Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 9, 2026

2,224 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $330.71/cwt ≈ $3,052/hd at 923 lb · 182 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $328.17/cwt -12.83 vs last sale · ≈ $2,927/hd at 892 lb · 124 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $393.18/cwt -8.95 vs last sale · ≈ $2,815/hd at 716 lb · 82 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,224	2,010	989
Feeder cattle	1,308	1,125	0
Slaughter cattle	763	722	989
Replacement cattle	153	163	0

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	620.00	$620.00	$1,643	+17.50
305	305	1	560.00	$560.00	$1,708	-40.13
401–445	420	25	500.00–530.00	$518.34	$2,177	-48.56
470–495	475	10	500.00–525.00	$507.93	$2,413	-28.75
510–534	530	18	485.00–545.00	$527.82	$2,797	+8.23
550–587	566	35	450.00–485.00	$464.66	$2,630	-31.99
600–636	618	64	415.00–462.50	$446.51	$2,759	+6.34
653–679	672	59	404.00–422.50	$406.77	$2,733	-33.65
704–741	716	82	375.00–404.00	$393.18	$2,815	-8.95
753–764	761	30	392.50–397.50	$393.65	$2,996	+2.09
801–847	842	36	330.00–340.00	$335.82	$2,828	-35.72
887–897	892	124	324.50–332.00	$328.17	$2,927	-12.83
910–949	923	182	325.50–334.25	$330.71	$3,052	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000	1000	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,900	—
1110–1180	1145	2	160.00–175.00	$167.27	$1,915	—
1100–1540	1239	10	180.00–228.00	$211.90	$2,625	—
1350–1460	1405	2	243.00–244.00	$243.52	$3,421	—
1065–1730	1413	156	230.00–242.50	$237.71	$3,359	—
1265–1725	1497	11	209.00–230.00	$225.33	$3,373	-15.98

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–345	343	5	460.00–520.00	$493.91	$1,694	-56.09
350–385	361	4	465.00–525.00	$502.87	$1,815	-28.04
415–440	428	2	490.00–495.00	$492.57	$2,108	-21.30
455–480	476	7	425.00–445.00	$440.11	$2,095	-58.32
500–541	525	20	405.00–455.00	$439.28	$2,306	-34.55
556–592	581	22	382.50–447.50	$437.18	$2,540	-18.46
605–648	636	20	345.00–401.00	$388.58	$2,471	+11.08
655–699	683	26	330.00–400.00	$392.31	$2,679	-2.74
735–745	741	10	340.00–370.00	$351.23	$2,603	-27.77
750–795	758	23	317.50–365.00	$355.73	$2,696	+0.73
855–890	868	3	320.00–327.50	$323.30	$2,806	—
1070	1070	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,996	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–290	283	2	405.00–445.00	$425.53	$1,204	—
325	325	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,398	—
390	390	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,365	—
505	505	1	405.00	$405.00	$2,045	—
625	625	1	355.00	$355.00	$2,219	-22.50
695	695	1	352.50	$352.50	$2,450	—
935	935	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,431	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,006	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,023	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–347	340	5	485.00–540.00	$497.96	$1,693	-30.72
375–385	380	2	500.00	$500.00	$1,900	-48.77
405–445	435	27	465.00–505.00	$477.11	$2,075	-38.37
458–495	480	21	465.00–485.00	$472.02	$2,266	-18.80
512–518	516	23	425.00–465.00	$448.31	$2,313	-21.06
554–590	565	56	395.00–457.00	$434.58	$2,455	-14.31
610–648	624	78	362.50–417.50	$398.91	$2,489	-3.11
659–692	679	23	340.00–380.00	$364.35	$2,474	-9.32
710	710	11	370.00	$370.00	$2,627	-4.77
753–770	761	26	330.00–340.00	$339.61	$2,584	-37.28
847	847	2	340.00	$340.00	$2,880	—
865	865	5	330.00	$330.00	$2,854	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950	950	1	220.00	$220.00	$2,090	+29.00
1045–1300	1173	2	217.00–226.50	$221.23	$2,595	-11.27
1010–1645	1313	176	230.00–243.00	$237.81	$3,122	-2.31
1320–1445	1366	10	215.50–230.00	$222.78	$3,043	—
1400	1400	1	245.00	$245.00	$3,430	+19.42

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–290	283	3	455.00–500.00	$484.65	$1,372	-7.85
335–343	342	6	445.00–455.00	$453.37	$1,551	—
375–395	388	4	420.00–470.00	$442.31	$1,716	—
425–445	436	12	385.00–460.00	$434.45	$1,894	-30.67
455–498	485	33	370.00–460.00	$433.25	$2,101	-36.85
515–540	531	7	367.50–405.00	$384.65	$2,042	-46.87
555–590	574	12	360.00–405.00	$388.81	$2,232	-36.19
642–647	643	12	350.00	$350.00	$2,250	-25.00
670–672	671	3	340.00	$340.00	$2,281	—
745	745	1	330.00	$330.00	$2,458	—
750	750	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,250	-52.50
840	840	1	312.50	$312.50	$2,625	—
895	895	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,730	—
935	935	2	287.50	$287.50	$2,688	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,223	—
420	420	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,428	—
470–490	480	2	305.00–385.00	$345.83	$1,660	+3.33

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,106	—
355	355	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,242	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,418	—
640	640	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,312	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1020–1790	1389	(<2 yrs)	N/A	58	3,200.00–12,000.00	$6,875.36	—
1900	1900	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	6,100.00	$6,100.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	2	480.00	$480.00	$1,642	—
705	705	1	330.00	$330.00	$2,326	—
1240	1240	1	200.00	$200.00	$2,480	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,390	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1470	1089	80-85%	7	185.00–235.00	$204.92	$2,232	—
850–1610	1274	80-85%	5	112.50–159.00	$139.56	$1,778	—
1140–1570	1325	80-85%	19	160.00–170.00	$165.03	$2,187	+3.35

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1955	1522	75-80%	11	170.00–182.00	$174.08	$2,649	—
1315–1980	1571	75-80%	15	101.00–169.00	$157.64	$2,477	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1825	1442	65-75%	11	183.00–193.00	$187.68	$2,706	—
1483	1483	65-75%	3	221.00	$221.00	$3,277	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1225	990	85-90%	6	100.00–125.00	$109.68	$1,086	—
965–1600	1283	85-90%	7	130.00–150.00	$137.28	$1,761	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1705	1306	9	120.00–195.00	$169.69	$2,216	—
1375–2200	1734	8	195.00–217.50	$205.53	$3,564	—
1830–2340	2032	6	227.50–242.50	$233.12	$4,737	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730–945	834	(<2 yrs)	Open	21	2,700.00–4,800.00	$4,421.08

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1670–1885	1778	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,750.00–3,000.00	$2,882.56

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
550	550	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	3,900.00	$3,900.00

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Bred Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1180–1625	1291	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	4,700.00–5,200.00	$4,857.31
1305–1585	1435	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	2,200.00–6,000.00	$4,243.99
1505–1665	1594	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	3,900.00–4,200.00	$4,046.51
1875	1875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	4,000.00	$4,000.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–1015	932	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	3,600.00–5,200.00	$4,319.72
1047	1047	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	5,700.00	$5,700.00
925–1270	1098	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	5,500.00–5,700.00	$5,584.28
1031–1350	1103	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	4,200.00–5,100.00	$4,805.71
1105–1220	1143	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	4,900.00–5,700.00	$5,415.45

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Beef Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1485	1341	15	225.00–235.00	$230.02	$3,085	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1910	1446	19	225.00–235.00	$230.12	$3,328	—

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Bullocks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425	1425	1	210.00	$210.00	$2,992	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1305–1440	1373	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	6,000.00–6,200.00	$6,095.08	-38.25
1400	1400	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	7,000.00	$7,000.00	—
1400	1400	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	3,550.00	$3,550.00	—
1400	1400	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	9,000.00	$9,000.00	—
1500–1750	1608	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	5,600.00–7,200.00	$6,133.68	+554.05
1400–1820	1610	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	5,500.00–5,900.00	$5,673.91	+94.28
1320–1900	1615	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	5,500.00–6,700.00	$5,921.06	+341.43
1645–1670	1658	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	5,500.00–6,100.00	$5,802.26	—
1700	1700	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	5,600.00–6,200.00	$5,900.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
680	680	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	7,100.00	$7,100.00	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1195	1068	85-90%	2	93.00–105.00	$98.28	$1,050	—
1625	1625	80-85%	1	134.00	$134.00	$2,178	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1580	1448	2	195.00–197.00	$195.91	$2,837	—
1520–1725	1623	2	184.00–190.00	$187.19	$3,038	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1835	1496	13	190.00–192.00	$190.66	$2,852	-6.99
1270–1761	1509	38	195.00–208.00	$201.01	$3,033	+36.01
1445–1725	1585	2	170.00–190.00	$179.12	$2,839	—
1385–2010	1698	2	198.00–208.00	$203.92	$3,463	—
2025	2025	1	190.00	$190.00	$3,848	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
631	631	23	402.50	$402.50	$2,540	—

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Heifer Pairs

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	4,200.00	$4,200.00	—

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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.