Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Illinois reported 194 priced lines covering 1,781 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 923 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 932 head. replacement cattle receipts at 185 head. Counted as USDA files them — 82 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 1, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 923Last week 1,789Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 932Last week 962Year ago 830

Replacement CattleReceipts 185Last week 0Year ago 735

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	280.00	280.00
3	350–400	372	285.00–297.50	289.69
9	400–450	413	272.50–302.50	293.90
12	450–500	479	280.00–302.50	296.36
11	500–550	526	277.50–300.00	290.95
47	550–600	570	267.50–300.00	284.07
8	600–650	641	247.50–275.00	263.71
11	650–700	667	245.00–265.00	258.84
3	700–750	741	247.50–255.00	252.50
4	750–800	765	232.50–242.50	239.29
1	800–850	835	227.50	227.50
3	850–900	867	207.50–237.50	227.23
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	260.00	260.00
2	400–450	425	200.00–240.00	219.76
1	450–500	465	212.50	212.50
2	500–550	533	200.00–217.00	208.38
2	550–600	575	245.00–247.50	246.21
5	600–650	643	222.50–235.00	226.01
2	650–700	673	200.00–217.50	208.72
1	700–750	745	212.50	212.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	272.50	272.50
1	600–650	620	242.50	242.50
1	750–800	750	252.50	252.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	630	277.50	277.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	355.00	355.00
2	400–450	417	360.00	360.00
14	500–550	508	336.00	336.00
16	600–650	607	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	352.50	352.50
6	300–350	332	315.00–352.50	341.09
10	350–400	374	300.00–351.00	335.13
30	400–450	420	312.50–355.00	339.22
46	450–500	468	305.00–340.00	331.43
23	500–550	520	301.00–342.50	316.87
17	550–600	560	295.00–302.50	297.61
15	600–650	617	272.50–290.00	281.06
23	650–700	664	265.00–295.00	280.03
17	700–750	719	250.00–287.50	268.89
12	750–800	781	260.00	260.00
64	850–900	881	230.00–245.00	230.73
3	900–950	908	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	526	308.00	308.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	242.50	242.50
1	500–550	510	227.50	227.50
5	550–600	587	250.00–252.50	251.01
1	850–900	895	160.00	160.00
2	1000–1050	1,012	150.00	150.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	810	237.50	237.50
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	810	167.50	167.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	745	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	200.00–232.50	216.58
1	400–450	430	237.50	237.50
1	450–500	470	222.50	222.50
1	600–650	615	225.00	225.00
2	700–750	708	180.00–202.50	191.13
1	750–800	755	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	250.00	250.00
2	300–350	328	252.50–265.00	258.70
3	350–400	365	270.00–279.00	273.04
5	400–450	430	257.50–287.50	276.48
2	450–500	485	275.00–277.50	276.22
31	500–550	529	240.00–289.00	276.08
26	550–600	572	242.50–282.50	267.84
6	600–650	616	235.00–250.00	247.42
4	650–700	694	236.00–242.50	237.63
1	700–750	735	210.00	210.00
5	750–800	770	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	640	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	300.00–302.50	301.29
12	350–400	376	300.00–320.00	313.30
39	400–450	438	292.50–320.00	310.20
39	450–500	478	290.00–320.00	308.76
41	500–550	527	290.00–322.50	301.54
11	550–600	575	290.00–300.00	292.27
23	600–650	627	242.50–256.00	251.02
11	650–700	657	240.00–250.00	242.71
1	700–750	710	237.50	237.50
4	750–800	766	232.50–237.50	234.95
3	850–900	858	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	666	240.00–242.00	241.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	707	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	471	323.00	323.00
26	500–550	521	320.00–327.50	322.24
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	262.50	262.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	302	255.00	255.00
2	400–450	405	260.00	260.00
3	450–500	465	255.00–257.50	256.68
8	500–550	528	232.50	232.50
2	550–600	575	215.00–222.50	218.68
5	600–650	633	212.50–247.50	220.83
6	650–700	656	234.00–250.00	247.30
2	700–750	735	217.50–232.50	225.10
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	745	208.00	208.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	332	227.50	227.50
2	450–500	497	265.00	265.00
1	500–550	540	200.00	200.00
4	600–650	618	215.00	215.00
1	650–700	660	212.50	212.50
3	700–750	728	202.50	202.50
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	180.00	180.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	152.50	152.50
3	500–550	523	152.50–167.50	160.05
1	550–600	585	122.50	122.50
1	700–750	700	151.00	151.00
1	800–850	845	122.50	122.50
1	850–900	850	130.00	130.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	395	202.50	202.50
1	450–500	470	190.00	190.00
1	500–550	545	217.50	217.50
9	550–600	578	200.00–222.50	220.12
2	600–650	643	170.00–200.00	185.06
5	650–700	682	170.00–202.50	181.20
1	1050–1100	1,055	140.00	140.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	426	243.00	243.00
19	450–500	469	230.00–242.50	238.02
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	152.50	152.50
1	600–650	600	152.50	152.50
1	800–850	815	132.50	132.50
1	950–1000	960	120.00	120.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	980	2,300.00	2,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	2,100.00	2,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,175	2,200.00	2,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,080	1,700.00	1,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,284	2,400.00–3,250.00	3,087.20
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,700	2,500.00	2,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,466	2,100.00–2,550.00	2,359.02
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,474	2,400.00–2,600.00	2,552.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,512	2,750.00–2,800.00	2,765.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,148	2,300.00–3,400.00	3,112.78
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	2,250.00	2,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,226	2,100.00	2,100.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,122	1,750.00	1,750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,515	2,400.00	2,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,455	121.00	121.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	—	1,429	2,300.00–2,650.00	2,456.08
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,645	121.00	121.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,530	2,200.00–3,150.00	2,753.46
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	—	1,333	2,300.00–3,300.00	2,895.51
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,435	114.00	114.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	—	1,515	1,700.00–2,400.00	2,122.92
Bred Heifers — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,183	2,100.00–2,500.00	2,410.78
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,260	3,050.00	3,050.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,982	175.00–179.00	177.08
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	9	—	1,544	1,900.00–3,600.00	2,782.21
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	2,490	157.00	157.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	7	—	1,294	1,500.00–2,300.00	1,875.18
Stock Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,006	1,950.00	1,950.00
Heifer Pairs — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	37	—	1,210	3,400.00–3,650.00	3,506.67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,337	135.00–140.00	136.06
33	—	1,278	119.00–133.00	127.36
30	—	1,316	76.00–121.00	114.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,654	149.00–150.00	149.23
43	—	1,605	133.00–148.00	141.72
39	—	1,579	108.00–137.50	126.94
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	960	135.00–142.50	138.50
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	120.00	120.00
3	—	1,465	163.00–177.50	169.17
10	—	1,519	150.00–160.00	153.37
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	157.00	157.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,100	122.50	122.50
10	—	1,118	65.00–105.00	98.62
28	—	1,116	105.00–117.50	111.68
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,261	95.00–115.00	108.44
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,468	111.00–120.00	115.90
3	—	1,573	119.00–126.00	122.19
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,063	165.00–193.00	176.14
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,496	100.00–140.00	125.93
1	—	2,085	177.00	177.00
2	—	1,578	110.00–115.00	112.34
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	185.00	185.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
223	—	1,429	180.00–193.50	187.61
7	—	1,411	150.00–175.00	169.28
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,278	150.00–179.00	168.60
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	115.00	115.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,713	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,150	135.00–144.00	139.77
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
139	—	1,308	180.00–193.50	187.46
7	—	1,261	160.00–180.00	172.91
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,105	150.00–177.50	163.28
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,807	176.00	176.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,411	145.00–170.00	155.10
1	—	1,385	143.00	143.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,345	130.00–140.00	135.97
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,884	161.00–186.00	173.33
6	—	1,323	137.50–147.50	142.50
15	—	1,788	142.00–165.00	155.02
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,230	180.00–182.00	180.99
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,373	175.00–182.00	178.88

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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