Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 2, 2026

2,010 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $440.42/cwt +11.76 vs last sale · ≈ $2,968/hd at 674 lb · 47 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $402.13/cwt +4.80 vs last sale · ≈ $2,952/hd at 734 lb · 44 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $448.89/cwt +3.93 vs last sale · ≈ $2,586/hd at 576 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,010	1,837	1,688
Feeder cattle	1,125	1,211	487
Slaughter cattle	722	626	863
Replacement cattle	163	—	338

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	602.50	$602.50	$1,777	+17.50
330–345	339	5	562.50–622.50	$600.13	$2,034	—
350–390	372	8	562.50–632.50	$604.14	$2,247	+48.01
400–445	426	28	525.00–585.00	$566.90	$2,415	+13.89
455–489	481	27	500.00–560.00	$536.68	$2,581	-6.07
500–530	526	30	487.50–537.50	$519.59	$2,733	+12.59
566–587	571	20	460.00–502.50	$496.65	$2,836	+16.88
600–633	616	37	420.00–450.00	$440.17	$2,711	-11.69
650–685	674	47	402.50–450.00	$440.42	$2,968	+11.76
700–749	734	44	385.00–425.00	$402.13	$2,952	+4.80
753–775	758	11	380.00–400.00	$391.56	$2,968	+7.85
815–835	816	27	360.00–374.00	$371.54	$3,032	+26.85
890	890	6	341.00	$341.00	$3,035	-15.43
963	963	14	320.00	$320.00	$3,082	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185	1185	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,785	—
1135–1285	1203	3	201.00–219.00	$211.65	$2,546	—
1180–1640	1389	11	201.00–234.00	$219.59	$3,050	—
1120–1700	1472	165	235.00–245.50	$241.31	$3,552	+56.31
1650–1900	1795	15	191.00–221.00	$201.62	$3,619	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–285	273	2	482.50–540.00	$509.93	$1,392	—
330	330	1	550.00	$550.00	$1,815	+34.92
365–385	371	5	467.50–550.00	$530.91	$1,970	+34.88
400–418	414	4	502.50–517.50	$513.87	$2,127	+10.14
460–475	468	3	480.00–525.00	$498.43	$2,333	-3.04
505–547	534	37	441.00–501.00	$473.83	$2,530	+52.91
550–598	571	35	420.00–500.00	$455.64	$2,602	+27.94
625	625	2	377.50	$377.50	$2,359	-15.36
651–695	670	22	372.50–406.00	$395.05	$2,647	-0.63
712	712	7	379.00	$379.00	$2,698	-18.39
750	750	1	355.00	$355.00	$2,662	+6.40
815	815	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,771	-3.50
1016–1025	1016	44	300.00–316.00	$315.63	$3,207	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580–585	583	2	327.50–372.50	$350.10	$2,041	-44.23
625–632	629	4	377.50	$377.50	$2,374	—
750–790	760	6	362.50–380.00	$372.94	$2,834	—
815–830	823	2	300.00–342.50	$321.06	$2,642	+2.06
870	870	1	350.00	$350.00	$3,045	+60.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
532	532	6	500.00	$500.00	$2,660	—
617	617	2	447.50	$447.50	$2,761	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–495	480	3	410.00–480.00	$434.06	$2,083	+24.06
540	540	1	417.50	$417.50	$2,254	—
560	560	1	477.50	$477.50	$2,674	+42.50
920	920	2	322.50	$322.50	$2,967	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	1	367.50	$367.50	$2,683	—
1010	1010	1	267.50	$267.50	$2,702	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	317.50	$317.50	$1,810	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	552.50	$552.50	$1,630	—
300–340	321	7	502.50–560.00	$528.68	$1,697	+48.68
358–397	377	32	521.00–572.50	$548.77	$2,069	+24.83
405–447	427	16	490.00–535.00	$515.48	$2,201	-9.81
450–486	481	18	485.00–502.50	$490.82	$2,361	-0.86
500–546	528	35	435.00–487.50	$469.37	$2,478	+17.85
555–588	576	42	422.50–477.50	$448.89	$2,586	+10.69
600–640	623	28	390.00–411.00	$402.02	$2,505	-4.57
665–690	677	18	367.50–381.00	$373.67	$2,530	+2.37
715–728	718	12	373.00–380.00	$374.77	$2,691	+14.15
760–786	772	11	360.00–387.50	$376.89	$2,910	+44.87
805	805	3	340.00–342.50	$341.67	$2,750	+18.99

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
853–1025	911	6	235.00–280.00	$264.84	$2,413	+39.84
955	955	1	191.00	$191.00	$1,824	—
1005	1005	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,734	—
1070–1170	1120	2	191.00–233.00	$211.06	$2,364	—
1150	1150	2	232.50	$232.50	$2,674	+122.95
1015–1595	1318	107	232.50–245.00	$240.12	$3,165	-1.35
1055–1645	1434	12	200.00–233.00	$225.58	$3,235	—
1790	1790	1	201.00	$201.00	$3,598	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	492.50	$492.50	$1,428	—
350–355	352	3	442.50–470.00	$460.75	$1,622	—
420–440	431	4	452.50–480.00	$465.12	$2,005	—
455–495	483	17	422.50–480.00	$470.10	$2,271	+40.03
500–540	525	3	410.00–445.00	$431.52	$2,265	+12.62
552	552	2	425.00	$425.00	$2,346	+22.12
640	640	4	375.00	$375.00	$2,400	—
760	760	1	352.50	$352.50	$2,679	+17.50

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	427.50	$427.50	$1,753	—
687	687	2	380.00	$380.00	$2,611	—
712	712	2	360.00	$360.00	$2,563	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	342.50	$342.50	$1,661	-27.50
545	545	1	362.50	$362.50	$1,976	+12.50
550–590	570	2	302.50	$302.50	$1,724	-20.30

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–530	520	3	302.50–432.50	$346.67	$1,803	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	497.50	$497.50	$1,244	—
465	465	1	447.50	$447.50	$2,081	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925	925	1	225.00	$225.00	$2,081	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1245–1657	1427	(<2 yrs)	N/A	22	3,750.00–9,000.00	$5,069.56	—
1565	1565	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780	780	1	304.00	$304.00	$2,371	—
925	925	1	232.00	$232.00	$2,146	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–1385	1136	80-85%	18	179.00–252.50	$220.48	$2,505	+33.14
1200–1265	1228	80-85%	3	174.00–177.00	$175.31	$2,153	—
1030–1545	1249	80-85%	36	127.50–160.00	$148.40	$1,854	—
985–1815	1338	80-85%	31	130.00–173.00	$161.68	$2,163	+12.67

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1685	1420	75-80%	3	185.00–187.00	$185.99	$2,641	—
1185–1900	1491	75-80%	22	155.00–183.00	$174.80	$2,606	—
1230–1815	1491	75-80%	23	110.00–169.00	$154.97	$2,311	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020	1020	85-90%	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,708	—
775–1350	1031	85-90%	12	50.00–120.00	$86.71	$894	—
870–1450	1141	85-90%	13	120.00–149.00	$134.29	$1,532	+41.34
1245–1250	1248	85-90%	2	151.00–153.00	$152.00	$1,897	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1582	1582	65-75%	2	214.00	$214.00	$3,385	—
1270–1920	1589	65-75%	18	186.00–193.00	$189.59	$3,013	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–2135	1463	18	170.00–195.00	$184.16	$2,694	—
1135–2115	1672	10	160.00–217.50	$197.78	$3,307	-6.91
1710–1830	1770	2	225.00–227.50	$226.21	$4,004	—

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Bred Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00
1037	1037	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	3,900.00	$3,900.00
1215–1297	1259	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	3,500.00–4,600.00	$4,268.95
1260	1260	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,250.00	$2,250.00
1312	1312	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,800.00	$2,800.00
1360	1360	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00
1390	1390	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00
1420	1420	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00
1315–1683	1493	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	2,000.00–4,500.00	$3,566.60
1275–1745	1562	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	3,600.00–5,200.00	$4,645.76

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1105	1105	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00
1155	1155	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00
1163	1163	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	3,500.00	$3,500.00
1170	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00
1110–1235	1173	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,550.00–1,600.00	$1,576.33
1185–1205	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	3,500.00–3,700.00	$3,599.16

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1400	1400	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	4,200.00	$4,200.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995	995	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00

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Bred Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
973–1275	1049	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	3,250.00–4,300.00	$3,569.21
955–1385	1137	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	41	4,000.00–5,700.00	$4,987.81
1285	1285	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,200.00	$3,200.00
1390	1390	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,600.00	$3,600.00

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Beef Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1560–1590	1575	2	225.00–230.00	$227.52	$3,583	—
1760	1760	1	210.00	$210.00	$3,696	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180	1180	1	238.00	$238.00	$2,808	—
1340–1645	1485	16	225.00–236.00	$232.47	$3,452	—
1685	1685	1	200.00	$200.00	$3,370	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1300–1400	1350	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	6,000.00–6,400.00	$6,133.33	—
1540	1540	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	4,900.00	$4,900.00	—
1565–1660	1628	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	4,900.00–5,900.00	$5,579.63	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1525	1525	80-85%	1	151.00	$151.00	$2,303	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
509	509	6	377.00	$377.00	$1,919	—
559–576	567	19	350.00–383.00	$367.12	$2,082	—
795	795	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,908	—
832	832	4	230.00	$230.00	$1,914	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1690	1498	11	192.00–200.00	$197.65	$2,961	—
1505–1521	1520	14	165.00	$165.00	$2,508	-40.69

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Heifer Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
920–1160	1109	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	5,400.00–6,100.00	$5,876.67	—

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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.