517.50	$501.21	$2,195	—
451–490	467	9	400.00–502.50	$472.29	$2,206	—
500–544	531	23	450.00–504.00	$487.01	$2,586	—
552–598	589	36	440.00–510.00	$455.61	$2,684	—
615–635	631	22	440.00–446.50	$445.53	$2,811	—
658–665	660	9	430.00–442.50	$438.30	$2,893	—
705–725	706	47	400.00–412.50	$410.79	$2,900	—
755–765	758	3	342.50–360.00	$354.12	$2,684	—
997	997	41	320.00	$320.00	$3,190	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361–385	372	6	457.50–502.50	$475.06	$1,767	—
420	420	9	470.00	$470.00	$1,974	—
458–495	477	20	470.00–500.00	$484.91	$2,313	—
535–545	540	2	402.50–432.50	$417.36	$2,254	—
605–633	620	12	362.50–450.00	$439.99	$2,728	—
660	660	1	372.50	$372.50	$2,458	—
710	710	2	372.50	$372.50	$2,645	—
1595	1595	1	302.50	$302.50	$4,825	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–325	318	2	405.00–450.00	$428.03	$1,361	—
375	375	1	502.50	$502.50	$1,884	—
435	435	3	502.50	$502.50	$2,186	—
507–528	520	5	500.00–502.50	$501.52	$2,608	—
648	648	3	445.00	$445.00	$2,884	—
659	659	7	450.00	$450.00	$2,966	—
758	758	9	360.00	$360.00	$2,729	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,464	—
630–642	636	2	427.50–452.50	$439.88	$2,798	—
650–695	663	6	412.50–445.00	$433.56	$2,875	—
782–795	786	4	235.00–385.00	$341.23	$2,682	—
846	846	3	335.00	$335.00	$2,834	—
865–875	872	3	335.00–345.00	$341.69	$2,980	—
990	990	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,807	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	2	360.00–460.00	$410.00	$1,538	—
505–535	520	3	350.00–445.00	$399.58	$2,078	—
645	645	1	440.00	$440.00	$2,838	—
950	950	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,755	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	362.50	$362.50	$1,305	—
430	430	1	387.50	$387.50	$1,666	—
650–685	668	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,236	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–795	755	2	177.50–200.00	$189.35	$1,430	—
925–995	960	2	234.00–236.00	$235.04	$2,256	+0.09
1010–1460	1205	12	180.00–237.00	$221.02	$2,663	+22.35
1010–1430	1222	11	230.00–240.00	$234.42	$2,865	+35.75
1020–1567	1239	106	230.00–252.00	$244.56	$3,030	+0.91
1275	1275	1	219.00	$219.00	$2,792	—
1405–1505	1455	2	184.00–190.00	$186.90	$2,719	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390–395	393	4	386.00–482.50	$451.30	$1,774	—
410–445	430	14	437.50–532.50	$475.24	$2,044	—
450–492	468	7	425.00–482.50	$460.06	$2,153	—
506–547	526	23	427.50–500.00	$472.63	$2,486	—
550–590	576	9	400.00–480.00	$448.32	$2,582	—
605–616	615	16	387.50–425.00	$391.06	$2,405	—
651–685	661	11	332.50–386.00	$376.76	$2,490	—
745	745	2	367.50	$367.50	$2,738	—
765	765	3	355.00	$355.00	$2,716	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–375	370	4	467.50–500.00	$492.20	$1,821	—
408	408	5	497.50	$497.50	$2,030	—
454–474	470	23	432.50–520.00	$474.27	$2,229	—
553–555	553	27	392.50–420.00	$418.98	$2,317	—
630	630	1	435.00	$435.00	$2,740	—
671	671	4	330.00	$330.00	$2,214	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
404–430	408	18	432.50–477.50	$439.50	$1,793	—
460–485	473	2	472.50–480.00	$476.15	$2,252	—
560–595	580	3	330.00–480.00	$405.63	$2,353	—
633	633	4	445.00	$445.00	$2,817	—
865	865	5	332.50	$332.50	$2,876	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447	447	2	480.00	$480.00	$2,146	—
550	550	1	402.50	$402.50	$2,214	—
610	610	1	400.00	$400.00	$2,440	—
665–675	670	2	352.50–372.50	$362.43	$2,428	—
725	725	2	385.00	$385.00	$2,791	—
815	815	1	302.50	$302.50	$2,465	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,751	—
735	735	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,470	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	447.50	$447.50	$2,215	—
560	560	1	402.50	$402.50	$2,254	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1515	1253	80-85%	32	163.00–175.00	$168.96	$2,117	—
850–1530	1284	80-85%	21	110.00–161.00	$150.01	$1,926	—
1235–1420	1331	80-85%	6	177.00–189.00	$182.45	$2,428	-0.66

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1780	1408	75-80%	17	175.00–186.00	$180.47	$2,541	—
925–1985	1495	75-80%	21	115.00–174.00	$160.91	$2,406	-26.09
1545–2055	1799	75-80%	5	187.00–190.00	$188.29	$3,387	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1135	1008	85-90%	10	132.50–144.00	$138.68	$1,398	—
940–1130	1050	85-90%	4	145.00–155.00	$151.24	$1,588	+45.91
785–1480	1086	85-90%	9	65.00–125.00	$106.63	$1,158	+1.30

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330	1330	1	179.00	$179.00	$2,381	—
1385–1430	1408	2	200.00–209.00	$204.43	$2,878	+2.18
1280–1715	1470	4	172.00–191.00	$181.92	$2,674	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1780	1462	16	135.00–195.00	$167.82	$2,454	—
1215–1885	1630	11	200.00–220.00	$206.22	$3,361	—
1685–1975	1827	5	225.00–240.00	$233.60	$4,268	—

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Beef/Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1565	1309	8	230.00	$230.00	$3,011	—
1175–1620	1371	31	240.00–244.00	$242.60	$3,326	+6.65
1460	1460	1	244.00	$244.00	$3,562	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	342.50	$342.50	$1,610	—

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Beef/Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1675	1431	5	230.00	$230.00	$3,291	—
1180–1800	1570	15	222.00–243.00	$239.87	$3,766	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
528	528	3	370.00	$370.00	$1,954	—
680	680	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,074	—

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Bullocks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085	1085	1	230.00	$230.00	$2,496	—
1260	1260	1	200.00	$200.00	$2,520	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290	1290	80-85%	1	164.00	$164.00	$2,116	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220	1220	1	190.00	$190.00	$2,318	—
1225	1225	1	200.00	$200.00	$2,450	—
1335	1335	1	190.00	$190.00	$2,536	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	230.00	$230.00	$736	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	7	360.00	$360.00	$1,674	—
510–540	533	9	307.50–322.50	$319.31	$1,702	—
637	637	5	300.00	$300.00	$1,911	—
920	920	2	212.50	$212.50	$1,955	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1281–1470	1329	7	195.00–200.00	$198.50	$2,638	+11.41
1310–1575	1429	10	185.00–220.00	$190.98	$2,729	—
1582	1582	4	185.00	$185.00	$2,927	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	302.50	$302.50	$1,074	—

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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.