Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 4, 2026

1,946 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $347.25/cwt ≈ $3,212/hd at 925 lb · 113 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $342.02/cwt ≈ $2,829/hd at 827 lb · 68 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $358.69/cwt ≈ $3,142/hd at 876 lb · 63 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,946	511	1,095
Feeder cattle	918	—	0
Slaughter cattle	759	511	931
Replacement cattle	269	—	164

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–330	323	2	605.00–620.00	$612.33	$1,978	—
320–348 unweaned	339	9	620.00–625.00	$623.43	$2,113	—
365 unweaned	365	1	625.00	$625.00	$2,281	—
350–397	390	14	545.00–595.00	$578.25	$2,255	—
417–447	429	7	525.00–542.50	$531.68	$2,281	—
435 unweaned	435	7	590.00	$590.00	$2,566	—
465–495	478	9	515.00–555.00	$531.19	$2,539	—
503–547	533	30	490.00–530.00	$517.55	$2,759	—
601–637	611	34	437.50–490.00	$459.67	$2,809	—
650–694	688	31	421.00–440.00	$422.15	$2,904	—
711–730	715	5	395.00–411.00	$407.73	$2,915	—
823–833	830	53	360.00–369.00	$365.80	$3,036	—
876–880	876	63	342.50–359.50	$358.69	$3,142	—
903–933	925	113	338.00–355.00	$347.25	$3,212	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030	1030	1	258.00	$258.00	$2,657	—
1045–1770	1275	6	205.00–247.00	$235.46	$3,002	—
1140–1545	1312	12	230.00–246.00	$242.65	$3,184	—
1070–1720	1418	163	246.00–262.50	$253.34	$3,592	+1.26
1390–1569	1541	8	257.00–268.00	$265.77	$4,096	—
1440–1770	1580	4	185.00–230.00	$211.47	$3,341	—
1890	1890	1	244.00	$244.00	$4,612	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	2	565.00	$565.00	$1,667	—
325	325	1	535.00	$535.00	$1,739	—
370–395	383	2	530.00–540.00	$535.16	$2,050	—
400	400	2	495.00	$495.00	$1,980	—
461 unweaned	461	3	510.00	$510.00	$2,351	—
450–496	488	16	440.00–507.50	$499.03	$2,435	—
500–536	527	12	440.00–482.50	$463.76	$2,444	—
540 unweaned	540	1	440.00	$440.00	$2,376	—
560–570	567	3	445.00–455.00	$448.29	$2,542	—
601–645	620	12	365.00–420.00	$401.96	$2,492	—
662–697	672	30	380.00–412.50	$400.30	$2,690	—
705–730	720	8	355.00–390.00	$373.10	$2,686	—
773–796	787	11	360.00–375.00	$366.74	$2,886	—
830–845	838	2	321.00–337.50	$329.32	$2,760	—
850	850	5	342.50	$342.50	$2,911	—
965	965	1	330.00	$330.00	$3,184	—
1025	1025	1	277.50	$277.50	$2,844	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,180	—
325–345	335	2	370.00–430.00	$400.90	$1,343	—
360	360	1	435.00	$435.00	$1,566	—
455–492	481	4	410.00–460.00	$434.61	$2,090	—
550–567	561	4	355.00–385.00	$368.61	$2,068	—
665	665	1	345.00	$345.00	$2,294	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335 unweaned	335	3	525.00	$525.00	$1,759	—
335–340	338	2	475.00–545.00	$509.74	$1,723	—
350–385	365	8	470.00–525.00	$507.83	$1,854	—
365 unweaned	365	1	490.00	$490.00	$1,788	—
400 unweaned	400	1	490.00	$490.00	$1,960	—
420–448	444	11	445.00–502.50	$493.23	$2,190	—
453–495	464	35	432.50–480.00	$465.29	$2,159	—
515 unweaned	515	1	445.00	$445.00	$2,292	—
516–543	533	29	425.00–492.50	$443.96	$2,366	—
567–590	576	25	400.00–405.00	$401.63	$2,313	—
600–623	608	21	382.50–412.50	$401.76	$2,443	—
656–682	672	37	360.00–391.00	$378.34	$2,542	—
701–746	732	23	352.50–367.50	$356.31	$2,608	—
780	780	1	337.50	$337.50	$2,632	—
805–829	827	68	320.00–343.50	$342.02	$2,829	—
865	865	6	310.00–342.50	$337.08	$2,916	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810	810	1	312.50	$312.50	$2,531	—
980–1060	1017	3	260.00–275.00	$268.52	$2,731	—
1035	1035	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,846	—
1095–1130	1113	2	231.00–235.00	$232.97	$2,593	—
1135–1165	1150	2	220.00–237.50	$228.64	$2,629	—
1095–1305	1274	8	257.00–264.00	$262.75	$3,347	+63.75
1015–1615	1316	115	245.00–258.50	$251.78	$3,313	+0.02
1075–1510	1363	8	237.00–246.00	$242.34	$3,303	+7.42

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,425	—
340	340	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,292	—
360	360	2	450.00	$450.00	$1,620	—
361 unweaned	361	4	515.00	$515.00	$1,859	—
400–440	425	5	400.00–435.00	$414.13	$1,760	—
460–490	479	4	390.00–425.00	$402.25	$1,927	—
500–545	521	4	395.00–417.50	$407.25	$2,122	—
550–586	578	6	397.50–405.00	$400.41	$2,314	—
605–628	623	5	365.00–372.50	$371.04	$2,312	—
650	650	8	375.00	$375.00	$2,438	—
693	693	4	360.00	$360.00	$2,495	—
735	735	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,572	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,210	—
315	315	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,197	—
360	360	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,278	—
400	400	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,500	—
580–585	583	2	365.00–395.00	$379.94	$2,215	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,728	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,222	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–390	385	2	460.00–500.00	$480.26	$1,849	—
492	492	2	405.00	$405.00	$1,993	—
520–545	539	4	425.00–440.00	$428.62	$2,310	—
615	615	1	390.00	$390.00	$2,398	—
655–670	657	10	345.00–393.00	$388.10	$2,550	—
715–737	731	10	307.50–360.00	$345.78	$2,528	—
971	971	5	245.00	$245.00	$2,379	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1325	1325	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	3,300.00	$3,300.00	—
1650–1905	1815	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	3,600.00–4,550.00	$4,083.88	—
2135	2135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	4,800.00	$4,800.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462	462	2	525.00	$525.00	$2,426	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
867	867	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	2,450.00	$2,450.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,794	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1820	1451	75-80%	54	160.00–185.00	$180.68	$2,622	—
1320–1920	1521	75-80%	14	150.00–173.00	$166.62	$2,534	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1290	1143	80-85%	24	176.00–273.00	$208.06	$2,378	+23.06
1065–1250	1151	80-85%	10	145.00–163.00	$157.01	$1,807	—
1035–1555	1220	80-85%	23	164.00–175.00	$170.90	$2,085	—
1110–1465	1271	80-85%	6	176.00–181.00	$178.58	$2,270	+0.55

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310	1310	65-75%	1	217.50	$217.50	$2,849	—
1265–1740	1505	65-75%	20	186.00–194.00	$188.42	$2,836	-32.46

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–1170	1004	85-90%	6	156.00–171.00	$163.29	$1,639	+15.79
735–1245	1043	85-90%	5	132.50–141.00	$137.66	$1,436	+25.60
935–1235	1101	85-90%	4	149.00–156.00	$151.27	$1,665	—
970–1390	1215	85-90%	3	117.00–126.00	$122.90	$1,493	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1100	1000	3	245.00–270.00	$260.83	$2,608	—
1330–2510	1724	6	205.00–219.00	$213.31	$3,677	—
1520–2455	1919	24	202.00–245.00	$228.58	$4,386	—
1670–2225	1965	8	250.00–262.50	$256.87	$5,047	-7.88

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Bred Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1149	1149	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	2,900.00	$2,900.00
1055–1272	1221	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	2,350.00–5,000.00	$4,295.85
1250	1250	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,100.00	$2,100.00
1252–1438	1299	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	2,450.00–4,500.00	$3,588.80
1285–1485	1327	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	2,150.00–4,700.00	$3,692.93
1145–1540	1343	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	3,400.00–3,650.00	$3,543.39
1260–1555	1369	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	3,150.00–4,000.00	$3,815.50
1235–1725	1392	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	65	4,100.00–5,300.00	$4,746.67
1350–1710	1476	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	3,400.00–4,450.00	$3,842.92
1335–1850	1583	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	3,050.00–3,950.00	$3,587.29

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1003	1003	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	3,900.00	$3,900.00
1072	1072	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	2,950.00	$2,950.00
1070–1224	1149	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	2,250.00–4,000.00	$3,650.02
1067–1247	1162	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	1,800.00–4,750.00	$4,066.26

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1071	1071	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	4,000.00	$4,000.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00

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Bred Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00
890	890	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,850.00	$2,850.00
980–1180	1108	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	3,000.00–4,700.00	$3,950.24
1090–1470	1207	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	3,100.00–3,600.00	$3,442.71

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Beef Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1385	1277	3	230.00–232.00	$230.64	$2,945	-10.64
1195–1425	1334	9	238.00–243.00	$239.94	$3,201	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–950	900	2	182.50–215.00	$199.65	$1,797	—
1195	1195	1	190.00	$190.00	$2,270	—
1200–1395	1298	2	230.00–231.00	$230.46	$2,991	—
1220–1420	1318	3	220.00–230.00	$223.59	$2,947	—
1280–1595	1409	25	235.00–249.00	$241.10	$3,397	—

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Bullocks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1596	1541	5	221.00–251.00	$245.86	$3,789	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1165	1165	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	4,200.00	$4,200.00	—
1300–1400	1363	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	3,250.00–4,200.00	$3,860.09	—
1300–1550	1383	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	3,650.00–3,925.00	$3,822.29	—
1425–1575	1500	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	4,400.00–4,700.00	$4,557.50	—
1310–1700	1531	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	4,400.00–4,600.00	$4,528.73	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
710	710	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—
1090	1090	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	4,550.00	$4,550.00	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1240	1235	65-75%	2	190.00–205.00	$197.53	$2,439	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220	1220	1	192.00	$192.00	$2,342	—
1465	1465	1	215.00	$215.00	$3,150	—
1230–1705	1470	17	202.00–212.00	$205.93	$3,027	—
1435–1620	1528	2	200.00	$200.00	$3,056	-19.51

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Heifer 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	2	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.