Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Illinois reported 131 priced lines covering 2,029 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,514 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 482 head. replacement cattle receipts at 131 head.

Mon Jan 20, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,514Last week 2,047Year ago 979

Slaughter CattleReceipts 482Last week 837Year ago 639

Replacement CattleReceipts 131Last week 0Year ago 210

Correction: Removed a 210 lbs lean cow

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,401	2,800.00–3,900.00	3,644.53
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,215	2,600.00	2,600.00
Bred Heifers — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	115	—	1,138	2,600.00–4,200.00	3,723.19
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,345	3,900.00	3,900.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	295.00	295.00
3	300–350	315	249.00–265.00	259.50
4	400–450	429	255.00–273.00	267.03
9	450–500	470	260.00–279.00	269.61
2	500–550	525	270.00–271.00	270.52
1	550–600	590	212.50	212.50
1	600–650	645	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	235.00	235.00
1	450–500	490	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	395.00	395.00
5	500–550	524	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	308	381.00	381.00
17	400–450	431	325.00–360.00	345.40
27	450–500	467	320.00–335.00	327.80
52	500–550	527	291.00–325.00	308.85
165	550–600	567	295.00–321.00	308.98
62	600–650	620	260.00–297.00	285.88
51	650–700	678	256.00–279.00	262.95
93	700–750	712	245.00–270.00	258.96
13	750–800	786	242.00–246.00	243.70
25	800–850	824	265.50	265.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	835	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	265.00	265.00
1	650–700	655	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	720	243.00–251.00	245.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	285	355.00–365.00	361.72
2	300–350	340	337.50–355.00	346.12
3	350–400	385	330.00–340.00	334.96
4	400–450	430	302.50–315.00	311.91
9	450–500	468	284.00–315.00	303.55
9	500–550	540	255.00–260.00	257.98
21	550–600	573	247.00–285.00	267.19
14	600–650	612	235.00–261.00	255.37
5	650–700	686	241.00–259.00	255.43
10	700–750	729	228.00–247.50	233.91
3	750–800	760	233.00–243.00	236.31
1	800–850	800	208.00	208.00
1	850–900	860	221.00	221.00
1	900–950	910	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	518	230.00–267.50	258.26
2	550–600	562	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	517	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	451	290.00	290.00
4	500–550	515	259.00	259.00
3	550–600	563	267.50	267.50
5	600–650	606	259.00	259.00
2	650–700	667	220.00	220.00
2	700–750	710	220.00–235.00	227.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	295	465.00	465.00
3	300–350	307	445.00–455.00	450.03
14	400–450	419	370.00–400.00	388.68
36	450–500	490	357.50–400.00	391.64
34	500–550	531	332.50–375.00	355.67
42	550–600	564	334.00–377.00	359.77
114	600–650	634	298.00–328.00	315.76
62	650–700	680	291.00–311.50	303.47
88	700–750	715	274.00–299.00	284.80
17	750–800	768	262.00–293.50	282.20
62	800–850	838	277.50	277.50
59	850–900	874	252.00–261.00	257.21
62	900–950	903	231.00–276.00	275.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	420.00	420.00
1	300–350	340	380.00	380.00
1	350–400	380	410.00	410.00
6	400–450	420	322.50–355.00	340.29
2	450–500	457	351.00	351.00
3	500–550	538	317.50	317.50
41	550–600	585	293.00–327.50	315.62
9	600–650	613	254.00–285.00	265.79
17	650–700	677	247.50–285.00	271.81
13	700–750	714	253.00–273.00	261.65
32	750–800	770	252.00–266.00	260.82
6	800–850	844	243.00–251.00	244.30
3	850–900	863	247.00	247.00
2	900–950	938	206.00–227.50	216.72
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	231	340.00–380.00	366.17
1	300–350	300	315.00	315.00
1	400–450	445	267.50	267.50
8	450–500	477	277.50–303.00	293.05
4	500–550	519	255.00–280.00	265.23
3	550–600	568	262.00–280.00	270.53
1	600–650	645	270.00	270.00
3	750–800	772	220.00–235.00	229.85
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	642	288.00	288.00
1	1000–1050	1,000	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	532	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	235.00	235.00
1	450–500	465	225.00	225.00
1	500–550	545	210.00	210.00
1	550–600	590	245.00	245.00
1	600–650	645	200.00	200.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	483	405.00–407.50	407.29
9	500–550	520	400.00	400.00
24	600–650	615	330.00–333.00	331.32

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,033	177.50–179.00	178.24
2	—	1,258	145.00–152.50	148.79
10	—	1,657	155.00–171.00	163.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	165.00	165.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,830	138.00	138.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,457	90.00–115.00	100.12
36	—	1,416	110.00–142.00	135.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,288	87.50–110.00	99.85
10	—	1,211	100.00–130.00	118.87
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,370	97.50	97.50
6	—	1,163	70.00–115.00	98.19
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,376	143.00–156.00	146.93
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,686	160.00–170.00	166.71
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	70.00	70.00
1	—	1,210	92.00	92.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	170.00	170.00
4	—	1,383	190.00–203.00	195.42
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	195.00	195.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	209.00	209.00
1	—	1,510	200.00	200.00
158	—	1,488	195.00–218.00	209.56
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,192	160.00–195.00	181.37
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	177.00	177.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	190.00	190.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,130	195.00–202.00	198.35
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,062	185.00–190.00	186.70
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,260	207.00	207.00
133	—	1,355	195.00–218.50	208.53
3	—	1,285	200.00–204.00	201.30
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	190.00	190.00

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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