Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Illinois reported 149 priced lines covering 3,073 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,385 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 765 head.

Mon Jan 12, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,385Last week 1,938Year ago 2,047

Slaughter CattleReceipts 765Last week 1,292Year ago 837

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	355.00	355.00
3	600–650	600	305.00	305.00
7	700–750	702	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	337	380.00–435.00	401.87
12	350–400	382	375.00–390.00	386.34
9	400–450	417	370.00–410.00	387.42
6	450–500	482	340.00–415.00	367.14
25	500–550	528	332.50–425.00	372.73
54	550–600	571	320.00–425.00	388.61
2	600–650	620	345.00–355.00	349.92
12	650–700	675	315.00–330.00	321.46
8	700–750	741	317.50–329.00	326.57
1	800–850	820	295.00	295.00
7	850–900	885	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	465.00	465.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	282	330.00–410.00	366.09
1	350–400	375	305.00	305.00
3	500–550	525	305.00–365.00	339.10
5	550–600	560	265.00–355.00	327.59
5	600–650	605	285.00–292.50	289.48
4	650–700	684	240.00–292.50	276.83
1	750–800	775	280.00	280.00
1	800–850	805	285.00	285.00
1	850–900	850	280.00	280.00
1	900–950	905	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	622	337.50	337.50
2	750–800	775	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	465.00–495.00	485.05
24	350–400	374	450.00–505.00	486.32
45	400–450	426	395.00–480.00	441.62
48	450–500	489	390.00–500.00	451.35
93	500–550	514	377.50–500.00	423.25
121	550–600	575	360.00–495.00	387.08
129	600–650	630	305.00–377.50	363.84
126	650–700	679	325.00–370.00	350.36
19	700–750	716	307.50–375.00	345.96
32	750–800	757	335.00–360.00	338.10
51	800–850	825	292.50–325.00	313.93
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	506	435.00	435.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	840	272.50	272.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	265.00	265.00
2	450–500	497	291.00	291.00
1	550–600	585	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	785	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	845	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	581	398.00	398.00
26	650–700	653	380.00	380.00
13	700–750	703	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	875	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	338	495.00–565.00	534.47
6	350–400	371	550.00–600.00	581.66
18	400–450	426	500.00–580.00	540.23
36	450–500	478	485.00–550.00	506.85
125	500–550	528	452.50–570.00	504.27
45	550–600	558	435.00–515.00	467.12
187	600–650	628	413.00–460.00	433.60
227	650–700	671	386.00–470.00	415.69
83	700–750	722	350.00–422.50	389.85
118	750–800	784	335.00–361.00	355.19
103	800–850	821	330.00–370.00	353.53
1	900–950	910	320.00	320.00
3	1000–1050	1,023	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	471	557.50–602.50	587.86
2	500–550	502	560.00	560.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	485.00	485.00
3	300–350	307	400.00–505.00	434.24
9	350–400	370	415.00–530.00	478.90
30	400–450	427	435.00–490.00	454.68
15	450–500	474	445.00–495.00	475.37
18	500–550	535	392.50–480.00	423.98
64	550–600	581	385.00–475.00	438.17
29	600–650	635	325.00–420.00	374.87
45	650–700	673	320.00–425.00	370.59
26	700–750	718	325.00–395.00	370.30
15	750–800	765	332.00–384.00	358.93
4	800–850	818	305.00–330.00	321.75
18	850–900	867	297.50–332.50	326.22
1	1000–1050	1,010	280.00	280.00
2	1050–1100	1,070	247.50	247.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	455.00	455.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	380.00	380.00
3	450–500	487	402.50–425.00	417.76
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	272	335.00–495.00	400.92
1	300–350	315	410.00	410.00
4	350–400	360	350.00–360.00	356.23
1	400–450	415	330.00	330.00
2	450–500	465	405.00	405.00
1	500–550	505	375.00	375.00
6	550–600	572	355.00–365.00	360.84
15	600–650	619	307.50–362.50	352.41
9	650–700	675	290.00–342.50	322.69
3	700–750	716	322.00	322.00
5	750–800	773	302.50–330.00	324.35
4	800–850	842	302.00–307.50	306.13
2	850–900	855	285.00	285.00
5	900–950	901	301.00	301.00
2	950–1000	963	287.50–290.00	288.77
2	1000–1050	1,018	250.00–252.50	251.26
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	400	535.00	535.00
Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	865	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	305.00	305.00
1	750–800	775	252.50	252.50
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	352.50	352.50
1	900–950	910	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	452	395.00	395.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	735	230.00	230.00
Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	390.00	390.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	485	390.00	390.00
1	550–600	550	322.50	322.50
5	600–650	640	282.50–300.00	293.00
12	800–850	831	290.00	290.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	149.00	149.00
11	—	1,258	105.00–146.00	121.90
2	—	1,068	10.00–17.50	13.39
17	—	1,073	45.00–127.50	97.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,524	70.00–167.00	154.95
27	—	1,535	168.00–180.00	173.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	177.00	177.00
24	—	1,391	130.00–169.00	158.14
33	—	1,348	55.00–157.00	142.18
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	963	201.00–215.00	207.98
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,554	177.00–187.00	181.61
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,066	175.00–212.50	187.21
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,402	190.00–218.00	209.84
169	—	1,385	220.00–233.50	227.96
11	—	1,403	217.00–222.00	218.67
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,223	189.00–200.00	194.11
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,241	100.00–110.00	106.21
2	—	998	65.00–117.50	90.79
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,355	117.50–137.50	126.80
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,268	181.00	181.00
2	—	1,817	176.00	176.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	190.00	190.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
275	—	1,480	220.00–235.50	229.19
2	—	1,365	200.00–210.00	206.19
11	—	1,445	200.00–223.50	216.46
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,888	202.00–216.00	206.51
2	—	1,858	191.00–200.00	195.36
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,202	165.00–214.00	201.62
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,563	182.00–205.00	191.33
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,041	152.50	152.50
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	212.50	212.50
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,457	151.00–175.00	163.81
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,690	190.00–195.00	192.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,941	187.50–195.00	189.99
3	—	2,087	207.50–222.50	215.25
9	—	1,573	132.50–180.00	156.37

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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