Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Illinois reported 124 priced lines covering 1,530 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 487 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 863 head. replacement cattle receipts at 338 head. Counted as USDA files them — 63 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 487Last week 2,377Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 863Last week 936Year ago 1,165

Replacement CattleReceipts 338Last week 0Year ago 296

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 (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,186	3,500.00–4,500.00	4,264.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,580	3,450.00	3,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,267	3,250.00–7,400.00	5,347.37
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,360	2,450.00	2,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,057	3,400.00–3,500.00	3,433.12
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,592	2,550.00–4,100.00	3,414.83
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,388	2,900.00–4,800.00	3,679.79
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,230	4,100.00	4,100.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	802	1,900.00–3,100.00	2,412.27
Bred Heifers — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,170	2,400.00	2,400.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,175	2,900.00–3,100.00	3,002.55
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,285	2,500.00–3,700.00	3,218.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,133	3,100.00–4,000.00	3,752.32
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	995	3,000.00	3,000.00
Stock Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,390	1,750.00	1,750.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	21	—	788	2,050.00–3,425.00	2,637.02
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	795	1,900.00–2,200.00	2,066.04
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,426	2,550.00–3,950.00	3,390.34
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,465	2,900.00	2,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,176	2,200.00–3,200.00	2,733.90
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	65	—	1,469	2,000.00–2,750.00	2,524.71
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,478	1,700.00–1,800.00	1,749.07
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,482	2,300.00–3,900.00	3,320.14
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,610	2,500.00–3,800.00	3,196.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	—	1,598	2,550.00–3,900.00	2,942.81
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	—	1,470	2,200.00–3,300.00	2,692.86
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,594	2,150.00–2,600.00	2,377.11
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,129	1,625.00–1,900.00	1,701.20
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,173	1,800.00–2,500.00	2,143.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	980	1,650.00	1,650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,188	1,650.00–1,750.00	1,700.74
Bred Cows — Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,275	1,050.00	1,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,080	1,175.00	1,175.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	69	—	1,399	2,200.00–7,900.00	4,963.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	6	—	1,624	2,600.00–6,650.00	4,113.93
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,985	3,400.00	3,400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,045	2,400.00	2,400.00
Heifer Pairs — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,014	3,600.00–4,000.00	3,915.58
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,061	2,200.00–4,200.00	3,801.11
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,190	3,950.00–4,200.00	4,072.90

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	361	400.00–425.00	417.52
1	400–450	410	365.00	365.00
20	450–500	468	360.00–405.00	395.42
17	500–550	521	351.00–383.00	361.22
39	550–600	571	358.00–364.00	362.92
28	600–650	631	305.00–327.50	321.20
50	650–700	679	294.00–320.00	315.32
9	700–750	729	264.00–280.00	269.68
9	750–800	790	264.00–271.00	270.26
4	800–850	816	266.00	266.00
13	850–900	874	267.00	267.00
1	900–950	915	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	347.50	347.50
1	450–500	475	301.00	301.00
2	500–550	530	270.00–283.00	276.56
4	550–600	590	283.00–300.00	295.82
1	650–700	650	237.50	237.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	262.00	262.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	385	357.50–381.00	368.25
3	400–450	417	337.50–372.50	350.22
6	500–550	511	325.00–345.00	337.41
8	550–600	571	319.00–347.00	337.52
1	600–650	640	241.00	241.00
2	650–700	687	261.00	261.00
1	700–750	725	270.00	270.00
1	750–800	785	249.00	249.00
5	800–850	835	231.00–250.00	246.31
1	1050–1100	1,065	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	342.50	342.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	385	350.00–365.00	355.73
16	400–450	430	325.00–357.00	347.82
16	450–500	465	325.00–341.00	331.42
48	500–550	521	303.00–348.00	325.18
30	600–650	618	260.00–294.00	288.88
30	650–700	672	258.00–262.00	261.37
11	700–750	738	261.00–264.00	262.36
4	800–850	827	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	389	325.00–332.50	329.52
3	450–500	485	281.00–312.00	301.88
8	500–550	523	281.00–287.00	284.03
20	550–600	579	251.00–290.00	280.18
2	600–650	620	232.00–233.00	232.48
2	650–700	668	226.00–240.00	232.82
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	600–650	620	301.00	301.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,319	100.00–131.00	123.03
29	—	1,311	110.00–143.00	134.30
3	—	1,400	145.00–147.00	145.83
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,601	111.00–140.00	133.11
40	—	1,630	125.00–153.00	144.57
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,004	61.00–105.00	90.47
13	—	1,137	101.00–122.50	115.45
3	—	1,112	123.00–125.00	124.08
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	180.00	180.00
6	—	1,541	133.00–170.00	154.10
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,154	140.00–185.00	161.81
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,028	129.00–152.50	140.04
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	209.00	209.00
139	—	1,355	195.00–215.50	205.17
12	—	1,328	185.00–198.00	195.38
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,008	122.00–152.00	137.63
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,045	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,008	191.00–194.00	192.53
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,148	157.00–202.00	182.66
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	915	172.50–190.00	181.25
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,056	160.00–194.00	186.19
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,423	185.00–200.00	190.13
222	—	1,455	195.00–214.50	206.05
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,713	160.00–200.00	184.60
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,218	162.50–200.00	188.97
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,470	140.00–180.00	156.39
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,406	183.00–192.00	188.91
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	125.00	125.00
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	100.00	100.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,310	167.00	167.00
21	—	1,437	158.00–176.00	161.85
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,403	150.00–155.00	152.93
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,265	190.00	190.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,773	179.00–197.00	188.38
22	—	1,583	120.00–165.00	153.81
18	—	1,741	140.00–177.50	167.34
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	175.00	175.00

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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