Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Illinois reported 77 priced lines covering 926 head across slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts slaughter cattle receipts at 886 head. replacement cattle receipts at 219 head. Counted as USDA files them — 112 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 1, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Springfield, IL (LS-GX)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 886Last week 787Year ago 870

Replacement CattleReceipts 219Last week 0Year ago 318

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,250	2,050.00	2,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,400	2,200.00	2,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,421	1,450.00–2,250.00	2,074.63
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,366	1,550.00–2,050.00	1,791.56
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	—	1,208	1,750.00–2,500.00	2,183.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,300	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,866.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,332	1,800.00–2,100.00	1,954.73
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,350	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,175	1,850.00	1,850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,020	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	909	1,500.00–1,700.00	1,644.43
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,050	1,850.00	1,850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,000	1,950.00	1,950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,133	1,350.00–1,500.00	1,455.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	950	1,700.00	1,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	898	1,550.00–1,750.00	1,587.86
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	817	1,700.00–1,875.00	1,821.43
Heifer Pairs — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,012	1,700.00–2,325.00	2,157.12
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	—	1,536	1,450.00–1,950.00	1,715.55
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,073	1,500.00–1,600.00	1,549.18
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	1,537	1,350.00–1,960.00	1,562.30
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,231	1,100.00–1,700.00	1,535.95
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,402	1,650.00–1,925.00	1,737.74
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,498	1,300.00–1,950.00	1,579.74
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,280	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,551	1,550.00	1,550.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	790	625.00	625.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	905	650.00	650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	930	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	835	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,047	1,225.00	1,225.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,142	1,200.00	1,200.00
Bred Heifers — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,193	1,400.00–1,800.00	1,655.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,190	1,600.00	1,600.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	955	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,573	2,300.00–2,900.00	2,581.14
(<2 yrs)	N/A	6	—	1,230	1,250.00–2,500.00	1,825.74
Bulls — Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,415	1,700.00–2,350.00	2,060.60

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,515	95.00–106.00	101.07
4	—	1,568	107.00	107.00
26	—	1,492	57.50–94.50	87.97
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,227	130.00–137.50	133.12
5	—	1,152	117.50–127.50	120.99
3	—	1,347	107.50–112.50	109.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,025	47.50–70.00	61.38
20	—	1,069	73.00–84.00	77.62
3	—	1,038	85.00–92.50	87.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,385	97.00–98.50	97.60
10	—	1,318	76.50–84.00	81.08
33	—	1,257	85.00–96.50	90.20
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	953	127.50–132.50	130.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	122.50	122.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,091	97.50–147.50	118.74
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	939	100.00–135.00	122.53
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,106	136.00–166.00	153.39
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,355	149.00–169.00	161.57
186	—	1,260	170.00–181.00	176.17
2	—	1,270	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,079	107.50–125.00	116.26
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,237	77.50–115.00	102.89
7	—	1,627	116.00–127.00	123.31
4	—	1,995	128.50–132.50	130.52
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	127.00	127.00
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,583	137.50	137.50
2	—	1,535	120.00–130.00	125.33
3	—	1,300	100.00–117.50	110.97
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
182	—	1,400	170.00–181.00	176.51
4	—	1,510	182.00–184.50	183.27
18	—	1,357	153.00–169.00	159.34
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,690	140.00–170.00	158.18
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,226	137.00–165.00	151.15
Steers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	150.00	150.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,207	120.00–135.00	128.17
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,490	130.00	130.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,333	125.00–133.00	127.97
28	—	1,446	140.00–151.00	145.39

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Illinois barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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