Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Illinois reported 123 priced lines covering 1,546 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 955 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 767 head.

Mon Mar 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 955Last week 0Year ago 211

Slaughter CattleReceipts 767Last week 989Year ago 968

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	288	427.50	427.50
1	300–350	315	443.00	443.00
1	350–400	360	360.00	360.00
3	400–450	423	310.00–405.00	343.99
6	450–500	458	440.00	440.00
11	500–550	524	320.50–385.00	356.79
20	550–600	564	332.50–372.50	362.78
48	600–650	616	291.00–345.00	333.46
21	650–700	669	267.00–415.00	299.76
29	700–750	721	280.00–303.50	295.52
10	750–800	772	274.00–300.00	292.67
65	800–850	829	288.50	288.50
124	850–900	856	281.50–283.00	282.25
1	900–950	930	249.00	249.00
1	1100–1150	1,105	209.00	209.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	510	317.00–352.50	328.96
2	600–650	640	297.00–312.50	304.69
2	700–750	730	232.00–267.50	249.75
1	750–800	790	270.00	270.00
1	800–850	835	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	389	405.00–432.50	426.13
1	400–450	415	385.00	385.00
9	550–600	561	275.00–359.00	338.48
3	650–700	693	285.00	285.00
1	750–800	775	221.50	221.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	345.00–415.00	378.06
11	400–450	416	375.00–440.00	422.06
2	450–500	465	365.00–370.00	367.47
24	500–550	508	375.00–402.50	397.35
9	550–600	580	305.00–361.00	348.67
10	600–650	636	263.00–316.00	305.88
8	650–700	665	242.00–305.00	281.09
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	523	372.50–385.00	378.72
1	550–600	595	331.00	331.00
3	600–650	617	270.00–301.00	287.48
7	650–700	685	251.00–313.00	293.88
20	700–750	720	263.00–303.00	297.18
9	750–800	762	250.00–310.00	294.14
36	800–850	802	286.00	286.00
2	850–900	865	212.50–254.00	232.89
34	900–950	907	270.00–272.00	270.06
1	950–1000	970	225.00	225.00
1	1050–1100	1,055	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	327.50	327.50
4	450–500	482	321.00	321.00
1	500–550	515	267.50	267.50
1	750–800	770	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	537	275.00–282.50	276.83
1	550–600	585	265.00	265.00
3	600–650	623	247.00–275.00	266.02
6	650–700	664	235.00–268.00	259.65
7	700–750	727	247.00–272.00	268.49
1	850–900	880	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	795	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	331	371.00–380.00	373.75
2	350–400	375	281.00	281.00
7	400–450	423	270.00–340.00	322.04
27	450–500	477	290.00–325.00	318.29
19	500–550	517	266.00–325.00	308.54
38	550–600	576	289.00–333.50	316.32
20	600–650	636	299.00–304.00	299.80
55	650–700	659	230.00–285.00	273.18
35	700–750	717	230.00–269.00	263.20
8	750–800	769	248.00–344.00	261.02
5	800–850	825	231.00	231.00
1	850–900	880	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	225	205.00–230.00	223.33
5	250–300	278	390.00	390.00
6	300–350	300	395.00	395.00
13	350–400	387	382.50	382.50
14	500–550	538	337.00	337.00
12	550–600	559	312.00–340.50	333.11
6	600–650	623	300.00	300.00
4	700–750	710	255.00	255.00
1	750–800	770	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	556	283.00	283.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	269.00–323.00	296.00
1	450–500	490	185.00	185.00
1	550–600	590	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	340.00	340.00
1	350–400	370	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	300	405.00	405.00
5	350–400	390	370.00	370.00
7	450–500	484	352.50	352.50
9	600–650	610	281.00	281.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	960	162.50	162.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,342	192.00–203.00	198.19
1	—	1,625	200.00	200.00
12	—	1,302	210.00–215.00	210.69
169	—	1,320	197.00–219.50	208.76
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,740	190.00	190.00
3	—	1,678	170.00–195.00	183.32
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,197	185.00–196.00	189.80
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	980	65.00–102.50	83.99
2	—	1,100	121.00–128.00	124.75
5	—	1,189	105.00–115.00	111.71
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,584	150.00–162.50	154.89
1	—	1,540	148.00	148.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	150.00	150.00
16	—	1,554	112.00–134.00	129.46
33	—	1,540	135.00–147.00	139.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,348	130.00–141.00	134.53
11	—	1,355	110.00–128.00	121.90
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	954	126.00–155.00	136.16
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,149	142.00–192.50	158.13
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,774	165.00–175.00	170.69
6	—	1,773	132.50–162.50	151.47
4	—	1,576	178.00–190.00	182.92
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,055	165.00–185.00	175.01
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,400	209.00–215.00	210.67
202	—	1,465	196.00–220.50	209.44
21	—	1,452	156.00–204.00	198.06
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,045	207.00–215.00	211.42
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,157	191.00–198.00	196.36
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,735	150.00–190.00	175.54
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	125.00	125.00
2	—	1,340	170.00	170.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,391	155.00–165.00	162.34
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,482	168.00–175.00	170.36
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,460	160.00–170.00	164.81
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,403	192.00	192.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,450	195.00–200.00	195.80
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,451	112.50–115.00	113.88

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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