Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Illinois reported 180 priced lines covering 2,059 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 411 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,329 head. replacement cattle receipts at 677 head. Counted as USDA files them — 92 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 5, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 411Last week 1,687Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,329Last week 1,540Year ago 1,105

Replacement CattleReceipts 677Last week 0Year ago 737

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,123	700.00–1,150.00	991.22
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,221	1,200.00–1,400.00	1,350.65
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,106	1,150.00–1,500.00	1,362.34
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	993	1,750.00–1,850.00	1,801.64
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	977	1,550.00–1,625.00	1,601.49
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,123	1,525.00–2,150.00	1,676.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,134	1,125.00–1,550.00	1,287.77
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	940	1,250.00	1,250.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	865	1,500.00	1,500.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	920	1,500.00	1,500.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	74	—	1,452	1,050.00–2,075.00	1,548.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	105	—	1,461	1,225.00–2,600.00	1,900.83
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,505	1,700.00	1,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	41	—	1,496	1,275.00–2,200.00	1,673.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,414	1,325.00–1,545.00	1,457.84
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,217	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	—	1,257	1,350.00–2,400.00	1,862.78
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	36	—	1,419	1,100.00–1,700.00	1,487.59
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,200	1,600.00–1,800.00	1,720.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	59	—	1,237	850.00–2,900.00	2,060.20
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,235	1,125.00–1,850.00	1,504.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	—	1,135	1,350.00–2,100.00	1,840.79
Bred Cows — Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,305	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	945	1,076.00	1,076.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	875	975.00	975.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	925	900.00	900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	985	900.00	900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,214	1,700.00–2,400.00	2,101.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,175	2,350.00	2,350.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,090	1,750.00	1,750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,080	1,400.00–2,600.00	2,151.85
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	—	943	2,600.00–2,900.00	2,741.41
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	1,300.00	1,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	690	950.00	950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	700	2,350.00	2,350.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,304	1,750.00–2,600.00	2,448.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,170	1,400.00–3,200.00	2,707.98
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,500	2,400.00	2,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,200	2,350.00–2,400.00	2,376.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,280	1,400.00–2,350.00	2,076.56
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,310	2,100.00–2,650.00	2,482.78
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	900	2,600.00	2,600.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	920	1,700.00–1,850.00	1,775.18
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	785	900.00	900.00
Bred Heifers — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,145	1,650.00	1,650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	53	—	1,166	1,900.00–3,700.00	2,458.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	987	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,163	1,550.00–2,400.00	1,825.84
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,145	1,300.00–1,850.00	1,611.03
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,153	1,900.00–3,500.00	2,786.17
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	845	1,400.00	1,400.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	2	—	2,085	2,350.00–2,600.00	2,482.19
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,208	1,500.00–2,300.00	1,927.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	10	—	1,733	1,750.00–4,200.00	2,662.19

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	240	250.00	250.00
3	250–300	283	255.00–270.00	264.79
1	300–350	320	220.00	220.00
4	350–400	364	220.00–247.50	239.65
3	400–450	420	227.50–230.00	229.19
3	450–500	455	222.50–235.00	227.45
6	500–550	511	210.00–232.50	224.45
9	600–650	615	208.00–222.50	217.63
14	650–700	665	202.50–226.00	214.49
1	750–800	775	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	326	165.00	165.00
3	350–400	385	175.00–190.00	185.26
2	400–450	418	180.00–182.50	181.23
2	450–500	480	200.00–212.50	206.05
4	500–550	526	202.50–205.00	204.35
3	550–600	568	200.00–202.50	201.63
2	600–650	633	170.00–180.00	175.06
2	650–700	665	190.00–195.00	192.50
5	700–750	744	150.00–179.00	173.31
3	750–800	768	137.50	137.50
1	900–950	930	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	905	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	323	250.00–275.00	259.64
3	350–400	360	247.50–265.00	253.17
6	400–450	404	240.00–267.50	249.12
13	450–500	483	245.00–266.00	257.83
12	500–550	520	237.00–263.00	249.75
12	550–600	587	234.00–241.00	238.55
34	600–650	620	231.00–235.50	235.00
2	650–700	652	232.00	232.00
1	700–750	730	224.00	224.00
1	750–800	780	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	730	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	650	162.50	162.50
1	800–850	840	140.00	140.00
1	900–950	925	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	152.50	152.50
1	450–500	450	157.50	157.50
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	657	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	290	290.00–312.50	304.86
3	350–400	378	270.00–272.50	271.65
7	400–450	438	220.00–270.00	241.11
4	450–500	479	237.50–257.50	243.90
3	500–550	521	235.00–255.00	241.39
7	550–600	580	248.00–262.00	252.66
4	650–700	668	202.50–205.00	204.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	245.00	245.00
1	400–450	430	200.00	200.00
2	650–700	653	167.50–190.00	178.71
6	750–800	778	145.00–165.00	158.25
1	800–850	815	140.00	140.00
1	950–1000	955	120.00	120.00
1	1300–1350	1,335	122.50	122.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	407	150.00	150.00
1	650–700	690	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	235.00–265.00	250.10
1	450–500	495	237.50	237.50
3	550–600	581	241.00–247.50	243.09
4	600–650	606	226.00–227.50	226.38
1	650–700	670	221.00	221.00
2	700–750	737	227.00	227.00
6	850–900	874	210.00–216.00	215.01
1	950–1000	955	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	750	200.00	200.00
1	850–900	855	187.50	187.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	200.00–212.50	206.47
2	650–700	675	195.00–212.50	203.94
4	700–750	721	185.00	185.00
2	750–800	768	182.50–200.00	191.05
2	1000–1050	1,037	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	302.50–312.50	307.58
6	350–400	377	302.50–328.00	313.57
10	400–450	429	282.50–322.50	305.55
19	450–500	475	270.00–312.50	284.99
8	500–550	517	250.00–295.00	277.53
23	550–600	568	250.00–295.00	283.75
10	600–650	617	232.50–272.00	262.53
3	650–700	678	232.00–256.00	239.72
15	700–750	709	230.00–256.00	251.83
7	750–800	760	230.00–247.00	244.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	462	232.50	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	821	142.50	142.50
2	850–900	865	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	197.50	197.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	660	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,370	121.00	121.00
7	—	1,331	130.00–145.00	139.05
6	—	1,258	147.50–165.00	157.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,688	125.00–129.00	126.98
33	—	1,468	75.00–112.00	104.27
77	—	1,507	113.00–125.00	117.76
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,064	132.50–140.00	136.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,263	40.00–98.00	89.99
70	—	1,266	93.00–111.00	104.80
13	—	1,349	112.00–117.00	113.42
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	943	136.00–140.00	137.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,103	94.00–104.00	97.50
44	—	1,072	74.00–93.00	86.63
28	—	1,027	55.00–82.00	74.42
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,000	150.00–167.50	161.34
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,138	110.00–134.00	125.27
1	—	1,420	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,171	145.00–172.50	160.90
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,335	160.00–172.50	167.52
1	—	1,445	185.00	185.00
261	—	1,335	170.00–183.50	176.25
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	127.00	127.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,378	135.00–143.00	140.10
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,517	145.00–163.00	153.94
2	—	1,328	140.00–143.00	141.58
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,365	110.00–120.00	115.02
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	150.00	150.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,338	130.00–140.00	135.01
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,214	120.00–140.00	127.93
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,050	142.50–150.00	147.98
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,414	135.00–172.50	161.64
246	—	1,478	170.00–181.50	176.20
5	—	1,576	183.25	183.25
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,248	146.00–172.50	163.98
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,685	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,070	130.00–150.00	142.61
1	—	1,020	140.00	140.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,915	137.00–152.00	145.10
21	—	1,500	70.00–122.50	109.51
23	—	1,621	125.00–144.00	131.90

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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