Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Illinois reported 243 priced lines covering 3,140 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,215 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 809 head. replacement cattle receipts at 369 head. Counted as USDA files them — 208 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 31, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,215Last week 0Year ago 923

Slaughter CattleReceipts 809Last week 751Year ago 932

Replacement CattleReceipts 369Last week 0Year ago 185

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	355.00	355.00
1	600–650	610	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	282	437.50	437.50
11	300–350	325	365.00–437.50	402.53
35	350–400	382	360.00–410.00	392.76
38	400–450	429	335.00–400.00	372.40
29	450–500	470	330.00–370.00	351.34
70	500–550	525	320.00–392.50	346.17
78	550–600	581	304.00–350.00	321.31
58	600–650	619	282.00–325.00	303.19
100	650–700	661	263.00–303.50	293.74
69	700–750	726	260.00–285.00	280.61
3	800–850	831	260.00	260.00
1	950–1000	955	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	605	322.50	322.50
8	650–700	676	295.00	295.00
1	750–800	775	275.00	275.00
4	850–900	867	261.00	261.00
54	900–950	900	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	685	295.00	295.00
10	700–750	717	268.00	268.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	235.00	235.00
1	850–900	860	205.00	205.00
1	1150–1200	1,170	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	860	245.00	245.00
1	900–950	910	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	240.00	240.00
3	350–400	356	220.00–275.00	238.78
1	500–550	500	220.00	220.00
3	550–600	578	205.00–327.50	288.64
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	297	375.00	375.00
7	550–600	560	303.00	303.00
1	700–750	745	271.00	271.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	270.00	270.00
1	250–300	250	240.00	240.00
1	350–400	355	265.00	265.00
2	500–550	520	212.50–270.00	241.80
1	600–650	630	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	180.00	180.00
1	600–650	600	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	210	310.00–350.00	330.48
7	300–350	325	285.00–385.00	310.87
3	350–400	353	300.00–312.50	307.55
5	400–450	416	265.00–300.00	283.89
9	450–500	468	250.00–290.00	277.81
3	500–550	517	252.50–310.00	279.31
6	550–600	579	237.50–270.00	253.12
1	600–650	625	210.00	210.00
1	650–700	665	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	232.50	232.50
1	650–700	695	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	238	380.00–402.50	387.08
2	250–300	275	325.00–370.00	348.32
7	300–350	326	345.00–385.00	364.65
12	350–400	375	312.50–407.50	379.89
4	400–450	414	325.00–395.00	353.93
24	450–500	474	301.00–397.50	329.50
28	500–550	530	287.50–362.50	313.32
35	550–600	571	275.00–332.50	305.29
4	600–650	623	250.00–277.50	266.94
3	650–700	683	232.50–259.00	250.47
1	700–750	705	245.00	245.00
1	800–850	845	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	292.50	292.50
1	950–1000	950	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	357.50	357.50
1	500–550	520	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	555	330.00	330.00
3	600–650	605	291.00–300.00	294.03
1	650–700	665	247.00	247.00
2	700–750	715	275.00	275.00
1	750–800	785	264.00	264.00
2	800–850	825	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	255.00	255.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	372.50	372.50
1	600–650	640	342.50	342.50
1	650–700	660	297.50	297.50
5	700–750	719	270.00–320.00	290.94
4	750–800	775	262.50–280.00	268.89
9	800–850	800	287.00	287.00
15	900–950	915	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	395.00–450.00	420.71
5	250–300	283	400.00–410.00	404.48
4	300–350	324	360.00–400.00	378.20
13	350–400	375	350.00–405.00	383.25
33	400–450	430	335.00–405.00	374.60
36	450–500	478	335.00–405.00	378.88
24	500–550	518	330.00–370.00	359.96
65	550–600	576	335.00–380.00	352.02
16	600–650	621	275.00–319.00	310.56
37	650–700	679	285.00–322.50	305.68
10	700–750	741	276.00–297.00	290.11
33	750–800	777	265.00–296.00	288.36
12	800–850	826	247.00–287.00	270.62
2	850–900	868	242.50–268.00	255.43
2	900–950	933	249.00–255.00	251.98
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	238	340.00–390.00	373.57
3	250–300	288	250.00–345.00	309.80
3	350–400	370	340.00–355.00	350.27
8	400–450	432	307.50–355.00	321.01
6	450–500	469	285.00–325.00	309.07
11	500–550	522	265.00–330.00	312.00
21	550–600	581	252.50–327.00	298.30
3	600–650	615	235.00–265.00	247.32
2	650–700	670	272.50	272.50
1	700–750	715	237.50	237.50
2	850–900	880	227.00	227.00
1	900–950	945	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	282	240.00–305.00	283.06
1	300–350	330	255.00	255.00
2	450–500	450	252.50–255.00	253.75
1	500–550	515	202.50	202.50
1	550–600	590	210.00	210.00
1	650–700	660	205.00	205.00
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	245.00	245.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	302.50	302.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	275.00	275.00
2	350–400	373	202.50–275.00	240.45
1	400–450	405	210.00	210.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	332.50	332.50
8	800–850	805	256.00–278.00	269.70
1	850–900	860	247.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	334	420.00–495.00	450.76
14	350–400	377	435.00–447.50	440.76
23	400–450	423	400.00–447.50	418.12
23	450–500	475	397.50–435.00	419.69
17	500–550	521	372.50–415.00	398.93
64	550–600	575	350.00–385.00	366.86
74	600–650	623	322.50–352.00	344.43
101	650–700	686	326.00–345.00	331.03
68	700–750	729	292.50–324.00	319.52
66	750–800	787	289.00–308.00	303.30
201	800–850	814	260.00–304.50	301.04
63	850–900	873	251.00–284.00	281.96
45	1000–1050	1,007	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	329	438.00	438.00
2	450–500	482	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	700	277.50	277.50
1	750–800	760	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	425	490.00	490.00
24	450–500	458	437.50–482.50	476.69
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	430.00	430.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	465	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	530	275.00	275.00
6	550–600	573	277.00–282.50	279.35
2	600–650	630	235.00	235.00
1	750–800	785	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	352	355.00	355.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	372	202.50	202.50
1	750–800	750	137.50	137.50
1	900–950	910	146.00	146.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	503	292.50	292.50
20	550–600	589	260.00	260.00
3	600–650	615	297.00	297.00
1	650–700	685	252.50	252.50
11	700–750	720	219.00	219.00
15	800–850	849	207.50	207.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	427	177.50	177.50
1	750–800	795	167.50	167.50
3	850–900	863	190.00	190.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	860	137.50	137.50
1	950–1000	985	152.50	152.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	512	302.50	302.50
1	550–600	590	300.00	300.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,995	3,200.00	3,200.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	10	—	1,259	1,900.00–4,500.00	3,182.98
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	14	—	1,577	2,100.00–5,300.00	3,347.32
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	44	—	1,135	2,850.00–4,500.00	3,971.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	26	—	1,380	2,700.00–4,400.00	3,798.72
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,250	2,550.00–4,900.00	3,911.06
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,407	2,050.00–3,550.00	2,807.07
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,476	2,550.00–3,800.00	3,146.76
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,500	3,750.00	3,750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,300	2,150.00–2,800.00	2,675.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,096	2,100.00–3,750.00	3,372.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,137	2,300.00–3,700.00	3,454.69
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	907	2,300.00–3,250.00	2,981.39
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	2,900.00	2,900.00
Bred Heifers — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,182	2,450.00	2,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,207	2,500.00–3,150.00	2,869.93
Stock Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,152	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	2,300.00	2,300.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	34	—	1,501	1,900.00–3,400.00	2,705.23
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,343	1,450.00–1,800.00	1,689.24
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,490	2,000.00–2,150.00	2,086.07
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,470	2,000.00–2,350.00	2,161.90
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	—	1,479	2,050.00–2,650.00	2,482.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,575	2,100.00	2,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	35	—	1,176	1,950.00–3,200.00	2,852.95
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,185	2,400.00	2,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,197	2,400.00	2,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	988	1,800.00	1,800.00
Bred Cows — Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,520	2,550.00	2,550.00
Heifer Pairs — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	—	997	2,400.00–3,700.00	3,070.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,083	3,400.00–4,100.00	3,768.28
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,000	3,400.00–4,250.00	4,108.33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,138	125.00–126.00	125.34
15	—	1,072	112.00–123.00	117.73
7	—	1,019	91.00–109.00	102.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,336	144.00–150.00	146.72
18	—	1,359	107.00–130.00	123.30
30	—	1,290	131.00–143.00	136.10
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,164	150.00–180.00	161.53
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	885	131.00–151.00	140.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,571	121.00–141.00	132.99
29	—	1,487	142.00–156.00	148.65
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,599	157.00–168.00	160.03
2	—	1,460	173.00–175.00	174.14
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	980	169.00–182.00	176.49
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,398	121.00–169.00	153.09
6	—	1,839	185.00–196.00	191.62
8	—	1,549	170.50–183.00	174.04
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	109.00	109.00
1	—	1,415	111.00	111.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	178.00	178.00
2	—	1,525	160.00	160.00
31	—	1,508	162.00–173.00	166.79
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,368	158.00–160.00	159.03
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	135.00	135.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,260	171.00–181.00	176.42
5	—	1,442	190.00–206.00	197.58
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	198.00	198.00
2	—	1,268	161.00–180.00	171.31
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	190.00	190.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,760	150.00–200.00	163.07
2	—	1,853	193.00–199.00	195.99
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
183	—	1,451	205.00–221.00	211.89
4	—	1,532	223.50	223.50
9	—	1,357	201.00–208.00	205.33
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,127	210.00	210.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	161.00	161.00
3	—	1,347	201.00–203.00	201.62
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,372	165.00–208.00	195.15
137	—	1,320	205.00–220.50	212.15
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,121	170.00–201.00	179.77
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	975	195.00–196.00	195.49
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,068	186.00–190.00	187.89
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	859	195.00–223.00	210.81
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,098	140.00–145.00	142.38

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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