Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 17, 2025

1,943 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $323.07/cwt ≈ $2,882/hd at 892 lb · 81 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $382.39/cwt ≈ $2,386/hd at 624 lb · 74 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $350.00/cwt ≈ $3,003/hd at 858 lb · 65 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,943	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,530	—
355–395	385	6	455.00–475.00	$465.98	$1,794	—
405–435 fancy	420	2	520.00–525.00	$522.59	$2,195	—
400–445	423	18	450.00–510.00	$496.06	$2,098	—
479 fancy	479	11	560.00	$560.00	$2,682	—
465–497	485	39	395.00–485.00	$450.02	$2,183	—
500 fancy	500	7	480.00	$480.00	$2,400	—
506–549	523	38	392.50–450.00	$426.36	$2,230	—
550–586	562	24	405.00–430.00	$426.67	$2,398	—
600–639	624	74	369.00–392.50	$382.39	$2,386	—
716–720	717	50	347.00–357.00	$353.03	$2,531	—
755	755	6	359.00	$359.00	$2,710	—
800–820	815	31	300.00–336.00	$322.17	$2,626	—
858	858	65	350.00	$350.00	$3,003	—
922	922	62	321.50	$321.50	$2,964	—
996	996	60	310.00	$310.00	$3,088	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	330	2	340.00–350.00	$344.85	$1,138	—
400–445	434	9	370.00–385.00	$372.68	$1,617	—
465–480	470	13	342.50–415.00	$392.47	$1,845	—
500–548	535	21	340.00–390.00	$351.48	$1,880	—
555–594	582	21	355.00–390.00	$368.17	$2,143	—
600–649	631	17	330.00–365.00	$353.82	$2,233	—
650–697	673	48	320.00–362.50	$349.16	$2,350	—
701–737	720	29	327.50–352.00	$342.41	$2,465	—
770	770	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,464	—
837–848	847	25	270.00–317.00	$313.28	$2,653	—
887–894	892	81	311.00–327.00	$323.07	$2,882	—
935	935	1	283.00	$283.00	$2,646	—
1000	1000	32	291.00	$291.00	$2,910	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1188	1188	3	242.50	$242.50	$2,881	—
1105–1435	1273	16	181.00–216.00	$206.30	$2,626	-9.20
1195–1540	1374	14	211.00–217.00	$214.33	$2,945	—
1150–1700	1453	210	214.50–229.50	$220.70	$3,207	—
1395–1510	1462	3	180.00–196.00	$188.84	$2,761	-40.49
1585	1585	1	177.50	$177.50	$2,813	-39.48
1825	1825	1	210.00	$210.00	$3,832	-5.75

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550–592	584	5	310.00–335.00	$330.29	$1,929	—
795	795	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,186	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–323	319	6	380.00–420.00	$392.19	$1,251	—
370–375 fancy	372	19	500.00–510.00	$503.72	$1,874	—
390	390	1	435.00	$435.00	$1,696	—
431–445	436	19	390.00–432.50	$408.23	$1,780	—
445 fancy	445	1	470.00	$470.00	$2,092	—
450–492	479	51	365.00–400.00	$376.77	$1,805	—
502–547	530	55	347.50–385.00	$370.95	$1,966	—
550–593	579	54	325.00–360.00	$347.33	$2,011	—
610–646	617	53	330.00–377.50	$352.41	$2,174	—
655	655	1	347.00	$347.00	$2,273	—
715	715	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,431	—
772	772	2	322.50	$322.50	$2,490	—
890 fancy	890	2	400.00	$400.00	$3,560	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–905	895	3	216.00–219.00	$217.66	$1,948	—
835–1045	950	4	155.00–165.00	$160.56	$1,525	-71.94
955	955	2	210.00–215.00	$212.50	$2,029	-20.00
1005–1405	1161	18	172.50–215.00	$203.31	$2,360	—
1010–1607	1310	191	214.00–227.50	$218.87	$2,867	-0.99
1265–1435	1347	3	195.00–217.00	$208.25	$2,805	-19.09

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,442	—
410	410	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,312	—
470–495	484	4	310.00–365.00	$337.70	$1,634	—
502–542	522	6	332.50–350.00	$335.85	$1,753	—
550–595	578	9	275.00–335.00	$308.31	$1,782	—
622–631	628	7	315.00–340.00	$332.93	$2,091	—
690	690	1	317.50	$317.50	$2,191	—
760–796	787	4	252.50–277.00	$271.09	$2,133	—
890	890	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,448	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–385	380	3	395.00–415.00	$401.67	$1,526	—
450–455	453	2	355.00–357.50	$356.26	$1,614	—
615	615	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,414	—
780	780	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,443	—
892	892	4	222.50	$222.50	$1,985	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	2	412.50	$412.50	$1,328	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1390	1148	80-85%	13	170.00–184.00	$178.26	$2,046	—
990–1615	1293	80-85%	62	86.00–156.00	$143.52	$1,856	—
940–1785	1302	80-85%	64	130.00–168.00	$157.74	$2,054	+2.92
1160–1605	1309	80-85%	5	169.00–176.00	$172.20	$2,254	+17.38

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1925	1511	75-80%	27	145.00–176.00	$166.86	$2,521	—
1320–1875	1550	75-80%	50	115.00–164.00	$154.52	$2,395	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–965	960	85-90%	2	181.00–185.00	$182.99	$1,757	+8.59
770–1405	1084	85-90%	20	70.00–121.00	$98.99	$1,073	—
905–1440	1141	85-90%	8	140.00–156.00	$147.85	$1,687	+36.40
870–1655	1226	85-90%	33	100.00–136.00	$121.36	$1,488	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1855	1555	3	150.00–181.00	$171.96	$2,674	-24.52

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–2245	1626	12	143.00–178.00	$166.73	$2,711	-10.09
1585–2505	2015	7	180.00–190.00	$183.98	$3,707	—

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1440	1440	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,440	—
1340–2205	1700	3	140.00–165.00	$155.38	$2,641	—

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Beef/Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1280	1235	2	187.00–206.00	$196.15	$2,422	—
1270–1350	1297	3	185.00–200.00	$190.22	$2,467	—

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Beef/Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1410	1410	1	180.00	$180.00	$2,538	—
1320–1665	1488	12	211.00–226.50	$224.28	$3,337	—

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Bullocks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1470–1595	1528	3	182.00–190.00	$184.81	$2,824	—

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Dairy Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1560	1560	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,872	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1420	1288	85-90%	2	90.00–111.00	$99.42	$1,281	—
1685	1685	75-80%	1	147.00	$147.00	$2,477	—
1705	1705	75-80%	1	169.00	$169.00	$2,881	—
1650–1885	1767	—	8	148.00–155.00	$150.79	$2,664	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015	1015	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,218	—
1369	1369	5	180.00	$180.00	$2,464	—
1370–1675	1535	12	190.00–195.00	$191.18	$2,935	+5.21

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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.