Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Illinois reported 91 priced lines covering 1,348 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 928 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 333 head. replacement cattle receipts at 118 head. Counted as USDA files them — 7 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 26, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 928Last week 1,283Year ago 1,125

Slaughter CattleReceipts 333Last week 490Year ago 657

Replacement CattleReceipts 118Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	370.00	370.00
19	450–500	481	410.00–475.00	451.22
2	500–550	538	425.00–435.00	429.93
21	550–600	579	370.00–417.50	400.61
13	600–650	624	365.00–400.00	387.02
49	650–700	675	342.50–392.50	377.54
20	700–750	722	330.00–372.50	357.86
16	750–800	787	325.00–347.50	335.70
1	850–900	895	295.00	295.00
1	1100–1150	1,125	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	570	315.00–325.00	319.91
1	600–650	635	265.00	265.00
2	650–700	675	205.00–300.00	253.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	480.00	480.00
1	350–400	355	510.00	510.00
4	400–450	413	490.00–550.00	512.45
24	450–500	490	480.00–527.50	507.22
39	500–550	521	460.00–517.50	489.88
30	550–600	569	437.50–445.00	440.32
74	600–650	624	412.50–437.00	422.99
41	650–700	679	410.00–415.00	413.16
65	700–750	729	387.50–401.00	398.16
59	750–800	773	345.00–372.00	362.99
1	800–850	830	345.00	345.00
7	850–900	877	337.00–345.00	339.23
2	900–950	917	335.00	335.00
5	950–1000	977	304.00	304.00
15	1000–1050	1,019	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	411	310.00	310.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	715	347.50	347.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	374	480.00–492.50	487.06
13	400–450	426	430.00–465.00	443.93
38	450–500	465	390.00–460.00	441.15
24	500–550	517	390.00–425.00	411.22
52	550–600	573	385.00–410.00	393.08
86	600–650	614	350.00–383.00	369.67
81	650–700	670	332.50–377.50	351.18
10	700–750	712	330.00–337.50	335.20
1	750–800	750	325.00	325.00
1	800–850	840	290.00	290.00
4	900–950	930	272.50	272.50
4	1050–1100	1,067	242.50	242.50
2	1100–1150	1,125	252.50	252.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	320.00	320.00
4	550–600	585	275.00–312.50	291.91
1	650–700	685	265.00	265.00
1	700–750	715	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	260.00	260.00
1	450–500	475	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	365	395.00–425.00	407.77
3	450–500	487	365.00–402.50	387.37
3	500–550	523	340.00	340.00
13	550–600	576	350.00–375.00	364.26
7	650–700	686	320.00	320.00
6	700–750	717	305.00–322.50	315.81
2	750–800	765	300.00–312.50	306.25
1	800–850	825	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	377	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1050–1100	1,060	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	565	365.00	365.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,415	205.00–220.00	211.48
1	—	1,725	178.00	178.00
15	—	1,570	183.00–217.50	187.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,281	175.00–178.00	176.44
6	—	1,179	130.00–157.00	147.92
17	—	1,377	163.00–172.00	166.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,263	80.00–125.00	104.54
1	—	950	47.50	47.50
3	—	1,155	135.00–145.00	139.88
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,460	173.00–184.00	178.64
15	—	1,520	154.00–172.00	165.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	222.50	222.50
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,341	157.50–210.00	186.27
1	—	1,380	171.00	171.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,795	224.00	224.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,488	222.50–225.00	223.57
150	—	1,538	224.00–239.00	234.69
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,459	227.50–238.00	233.30
3	—	1,282	218.00–223.00	221.12
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,118	187.00–225.00	216.75
1	—	1,170	172.50	172.50
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,108	172.50–200.00	189.15
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,570	130.00–155.00	146.20
2	—	2,268	190.00–195.00	192.29

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	993	4,000.00–4,400.00	4,234.69
Bred Heifers — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	108	—	1,265	4,450.00–5,050.00	4,757.31
Bred Heifers — Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,438	5,800.00–6,300.00	6,071.53

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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Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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