Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Illinois reported 120 priced lines covering 1,634 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,211 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 626 head.

Mon Feb 23, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,211Last week 0Year ago 2,377

Slaughter CattleReceipts 626Last week 850Year ago 936

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	585.00	585.00
6	350–400	370	540.00–570.00	556.13
22	400–450	431	530.00–575.00	553.01
29	450–500	476	515.00–565.00	542.75
42	500–550	526	470.00–535.00	507.00
55	550–600	578	455.00–510.00	479.77
77	600–650	626	412.50–505.00	451.86
61	650–700	668	405.00–447.50	428.66
105	700–750	725	385.00–445.00	397.33
64	750–800	766	370.00–391.00	383.71
9	800–850	825	342.50–357.50	344.69
46	850–900	872	342.50–357.50	356.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	505.00–530.00	515.08
5	350–400	384	470.00–520.00	496.03
3	400–450	438	460.00–525.00	503.73
11	450–500	479	470.00–505.00	501.47
4	500–550	528	395.00–445.00	420.92
7	550–600	566	410.00–465.00	427.70
3	600–650	615	370.00–405.00	392.86
15	650–700	667	355.00–405.00	395.68
21	700–750	711	355.00–407.00	397.39
16	750–800	783	342.50–362.50	348.60
3	800–850	808	342.50–344.00	343.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	457	410.00	410.00
1	550–600	585	435.00	435.00
1	600–650	620	365.00	365.00
1	650–700	650	375.00	375.00
1	700–750	715	377.50	377.50
2	950–1000	975	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	435.00	435.00
2	450–500	473	390.00–405.00	397.70
2	500–550	533	350.00–390.00	370.47
7	550–600	577	380.00–405.00	394.33
2	650–700	665	320.00–340.00	329.85
1	800–850	835	319.00	319.00
1	850–900	875	290.00	290.00
1	950–1000	990	275.00	275.00
1	1000–1050	1,000	277.50	277.50
1	1050–1100	1,060	267.50	267.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	700	382.50	382.50
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	965	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	430.00–435.00	432.60
1	350–400	395	470.00	470.00
12	450–500	490	405.00–450.00	430.07
9	500–550	538	400.00–440.00	418.90
20	550–600	574	382.50–416.00	402.88
2	650–700	683	345.00	345.00
1	700–750	745	337.50	337.50
2	750–800	790	335.00	335.00
21	900–950	938	286.00	286.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	450.00	450.00
1	350–400	360	375.00	375.00
2	450–500	492	370.00	370.00
1	500–550	530	350.00	350.00
2	550–600	575	305.00–340.00	322.80
1	600–650	645	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	885	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	582	490.00	490.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	480.00	480.00
11	350–400	369	485.00–540.00	523.94
24	400–450	419	475.00–545.00	525.29
27	450–500	467	475.00–530.00	491.68
49	500–550	532	425.00–490.00	451.52
80	550–600	574	395.00–455.00	438.20
38	600–650	619	355.00–420.00	406.59
66	650–700	679	344.00–400.00	371.30
39	700–750	724	350.00–372.50	360.62
41	750–800	787	327.00–362.50	332.02
11	800–850	830	320.00–337.50	322.68
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	620	415.00	415.00
2	900–950	922	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	420.00	420.00
2	550–600	582	437.50	437.50
1	700–750	725	340.00	340.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,096	132.50–147.50	136.72
1	—	1,130	154.00	154.00
5	—	1,110	100.00–115.00	105.96
2	—	1,565	80.00	80.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,318	149.00–159.00	154.53
29	—	1,451	140.00–170.00	160.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,617	151.00–171.00	162.98
29	—	1,575	155.00–184.00	174.78
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	181.00	181.00
9	—	1,497	201.00–215.00	209.29
5	—	1,605	185.00–190.00	186.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,380	172.50–186.00	179.89
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,175	168.00–192.50	180.47
Heifers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,168	100.00–120.00	109.55
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,245	160.00–172.50	165.27
6	—	1,250	210.00–235.00	215.58
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,735	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,346	221.00–236.00	230.90
147	—	1,332	233.00–250.00	241.47
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,243	144.00–160.00	153.27
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,172	217.50–250.00	227.50
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,135	162.50–187.50	171.58
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,452	201.00–238.00	232.63
117	—	1,445	232.00–250.00	241.98
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	185.00	185.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	221.00	221.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	235.00	235.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,755	210.00–220.00	212.49
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,588	191.00–195.00	194.03
1	—	1,730	220.00	220.00
18	—	1,540	200.00–222.00	205.69
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,416	181.00–191.00	185.88
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,540	202.00	202.00
Dairy Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	180.00	180.00
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	918	107.50–127.50	117.75
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,605	149.00–165.00	158.95
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,250	135.00	135.00
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,428	230.00–231.00	230.41
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	210.00	210.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,310	225.00	225.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	230.00	230.00
4	—	1,393	215.00–225.00	218.93
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,803	220.00–240.00	232.35
7	—	1,696	175.00–217.00	204.69
9	—	1,363	140.00–195.00	175.73

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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