Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 30, 2026

2,986 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $352.72/cwt ≈ $3,093/hd at 877 lb · 230 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $500.47/cwt ≈ $2,838/hd at 567 lb · 109 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $455.79/cwt ≈ $2,861/hd at 628 lb · 107 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,986	819	3,393
Feeder cattle	2,025	—	2,215
Slaughter cattle	773	819	809
Replacement cattle	188	—	369

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–280	265	3	550.00–700.00	$630.50	$1,671	—
317–345 fancy	331	4	630.00–720.00	$676.90	$2,241	—
305–345	332	10	545.00–710.00	$607.41	$2,017	—
350–395	369	23	515.00–685.00	$621.96	$2,295	—
390 fancy	390	2	625.00	$625.00	$2,438	—
402–417 fancy	415	14	620.00–625.00	$620.69	$2,576	—
405–448	430	18	550.00–670.00	$619.47	$2,664	—
450–490	474	28	535.00–625.00	$565.66	$2,681	—
500–543	524	45	465.00–580.00	$528.41	$2,769	—
551–599	567	109	472.00–535.00	$500.47	$2,838	—
601–640	626	85	415.00–470.00	$451.34	$2,825	—
634 fancy	634	22	473.00	$473.00	$2,999	—
660 fancy	660	1	500.00	$500.00	$3,300	—
650–696	682	46	411.00–475.00	$423.82	$2,890	—
700–747	732	78	367.50–435.00	$389.37	$2,850	—
756–765	759	43	386.00–420.00	$391.78	$2,974	—
804–845	821	76	350.00–377.00	$363.63	$2,985	—
850–888	877	230	335.00–370.00	$352.72	$3,093	—
902–917	907	94	345.00–354.50	$351.13	$3,185	—
1050	1050	1	321.00	$321.00	$3,370	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	266	4	490.00–625.00	$556.38	$1,480	—
360–370	365	7	457.50–625.00	$491.74	$1,795	—
410–447	428	18	355.00–595.00	$502.18	$2,149	—
452–495	472	44	387.50–587.50	$516.37	$2,437	—
500–548	527	26	432.50–565.00	$495.78	$2,613	—
550–595	570	33	380.00–545.00	$465.39	$2,653	—
620	620	1	460.00	$460.00	$2,852	—
605–645	621	14	393.00–442.50	$417.19	$2,591	—
655–698	676	15	387.50–455.00	$414.94	$2,805	—
710–745	730	21	332.50–372.50	$363.95	$2,657	—
752–780	761	22	342.50–390.00	$356.79	$2,715	—
805–815	810	4	320.00–345.00	$333.11	$2,698	—
855–890	884	26	325.00–340.00	$338.03	$2,988	—
900–925	913	2	309.00–322.50	$315.84	$2,884	—
997	997	2	290.00	$290.00	$2,891	—
1010	1010	2	285.00	$285.00	$2,878	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1350	1191	11	215.00–235.00	$226.99	$2,703	—
1105–1234	1213	6	200.00–235.00	$229.68	$2,786	—
1245–1490	1356	6	220.00–235.50	$231.55	$3,140	—
1075–1690	1434	186	234.00–246.50	$241.16	$3,458	—
1463	1463	5	248.00	$248.00	$3,628	+10.86
1795	1795	1	228.00	$228.00	$4,093	—
1995	1995	1	182.00	$182.00	$3,631	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385–390	388	2	382.50–445.00	$413.95	$1,606	—
425–435	430	2	355.00–500.00	$426.66	$1,835	—
455–485	472	6	325.00–480.00	$420.43	$1,984	—
505–545	530	11	370.00–470.00	$437.98	$2,321	—
550–598	583	19	380.00–480.00	$439.67	$2,563	—
615	615	2	290.00–355.00	$322.50	$1,983	—
965	965	1	277.50	$277.50	$2,678	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463	463	1	547.50	$547.50	$2,535	—
555	555	2	550.00	$550.00	$3,052	—
650–690	677	14	355.00–445.00	$380.77	$2,578	—
775–790	783	2	350.00–375.00	$362.62	$2,839	—
830	830	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,448	—
885	885	3	317.50	$317.50	$2,810	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,065	—
408–410	408	5	352.50–545.00	$506.35	$2,066	—
460	460	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,495	—
565–575	568	3	285.00–290.00	$286.69	$1,628	—
660	660	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,551	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	700.00	$700.00	$2,450	—
802	802	2	375.00	$375.00	$3,008	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,855	—
610	610	1	362.50	$362.50	$2,211	—
695	695	1	370.00	$370.00	$2,572	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680	680	1	375.00	$375.00	$2,550	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	520.00	$520.00	$2,912	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–227	225	4	560.00–640.00	$620.42	$1,396	—
270–290	280	2	620.00–650.00	$634.46	$1,776	—
309–335	317	11	510.00–665.00	$563.78	$1,787	—
365–395	375	24	497.50–605.00	$514.79	$1,930	—
410 fancy	410	1	660.00	$660.00	$2,706	—
404–445	427	31	407.50–600.00	$497.69	$2,125	—
460–495	484	12	432.50–565.00	$487.50	$2,360	—
505–540	525	20	405.00–525.00	$462.07	$2,426	—
553–585	562	37	400.00–515.00	$433.85	$2,438	—
607–649	631	95	367.50–555.00	$393.57	$2,483	—
650–688	670	18	342.50–383.00	$371.93	$2,492	—
711–738	723	74	330.00–400.00	$371.40	$2,685	—
755–775	761	6	345.00–377.50	$360.08	$2,740	—
825–835	828	83	341.00–369.00	$349.95	$2,898	—
860–895	878	3	315.00–345.00	$329.04	$2,889	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–992	899	4	202.00–212.50	$204.39	$1,837	—
910	910	1	222.50	$222.50	$2,025	-7.18
990	990	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,326	—
1092–1220	1137	4	220.00–234.00	$226.40	$2,574	—
1055–1275	1156	6	230.00–233.00	$231.40	$2,675	—
1010–1670	1308	153	234.00–246.00	$239.06	$3,127	-10.94
1404	1404	5	249.00	$249.00	$3,496	+25.04

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	590.00	$590.00	$1,298	—
270–290	283	3	500.00–550.00	$517.06	$1,463	—
305–335	320	2	460.00–550.00	$507.11	$1,623	—
355–390	378	9	395.00–540.00	$491.34	$1,857	—
400–445	425	31	400.00–525.00	$443.20	$1,884	—
450–490	467	19	380.00–525.00	$467.57	$2,184	—
500–547	523	25	375.00–485.00	$444.30	$2,324	—
555–588	571	13	380.00–495.00	$412.64	$2,356	—
620–637	631	10	325.00–440.00	$415.36	$2,621	—
665	665	1	330.00	$330.00	$2,194	—
650–687	675	15	350.00–417.50	$363.00	$2,450	—
717–730	722	4	335.00–363.00	$352.69	$2,546	—
770–785	778	2	327.50	$327.50	$2,548	—
885	885	1	330.00	$330.00	$2,920	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
40	40	1	370.00	$370.00	$148	—
340–342	341	3	360.00–405.00	$374.94	$1,279	—
360–395	378	2	400.00–415.00	$407.15	$1,539	—
415–430	422	7	350.00–430.00	$373.93	$1,578	—
480–490	486	4	325.00–375.00	$355.73	$1,729	—
500–540	526	5	305.00–370.00	$348.92	$1,835	—
550–598	575	21	290.00–430.00	$376.30	$2,164	—
750	750	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,212	—
980	980	2	265.00	$265.00	$2,597	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	397.50	$397.50	$2,464	—
728	728	4	370.00	$370.00	$2,694	—
750	750	1	345.00	$345.00	$2,588	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	313	2	280.00–345.00	$311.20	$974	—
370–380	375	2	310.00–322.50	$316.17	$1,186	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,462	—
562	562	2	500.00	$500.00	$2,810	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,571	—
580	580	1	355.00	$355.00	$2,059	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830	830	1	255.00	$255.00	$2,116	—
860	860	1	255.00	$255.00	$2,193	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	1	430.00	$430.00	$2,730	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	428	—	—	2	435.00–440.00	$437.60	$1,873	—
508	508	—	—	3	417.50	$417.50	$2,121	—
580	580	—	—	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,740	—
715	715	—	—	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,913	—
810	810	—	—	1	267.50	$267.50	$2,167	—
1050	1050	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	222.50	$222.50	$2,336	—
1110–1335	1223	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	211.00–212.50	$211.68	$2,589	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1295–1480	1368	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	2,800.00–6,500.00	$5,157.00	—
1835	1835	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	3,950.00	$3,950.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	2	352.50	$352.50	$952	—
370	370	1	397.50	$397.50	$1,471	—
810	810	1	272.50	$272.50	$2,207	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1250	1183	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	222.50–350.00	$294.46	$3,483	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	560.00	$560.00	$1,512	—
405	405	2	487.50	$487.50	$1,974	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–2155	1505	75-80%	46	150.00–183.00	$174.82	$2,631	—
1310–1730	1523	75-80%	16	157.50–171.00	$166.29	$2,533	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–1210	1003	80-85%	7	190.00–247.50	$224.88	$2,256	—
820–1550	1256	80-85%	23	128.00–159.00	$150.99	$1,896	—
1285	1285	80-85%	1	176.00	$176.00	$2,262	—
935–1960	1294	80-85%	30	135.00–174.00	$159.76	$2,067	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1790	1460	65-75%	19	184.00–192.00	$187.80	$2,742	—
1425–1486	1462	65-75%	5	212.00–222.00	$215.90	$3,156	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555–930	755	85-90%	3	180.00–215.00	$204.70	$1,545	—
725–1205	951	85-90%	4	110.00–125.00	$117.32	$1,116	—
770–1280	1079	85-90%	12	120.00–144.00	$134.51	$1,451	-25.84

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	510.00	$510.00	$2,346	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1149	1065	2	235.00	$235.00	$2,503	—
1045–1780	1511	6	140.00–200.00	$183.94	$2,779	—
1040–2090	1832	6	247.50–272.50	$260.39	$4,770	+44.57
1405–2420	1952	10	180.00–237.50	$219.59	$4,286	—

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Bred Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
968–1080	996	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	2,600.00–3,900.00	$3,547.59
1205	1205	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	4,500.00	$4,500.00
1290	1290	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00
1025–1505	1295	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	3,100.00–4,600.00	$3,809.07
1280–1585	1451	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,600.00–4,300.00	$3,715.85
1320–1655	1467	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	4,600.00–4,900.00	$4,777.61

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
866	866	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	3,100.00	$3,100.00
1035	1035	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00
1130	1130	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	4,000.00	$4,000.00
1180–1240	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	3,100.00–4,300.00	$3,776.84
1240	1240	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	4,500.00	$4,500.00
1245	1245	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,500.00	$3,500.00

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Bred Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–1150	980	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,300.00–3,400.00	$2,945.41
825–1175	1027	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	101	2,000.00–4,900.00	$4,392.07

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,330.00	$1,330.00
777–955	836	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,300.00–3,600.00	$2,794.82
830–915	860	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,000.00–2,600.00	$2,212.79

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690	690	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00

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Beef Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210	1210	1	211.00	$211.00	$2,553	—
1290–1355	1329	4	221.00–235.00	$226.98	$3,017	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275	1275	1	216.00	$216.00	$2,754	—
1256–1520	1321	30	232.00–240.00	$238.89	$3,156	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1145	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	3,400.00–4,500.00	$3,776.53	—
1260–1295	1272	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	3,100.00–3,500.00	$3,364.22	—
1250–1375	1296	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	3,300.00–5,000.00	$4,391.32	—
1300	1300	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	5,600.00	$5,600.00	—
1350–1575	1434	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	3,800.00–5,600.00	$4,721.19	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
940 thin fleshed	940	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—
1030–1200	1102	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	3,300.00–4,700.00	$4,387.49	—
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	4,500.00	$4,500.00	—
1175 thin fleshed	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	5,100.00	$5,100.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160	1160	1	186.00	$186.00	$2,158	—
1275	1275	1	195.00	$195.00	$2,486	—
1490	1490	1	192.00	$192.00	$2,861	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1450	1330	3	190.00–192.00	$191.27	$2,544	—
1245–1640	1424	26	195.00–200.00	$196.91	$2,804	+16.91
1490	1490	1	200.00	$200.00	$2,980	+2.89

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Heifer Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
830–1070	941	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	4,000.00–5,400.00	$4,638.20	—

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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.