Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Illinois reported 164 priced lines covering 1,575 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 933 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 536 head. replacement cattle receipts at 180 head. Counted as USDA files them — 25 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 933Last week 0Year ago 509

Slaughter CattleReceipts 536Last week 307Year ago 1,274

Replacement CattleReceipts 180Last week 0Year ago 350

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,526	180.00–190.00	184.04
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,525	175.00	175.00
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,523	175.00	175.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	184.00	184.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,448	120.00–145.00	131.26
53	—	1,388	130.00–164.00	150.06
Cows — Premium White 65-75% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	189.00	189.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	112.50	112.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,209	105.00–147.00	129.12
1	—	1,135	153.00	153.00
4	—	1,266	90.00–115.00	104.25
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,213	181.00–202.00	194.66
13	—	1,433	173.00–197.00	181.86
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,469	150.00–178.00	169.68
1	—	1,350	171.00	171.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,825	163.00	163.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,140	140.00	140.00
2	—	1,623	167.50–170.00	168.70
9	—	1,867	170.00–200.00	188.12
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,167	200.00–211.00	206.87
198	—	1,454	210.00–227.50	216.70
1	—	1,370	211.50	211.50
6	—	1,454	200.00–210.00	205.98
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,292	190.00–205.00	201.07
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,213	150.00–175.00	161.62
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,493	112.50–130.00	121.41
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,495	205.00	205.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,345	200.00–207.00	203.17
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,498	209.00–210.50	209.81
119	—	1,353	210.00–228.00	214.78
2	—	1,163	208.00–210.00	209.05

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	5	—	1,731	4,800.00	4,800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,710	4,400.00	4,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,692	4,500.00	4,500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,840	4,200.00	4,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,737	4,550.00–4,600.00	4,589.10
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,485	2,700.00	2,700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,380	2,400.00	2,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,380	2,400.00	2,400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,450	2,100.00–2,800.00	2,589.20
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,590	3,250.00	3,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,530	2,700.00–2,800.00	2,748.69
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,395	2,250.00–2,350.00	2,318.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,531	2,700.00–3,000.00	2,877.15
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,477	2,650.00–2,700.00	2,676.59
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,545	3,500.00	3,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,775	2,800.00	2,800.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,557	2,700.00–2,875.00	2,786.85
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,542	2,350.00–2,850.00	2,718.27
Bred Cows — Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,360	1,700.00	1,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,478	2,000.00–2,025.00	2,013.20
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,335	2,000.00	2,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,230	1,500.00	1,500.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,547	4,850.00–5,000.00	4,927.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	813	1,700.00–2,500.00	2,091.96
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	2,140	3,900.00	3,900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	2,075	3,600.00	3,600.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,830	3,800.00–4,000.00	3,892.90
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,455	3,200.00	3,200.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,153	2,700.00–3,500.00	2,999.51
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,237	3,300.00–4,150.00	4,068.15
Bred Heifers — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	745	1,200.00	1,200.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	904	2,550.00	2,550.00
Bred Heifers — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	969	3,700.00	3,700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	24	—	1,356	3,500.00–4,500.00	3,953.26
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	30	—	976	2,750.00–3,900.00	3,359.17

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	355.00	355.00
1	600–650	635	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	310.00	310.00
6	300–350	323	310.00–350.00	327.86
1	350–400	355	340.00	340.00
2	450–500	485	285.00–305.00	295.10
1	500–550	515	290.00	290.00
3	550–600	558	317.50	317.50
5	600–650	615	270.00–297.50	280.64
1	650–700	680	225.00	225.00
3	700–750	725	240.00–265.00	254.30
1	750–800	765	232.50	232.50
1	900–950	940	211.00	211.00
1	1000–1050	1,025	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	400–450	429	375.00–445.00	416.20
28	450–500	467	375.00–410.00	398.08
36	500–550	532	365.00–395.00	370.94
43	550–600	573	325.00–367.50	348.09
45	600–650	622	325.00–360.00	341.63
27	650–700	682	300.00–332.50	314.05
34	700–750	710	305.00–322.50	314.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	368	355.00–405.00	373.65
1	400–450	435	340.00	340.00
5	450–500	484	340.00–345.00	343.04
5	500–550	524	330.00–340.00	332.99
21	550–600	580	322.50–355.00	334.34
4	600–650	627	280.00	280.00
2	650–700	663	272.50–307.50	289.93
10	700–750	716	275.00–305.00	277.95
3	950–1000	983	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	275.00	275.00
3	450–500	461	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	545	225.00	225.00
5	550–600	581	235.00–277.50	246.04
2	750–800	775	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	815	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	435	450.00	450.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	860	217.50	217.50
1	900–950	915	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	305.00	305.00
1	400–450	435	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	435.00–475.00	454.71
1	350–400	375	495.00	495.00
9	400–450	419	440.00–490.00	451.82
27	450–500	479	425.00–490.00	473.30
39	500–550	517	420.00–485.00	447.20
25	550–600	575	390.00–440.00	402.54
59	600–650	621	350.00–400.00	376.82
51	650–700	682	332.50–375.00	357.99
61	700–750	722	332.50–367.50	352.24
28	750–800	787	339.00–341.00	339.85
40	800–850	821	300.00–339.00	324.94
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	843	312.50–325.00	315.59
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	260.00	260.00
1	500–550	535	270.00	270.00
2	550–600	570	190.00–205.00	197.30
1	600–650	625	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	417	520.00–530.00	527.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	277	425.00–430.00	426.60
2	300–350	323	405.00–422.50	413.95
2	350–400	370	395.00–450.00	422.87
5	400–450	429	397.50–400.00	398.51
5	450–500	479	375.00–400.00	381.01
25	500–550	525	345.00–385.00	361.13
26	550–600	575	335.00–385.00	366.50
10	600–650	640	320.00–380.00	359.36
16	650–700	666	312.50–332.50	324.99
12	700–750	725	315.00–322.50	318.32
3	750–800	775	300.00–302.50	301.69
1	800–850	805	310.00	310.00
1	850–900	850	300.00	300.00
1	1100–1150	1,120	212.50	212.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	416	472.50	472.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	735	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	350.00	350.00
1	350–400	360	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	485	345.00	345.00
3	550–600	568	305.00–312.50	307.44
5	600–650	621	270.00–305.00	292.62
17	650–700	672	257.50–305.00	281.34
5	700–750	709	205.00–285.00	269.09
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	250.00	250.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	768	265.00–270.00	267.56
1	800–850	840	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	370.00	370.00
2	350–400	368	385.00–395.00	390.03
1	450–500	470	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	500	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	305.00–355.00	329.48
4	700–750	714	220.00–240.00	230.19
1	750–800	755	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	165.00	165.00

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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