Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 9, 2026

2,631 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $352.58/cwt ≈ $3,120/hd at 885 lb · 149 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $502.19/cwt ≈ $2,642/hd at 526 lb · 104 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $392.77/cwt ≈ $2,429/hd at 618 lb · 95 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,631	1,039	712
Feeder cattle	1,615	—	0
Slaughter cattle	780	883	712
Replacement cattle	236	156	0

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	530.00	$530.00	$1,298	—
365–375	371	7	525.00–575.00	$555.03	$2,059	—
389 fancy	389	5	592.50	$592.50	$2,305	—
400–440	412	13	510.00–587.50	$561.47	$2,313	—
462–490	469	23	500.00–563.00	$540.09	$2,533	—
500–545	526	104	460.00–532.50	$502.19	$2,642	—
560–597	582	85	450.00–482.00	$471.41	$2,744	—
602–638	622	84	435.00–469.00	$447.77	$2,785	—
670–696	689	86	404.50–411.00	$407.48	$2,808	—
708–735	722	57	374.00–409.50	$394.90	$2,851	—
759–786	772	25	372.50–381.00	$376.88	$2,910	—
800–845	820	66	340.00–368.50	$363.05	$2,977	—
855–892	885	149	336.50–355.75	$352.58	$3,120	—
912	912	60	355.00	$355.00	$3,238	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995	995	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,492	—
1090	1090	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,834	—
1040–1760	1464	14	200.00–226.00	$213.62	$3,127	-25.42
1215–1775	1500	10	220.00–230.00	$224.74	$3,371	—
1090–1707	1508	196	230.50–245.00	$237.32	$3,579	—
1230–1927	1699	7	140.00–182.50	$174.00	$2,956	—
1705–1970	1838	2	220.00–228.00	$224.29	$4,122	+29.29

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	510.00	$510.00	$1,300	—
330	330	1	460.00	$460.00	$1,518	—
360–380	369	4	435.00–495.00	$459.92	$1,697	—
437–447	442	4	475.00–480.00	$477.47	$2,110	—
470–499	493	14	430.00–490.00	$477.46	$2,354	—
530–542	532	8	435.00–455.00	$452.17	$2,406	—
555–581	574	8	400.00–425.00	$413.15	$2,371	—
610–642	634	16	360.00–412.50	$396.33	$2,513	—
665–695	678	39	340.00–406.00	$388.16	$2,632	—
708–746	727	8	360.00–367.50	$363.51	$2,643	—
755–795	768	6	344.00–361.00	$354.17	$2,720	—
870–890	879	4	317.50–327.00	$322.24	$2,832	—
905–920	913	3	310.00–320.00	$314.98	$2,876	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
719	719	22	364.00	$364.00	$2,617	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	1	345.00	$345.00	$2,087	—
668–682	673	6	382.50–395.00	$390.78	$2,630	—
771	771	3	365.00	$365.00	$2,814	—
850	850	1	332.50	$332.50	$2,826	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,190	—
460	460	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,679	—
540	540	1	375.00	$375.00	$2,025	—
720–730	725	2	315.00–325.00	$320.03	$2,320	—
1150	1150	1	222.50	$222.50	$2,559	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
512	512	1	495.00	$495.00	$2,534	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,262	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	490.00	$490.00	$2,205	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
237	237	2	520.00	$520.00	$1,232	—
290	290	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,363	—
341	341	4	540.00	$540.00	$1,841	—
349 fancy	349	5	547.50	$547.50	$1,911	—
350–392	377	15	475.00–525.00	$504.39	$1,902	—
355–396 fancy	386	4	540.00–555.00	$551.55	$2,129	—
400–445	418	21	455.00–510.00	$487.59	$2,038	—
450–496	481	32	455.00–472.50	$466.85	$2,246	—
500–545	521	88	392.50–470.00	$440.73	$2,296	—
553–597	577	93	397.00–460.00	$421.12	$2,430	—
604 fancy	604	15	408.00	$408.00	$2,464	—
601–642	621	80	365.00–404.00	$389.91	$2,421	—
651–698	678	86	351.00–384.00	$365.53	$2,478	—
700–738	729	14	345.00–360.00	$355.59	$2,592	—
750–778	765	29	340.00–367.50	$356.69	$2,729	—
806–832	827	88	326.00–340.00	$332.42	$2,749	—
860–888	872	9	305.00–331.00	$320.96	$2,799	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815	815	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,976	—
1030	1030	1	240.00	$240.00	$2,472	—
1030–1513	1183	14	197.50–231.00	$212.20	$2,510	—
1175–1230	1203	2	167.50–181.00	$174.40	$2,098	—
1046–1431	1265	12	224.00–230.00	$226.95	$2,871	+10.28
1080–1657	1366	194	230.00–240.00	$234.64	$3,205	—
1535	1535	1	203.00	$203.00	$3,116	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	2	440.00	$440.00	$1,254	—
330–340	335	2	350.00–365.00	$357.39	$1,197	—
395	395	1	435.00	$435.00	$1,718	—
415–435	424	6	385.00–445.00	$423.23	$1,794	—
457–492	476	16	380.00–450.00	$425.42	$2,025	—
510–532	525	3	362.50–405.00	$376.27	$1,975	—
560–595	579	12	365.00–387.50	$375.63	$2,175	—
625	625	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,188	—
655–680	674	4	342.50–345.00	$344.39	$2,321	—
715–722	721	7	345.00–350.00	$349.29	$2,518	—
885	885	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,566	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,092	—
330	330	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,023	—
360	360	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,422	—
462	462	2	353.00	$353.00	$1,631	—
525	525	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,759	—
1000	1000	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,700	—
1210	1210	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,844	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,052	—
635–645	640	2	340.00–345.00	$342.52	$2,192	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	225.00	$225.00	$990	—
570	570	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,140	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
970–1540	1252	(<2 yrs)	N/A	6	1,800.00–5,100.00	$3,682.36	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1145	1097	75-80%	3	212.00–227.00	$221.45	$2,429	—
900–1800	1435	75-80%	60	163.00–186.00	$175.74	$2,522	-3.86
1525–1835	1674	75-80%	4	155.00–162.00	$159.59	$2,672	—
2020	2020	75-80%	1	182.00	$182.00	$3,676	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765	765	85-90%	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,205	—
855	855	85-90%	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,582	—
1075–1350	1214	85-90%	4	100.00–127.50	$107.83	$1,309	—
905–1535	1222	85-90%	22	122.50–170.00	$136.51	$1,668	—
1060–1355	1230	85-90%	4	75.00–87.50	$81.68	$1,005	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845	845	80-85%	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,965	—
935–1665	1359	80-85%	19	146.00–168.00	$157.99	$2,147	—
1530–1575	1553	80-85%	2	127.50–137.00	$132.32	$2,055	—
1825	1825	80-85%	1	130.00	$130.00	$2,372	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1135	1118	2	227.50–237.50	$232.58	$2,600	—
1040–1555	1273	12	189.00–220.00	$204.34	$2,601	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–2290	1688	24	151.00–232.50	$196.43	$3,316	—
1435–2040	1705	4	145.00–167.50	$156.35	$2,666	—

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Stock Cows

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
616–1130	742	(<2 yrs)	Open	17	223.00–380.00	$345.18	$2,561
1185	1185	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	238.00	$238.00	$2,820

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
526–696	620	(<2 yrs)	Open	14	350.00–395.00	$373.23	$2,314
820	820	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,419

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Bred Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1160–1255	1208	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	4,100.00–4,300.00	$4,203.93
1265	1265	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	3,350.00	$3,350.00
1300	1300	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	4,300.00	$4,300.00
1070–1540	1305	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	3,000.00–5,200.00	$4,752.57
1270–1425	1348	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	3,600.00–3,800.00	$3,694.25
1390	1390	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00
1250–1555	1403	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	3,000.00–4,100.00	$3,609.80
1300–1602	1445	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	3,400.00–5,500.00	$4,573.40
1250–1737	1468	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	2,400.00–5,150.00	$4,222.08

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120–1175	1148	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,800.00–3,200.00	$3,004.79
1165	1165	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00
1150–1200	1175	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,100.00–2,600.00	$2,355.32
1175	1175	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00
1210	1210	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00
1155–1245	1214	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	3,200.00–5,100.00	$4,182.92

Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1627	1627	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,500.00	$2,500.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1140	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,450.00	$2,450.00
1170	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,800.00	$3,800.00

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Bred Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1050	1000	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	3,400.00–3,900.00	$3,662.50
1045	1045	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	5,700.00	$5,700.00
1065	1065	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,500.00	$3,500.00
960–1430	1256	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	57	3,050.00–7,800.00	$6,751.24
1265–1420	1343	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	4,400.00–5,800.00	$5,059.59

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705–895	800	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,400.00–2,500.00	$2,455.94
802–930	845	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,800.00–3,900.00	$3,496.29
895–932	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,600.00–3,800.00	$3,410.73

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
742	742	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,500.00	$2,500.00

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Beef/Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1375–1540	1442	12	230.00	$230.00	$3,317	—

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Beef/Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1395–1420	1408	2	230.00	$230.00	$3,238	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	5,500.00	$5,500.00	—
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	3,300.00–5,300.00	$4,340.00	+140.00
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,800.00	$3,800.00	—
1250–1600	1338	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	2,700.00–4,200.00	$3,608.53	—
1250–1600	1379	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	4,700.00–5,750.00	$5,277.72	+2,377.72
1790	1790	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	3,800.00	$3,800.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	5,000.00	$5,000.00	+3,650.00
1000–1140	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	3,050.00–3,500.00	$3,355.71	—
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	4,700.00	$4,700.00	—
1075	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,900.00	$3,900.00	—
1050–1200	1160	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	3,400.00–5,100.00	$4,556.10	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315	1315	1	190.00	$190.00	$2,498	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1410	1410	5	190.00	$190.00	$2,679	-25.00
1270–1850	1603	7	203.00–210.00	$206.01	$3,302	—

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Heifer Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
967	967	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	5,100.00	$5,100.00	—
1000	1000	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	4,900.00	$4,900.00	—

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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.