Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Illinois reported 127 priced lines covering 1,736 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,125 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 657 head.

Mon Jan 27, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,125Last week 1,514Year ago 1,687

Slaughter CattleReceipts 657Last week 482Year ago 1,540

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	302.50–360.00	330.79
4	350–400	369	305.00–345.00	324.00
2	400–450	412	275.00	275.00
1	450–500	465	310.00	310.00
2	550–600	582	240.00	240.00
1	600–650	645	205.00	205.00
2	650–700	693	225.00–231.00	228.01
2	700–750	723	220.00–226.00	223.09
10	750–800	773	205.00–236.00	231.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	370.00	370.00
3	350–400	371	410.00–415.00	411.66
4	400–450	425	347.00–355.00	351.07
17	450–500	461	350.00–365.00	357.63
8	500–550	533	300.00–332.50	321.40
17	550–600	575	303.00–327.50	319.87
28	600–650	621	251.00–299.00	285.56
58	650–700	676	251.00–289.00	281.21
12	700–750	733	237.50–264.00	249.83
12	750–800	758	235.00–262.00	254.16
3	800–850	801	237.00–247.50	240.49
3	850–900	870	222.00–247.50	238.90
1	1150–1200	1,150	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	425.00	425.00
3	350–400	350	440.00	440.00
20	400–450	421	390.00–410.00	400.60
27	450–500	479	369.00–400.00	382.59
56	500–550	534	345.00–399.00	362.37
43	550–600	578	336.00–362.50	346.33
108	600–650	623	301.00–331.00	320.98
90	650–700	676	291.00–316.50	307.60
56	700–750	732	280.00–303.50	288.13
15	750–800	779	266.00–277.00	270.29
8	800–850	810	255.00–263.00	256.75
11	850–900	861	253.00–271.00	269.30
4	900–950	928	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	330.00	330.00
1	350–400	360	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	240.00	240.00
1	500–550	525	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	432	418.00	418.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	235.00	235.00
1	300–350	305	270.00	270.00
2	650–700	677	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	362.50	362.50
43	400–450	427	325.00–365.00	352.67
28	450–500	480	320.00–335.00	331.95
53	500–550	533	297.00–335.00	322.59
62	550–600	566	299.00–323.00	312.43
67	600–650	631	260.00–303.00	293.16
29	650–700	667	253.00–267.00	264.13
33	700–750	721	245.00–263.00	257.25
2	750–800	755	255.00	255.00
2	800–850	825	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	285	330.00–335.00	331.67
11	300–350	338	312.50–335.00	324.72
9	350–400	385	347.50–365.00	359.20
6	400–450	417	292.50–307.50	295.11
1	450–500	470	315.00	315.00
6	500–550	528	265.00–289.00	271.50
1	550–600	585	250.00	250.00
3	600–650	643	250.00–255.00	253.35
15	650–700	676	252.00–255.00	254.80
6	750–800	779	226.00–237.00	228.44
1	800–850	835	216.00	216.00
1	950–1000	985	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	507	339.00	339.00
10	600–650	625	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	332.50	332.50
4	300–350	331	292.00	292.00
1	350–400	370	315.00	315.00
1	450–500	495	255.00	255.00
1	600–650	602	210.00	210.00
1	750–800	795	197.50	197.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	396	325.00	325.00
4	400–450	440	300.00	300.00
3	450–500	495	300.00	300.00
6	550–600	581	270.00–287.00	284.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	535	320.00–345.00	332.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	370.00	370.00
1	300–350	330	305.00	305.00
2	950–1000	960	159.00	159.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,701	137.50–155.00	147.72
8	—	2,075	183.00–189.00	185.34
1	—	1,355	135.00	135.00
6	—	1,792	172.50–177.50	175.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	100.00	100.00
9	—	1,114	112.50–125.00	118.87
3	—	1,177	107.50–110.00	109.16
1	—	1,095	130.00	130.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,440	142.00–155.00	146.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,358	141.00–142.00	141.53
43	—	1,462	131.00–140.00	135.50
1	—	1,325	122.00	122.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,805	121.00	121.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	172.00	172.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	163.00	163.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,313	102.50–117.00	108.81
29	—	1,404	120.00–132.00	126.15
1	—	1,215	131.00	131.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,545	150.00–152.00	151.05
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,620	180.00–200.00	189.72
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	145.00	145.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
201	—	1,427	200.00–220.00	207.74
22	—	1,389	195.00–205.50	200.81
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,234	181.00–195.00	188.15
1	—	1,490	180.00	180.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,343	171.00–176.00	173.37
9	—	1,399	131.00–177.50	163.09
Steers — Standard · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	175.00	175.00
Steers — Standard · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,740	175.00	175.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,730	175.00	175.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,445	180.00	180.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,626	140.00	140.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,492	158.00–175.00	165.53
3	—	1,553	150.00–158.00	155.15
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,415	180.00–196.00	192.09
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,495	196.00–205.00	201.71
149	—	1,329	200.00–221.00	208.56
6	—	1,415	208.00–223.00	220.64
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,315	132.00–160.00	143.78
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,860	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,106	196.00–197.00	196.74
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,361	150.00–165.00	156.85
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,263	107.50–125.00	114.61

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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