Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Illinois reported 126 priced lines covering 2,705 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,928 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,035 head.

Mon Dec 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,928Last week 0Year ago 2,046

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,035Last week 1,044Year ago 1,008

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	420.00	420.00
8	600–650	603	332.50	332.50
1	700–750	705	307.50	307.50
2	750–800	797	302.50	302.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	445.00–510.00	488.65
6	350–400	367	435.00–502.50	461.14
24	400–450	429	440.00–500.00	462.27
91	450–500	479	440.00–510.00	470.65
89	500–550	525	437.50–499.00	472.36
30	550–600	576	410.00–472.00	451.02
143	600–650	621	380.00–450.00	418.12
138	650–700	674	377.00–403.00	392.76
61	700–750	724	335.00–385.00	367.43
102	750–800	781	325.00–375.00	343.55
50	800–850	808	330.00–349.00	340.93
182	850–900	886	342.00–345.75	344.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	420.00–430.00	425.09
2	300–350	340	410.00	410.00
9	350–400	367	387.50–450.00	415.34
2	400–450	408	375.00–410.00	392.82
14	450–500	465	370.00–422.50	402.69
5	500–550	509	360.00–402.50	384.50
28	550–600	574	362.50–420.00	387.16
13	600–650	611	335.00–372.50	350.44
19	650–700	662	330.00–370.00	360.89
12	700–750	712	312.50–342.50	332.18
10	750–800	773	290.00–312.50	300.97
16	800–850	812	310.00–321.00	315.46
1	850–900	860	292.50	292.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	320.00	320.00
3	350–400	355	365.00–370.00	366.67
1	500–550	545	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	565	297.50	297.50
1	700–750	730	297.50	297.50
4	750–800	764	282.50–300.00	291.82
1	800–850	820	240.00	240.00
61	850–900	881	339.50	339.50
1	900–950	945	267.50	267.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	221	340.00	340.00
2	350–400	362	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	482	522.50	522.50
16	600–650	615	447.00	447.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	375.00	375.00
1	400–450	420	280.00	280.00
1	450–500	495	305.00	305.00
2	500–550	538	265.00–302.50	283.49
2	600–650	630	245.00–270.00	257.60
1	650–700	665	292.50	292.50
2	750–800	765	280.00–282.50	281.27
1	800–850	800	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	205.00	205.00
1	750–800	785	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	522	337.50–365.00	358.26
1	600–650	635	310.00	310.00
4	650–700	677	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	311	405.00–427.50	424.30
12	350–400	385	420.00–440.00	431.62
47	400–450	422	402.50–455.00	437.97
57	450–500	475	382.50–445.00	409.25
83	500–550	525	375.00–422.50	397.97
65	550–600	562	362.50–400.00	382.49
109	600–650	623	335.00–370.00	352.24
90	650–700	670	327.50–342.00	334.06
41	700–750	724	301.00–322.50	308.61
64	750–800	773	303.00–324.00	310.24
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	337.50	337.50
1	650–700	665	307.00	307.00
8	800–850	835	260.00	260.00
3	950–1000	963	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	402.50–420.00	411.31
5	350–400	382	365.00–387.50	379.58
6	400–450	419	360.00–400.00	371.36
13	450–500	492	345.00–395.00	373.31
5	500–550	514	340.00–377.50	353.62
35	550–600	588	330.00–360.00	349.92
10	600–650	620	315.00–330.00	325.03
3	650–700	668	327.50	327.50
1	700–750	745	275.00	275.00
2	750–800	775	287.50	287.50
1	800–850	810	292.50	292.50
1	850–900	890	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	840	270.00	270.00
1	850–900	885	270.00	270.00
1	1100–1150	1,135	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	495	367.50	367.50
1	750–800	790	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	415.00	415.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,539	210.00–216.00	212.91
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,478	213.00–217.00	216.20
1	—	1,765	196.00	196.00
1	—	1,785	220.00	220.00
1	—	1,630	227.00	227.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
292	—	1,496	218.50–234.00	226.96
4	—	1,414	210.50–219.00	214.68
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,316	180.00–190.00	183.89
15	—	1,301	140.00–175.00	159.05
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,443	191.00–215.00	205.14
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	188.00	188.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,379	185.00–188.00	187.56
16	—	1,673	192.00–205.00	201.26
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,548	174.00	174.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,491	182.00–187.00	184.89
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,233	200.50–211.00	207.32
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
212	—	1,359	215.50–234.50	226.80
6	—	1,306	196.00–219.00	208.90
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,079	205.50–225.00	211.78
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,495	140.00–145.00	142.73
3	—	1,388	171.00–190.00	176.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,228	90.00–146.00	111.15
17	—	1,327	110.00–144.00	124.42
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,210	187.00–193.00	189.96
8	—	1,683	201.00–219.25	213.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,497	130.00–171.00	157.95
7	—	1,396	120.00–152.00	140.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,537	153.00–178.00	171.39
4	—	1,335	177.00–185.00	180.40
5	—	1,708	161.00–169.00	165.71
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	963	141.00–163.00	152.71
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	165.00	165.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,825	151.00–157.50	154.26
Cows — Premium White 65-75% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,975	185.50	185.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,693	155.00–202.00	172.84
2	—	1,535	135.00–151.00	140.58
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,457	117.00–161.00	139.11
2	—	1,395	85.00–90.00	87.36
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	130.00	130.00

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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