Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 5, 2026

3,325 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $351.99/cwt ≈ $3,062/hd at 870 lb · 283 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $433.99/cwt ≈ $2,678/hd at 617 lb · 102 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $350.17/cwt ≈ $2,938/hd at 839 lb · 100 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	3,325	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–338	336	6	475.00–505.00	$493.34	$1,658	—
355–386	378	8	465.00–480.00	$471.19	$1,781	—
418–443	428	12	472.50–500.00	$481.78	$2,062	—
443 fancy	443	5	510.00	$510.00	$2,259	—
450–495	471	29	430.00–495.00	$462.90	$2,180	—
495 fancy	495	7	507.50	$507.50	$2,512	—
505–545	520	76	430.00–491.00	$455.74	$2,370	—
550–597	571	96	421.00–483.00	$461.87	$2,637	—
600–645	617	102	405.00–457.00	$433.99	$2,678	—
669–698	683	86	395.00–415.00	$402.96	$2,752	—
700–735	718	76	382.50–418.00	$407.05	$2,923	—
757–770	761	36	354.00–397.50	$384.05	$2,923	—
809–849	839	100	341.00–355.00	$350.17	$2,938	—
853–899	870	283	346.00–361.50	$351.99	$3,062	—
925	925	5	297.50	$297.50	$2,752	—
1105	1105	1	242.50	$242.50	$2,680	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1055	1043	2	227.00	$227.00	$2,368	—
1060–1280	1193	11	201.00–215.00	$207.78	$2,479	—
1105–1465	1256	7	181.00–208.00	$195.58	$2,456	—
1140–1812	1441	31	206.00–227.00	$221.90	$3,198	—
1070–1745	1474	500	220.00–240.00	$231.01	$3,405	+1.01
1235–1865	1521	8	216.00–222.50	$219.72	$3,342	—
1450–1660	1600	6	175.00–184.00	$179.67	$2,875	—
1810–1835	1818	3	215.00–216.00	$215.34	$3,915	—
1833–1855	1839	4	207.00–308.00	$232.48	$4,275	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–390	370	3	405.00–450.00	$421.40	$1,559	—
405–445	425	2	425.00	$425.00	$1,806	—
460–485	472	9	375.00–420.00	$411.24	$1,941	—
510–542	527	29	375.00–415.00	$401.41	$2,115	—
550–595	571	19	370.00–400.00	$380.90	$2,175	—
600–645	619	50	340.00–395.00	$374.88	$2,321	—
651–698	669	59	330.00–390.00	$367.80	$2,461	—
700–740	715	17	320.00–367.50	$349.62	$2,500	—
750–791	769	35	315.00–340.00	$335.02	$2,576	—
805–820	812	5	305.00–332.50	$322.08	$2,615	—
868	868	8	322.50	$322.50	$2,799	—
935–936	936	10	275.00–285.00	$276.00	$2,583	—
1045	1045	1	230.00	$230.00	$2,404	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,380	—
500	500	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,700	—
590	590	2	350.00–357.50	$353.75	$2,087	—
660	660	1	307.50	$307.50	$2,030	—
730	730	1	282.50	$282.50	$2,062	—
795	795	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,186	—
885	885	2	252.50	$252.50	$2,235	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	1	365.00	$365.00	$2,336	—
710	710	1	338.00	$338.00	$2,400	—
773	773	3	332.50	$332.50	$2,570	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
802	802	4	290.00	$290.00	$2,326	—
1080	1080	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,944	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	4	430.00	$430.00	$1,600	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	3	275.00	$275.00	$1,251	—
600	600	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,710	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895	895	1	282.50	$282.50	$2,528	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,696	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,755	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,024	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–290	282	3	450.00–550.00	$503.85	$1,421	—
305–340	328	4	475.00–500.00	$490.31	$1,608	—
360–393	379	18	425.00–460.00	$441.81	$1,674	—
400–445	427	28	400.00–435.00	$415.26	$1,773	—
452–495	464	34	395.00–435.00	$411.86	$1,911	—
502–548	528	70	375.00–433.00	$402.84	$2,127	—
557–580	561	60	350.00–400.00	$376.97	$2,115	—
603–649	621	95	340.00–375.00	$367.37	$2,281	—
654–698	677	93	332.50–367.50	$353.61	$2,394	—
703–739	721	23	330.00–335.00	$332.23	$2,395	—
758–783	764	23	302.50–330.00	$325.00	$2,483	—
803–840	814	11	302.50–317.50	$308.85	$2,514	—
860–870	865	4	290.00–292.50	$291.24	$2,519	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–1117	978	7	180.00–232.50	$212.38	$2,077	+5.38
1030–1050	1040	2	224.00–228.00	$226.02	$2,351	—
1080	1080	1	229.00	$229.00	$2,473	—
1060–1230	1131	9	190.00–220.00	$211.60	$2,393	-10.90
1065–1650	1344	247	220.00–240.00	$229.83	$3,089	—
1087–1564	1387	21	203.00–227.00	$220.24	$3,055	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	530.00	$530.00	$1,298	—
320	320	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,264	—
350	350	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,330	—
400–448	431	7	370.00–380.00	$372.83	$1,607	—
455–495	482	14	367.50–390.00	$375.90	$1,812	—
505–543	527	26	330.00–380.00	$358.77	$1,891	—
555–590	571	32	337.50–375.00	$361.22	$2,063	—
640–645	643	2	337.50–345.00	$341.26	$2,194	—
680	680	1	317.50	$317.50	$2,159	—
705	705	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,186	—
985	985	1	255.00	$255.00	$2,512	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,365	—
470	470	3	380.00	$380.00	$1,786	—
520–535	527	4	310.00–322.50	$316.25	$1,667	—
570–580	572	6	275.00–312.50	$304.92	$1,744	—
600	600	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,830	—
665–695	681	4	287.50–315.00	$304.60	$2,074	—
690 unweaned	690	4	275.00	$275.00	$1,898	—
725 unweaned	725	2	280.00	$280.00	$2,030	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,380	—
528	528	3	315.00	$315.00	$1,663	—
570	570	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,510	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–490	467	3	235.00–275.00	$249.00	$1,163	—
525–540	533	2	200.00–265.00	$232.04	$1,237	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
673	673	3	332.50	$332.50	$2,238	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990	990	3	225.00	$225.00	$2,228	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	530.00	$530.00	$1,298	—
290	290	1	510.00	$510.00	$1,479	—
385	385	1	445.00	$445.00	$1,713	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	435.00	$435.00	$935	—
535	535	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,605	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365 unweaned	365	1	460.00	$460.00	$1,679	—
451	451	3	365.00	$365.00	$1,646	—
502 unweaned	502	2	390.00	$390.00	$1,958	—
530	530	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,802	—
560–585	573	2	355.00–390.00	$372.12	$2,132	—
626–635	628	4	330.00–360.00	$352.42	$2,213	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,488	—
630–645	638	2	250.00–280.00	$265.18	$1,692	—
685–695	690	2	290.00–297.50	$293.78	$2,027	—
700–715	710	3	297.50–300.00	$298.32	$2,118	—
782 unweaned	782	2	270.00	$270.00	$2,111	—
855	855	1	242.50	$242.50	$2,073	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	420.00	$420.00	$1,449	—
465	465	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,860	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1175–1615	1356	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	2,250.00–2,600.00	$2,400.31	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1435–1925	1680	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	2,300.00–3,500.00	$2,987.50	—
2145	2145	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	4,000.00	$4,000.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1350	1157	80-85%	35	130.00–230.00	$182.63	$2,113	—
1210–1285	1240	80-85%	4	171.00–174.00	$172.48	$2,139	—
970–1820	1335	80-85%	58	70.00–155.00	$144.12	$1,924	-21.10
1065–1805	1370	80-85%	59	128.00–169.00	$156.42	$2,143	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1975	1514	75-80%	35	160.00–178.00	$171.04	$2,590	-6.64
1320–2190	1527	75-80%	50	137.00–166.00	$156.87	$2,395	-20.81
1540	1540	75-80%	1	180.00	$180.00	$2,772	+2.32

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–1215	958	85-90%	3	142.50–167.50	$151.97	$1,456	+43.63
845–1405	1099	85-90%	19	40.00–117.50	$94.61	$1,040	-56.39
904–1575	1145	85-90%	29	105.00–139.00	$125.84	$1,441	-13.15
955–1380	1168	85-90%	2	143.00–145.00	$143.82	$1,680	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1398–1700	1458	5	194.00–195.00	$194.23	$2,832	—
1375–1995	1639	24	179.00–189.00	$184.23	$3,020	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–2300	1630	13	130.00–175.00	$161.17	$2,627	—
1870–1874	1872	2	197.50–200.00	$198.75	$3,721	—
1630–2355	2014	13	150.00–192.50	$182.87	$3,683	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775–780	776	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	151.00–265.00	$236.36	$1,834

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Bred Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085	1085	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00
1057–1365	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	3,400.00–4,550.00	$4,148.44
1048–1532	1204	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	2,700.00–3,900.00	$3,434.21
1250–1505	1361	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	35	1,900.00–3,100.00	$2,681.97
1282–1532	1378	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	1,700.00–3,200.00	$2,462.60
1030–1518	1396	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,800.00–3,300.00	$3,023.32
1305–1530	1399	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	2,400.00–2,749.00	$2,619.69
1405–1415	1410	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,450.00–3,350.00	$2,898.40
1258–1713	1444	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	31	2,400.00–4,100.00	$3,645.55
1445	1445	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00
1420–1600	1460	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	3,600.00–4,150.00	$3,955.70
1477	1477	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	3,100.00	$3,100.00
1713	1713	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	3,500.00	$3,500.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1132–1216	1179	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	1,800.00–2,550.00	$2,245.46
1060–1230	1181	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	2,000.00–3,400.00	$3,020.80
1075–1247	1191	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,600.00–2,500.00	$2,188.82
1190–1237	1214	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,750.00–3,050.00	$2,902.90

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1232	1232	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,950.00	$2,950.00

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Bred Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1102–1315	1179	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	2,900.00–3,900.00	$3,491.42
985–1535	1260	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,500.00–3,000.00	$2,804.56

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1270	1270	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	4,500.00	$4,500.00	—
1400	1400	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	3,050.00	$3,050.00	—
1600	1600	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	3,300.00	$3,300.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1275	1123	85-90%	4	55.00–95.00	$70.35	$790	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1637	1481	12	181.00–214.50	$199.80	$2,959	—
1315–1650	1486	38	185.00–206.00	$192.02	$2,853	—
1425–1625	1525	2	190.00	$190.00	$2,898	—

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Heifer Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
970–1000	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	3,250.00–4,050.00	$3,656.09	—

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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.