Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Illinois reported 142 priced lines covering 1,557 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,125 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 722 head. replacement cattle receipts at 163 head. Counted as USDA files them — 27 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 2, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,125Last week 1,211Year ago 487

Slaughter CattleReceipts 722Last week 626Year ago 863

Replacement CattleReceipts 163Last week 0Year ago 338

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,565	2,750.00	2,750.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	22	—	1,427	3,750.00–9,000.00	5,069.56
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,312	2,800.00	2,800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,020	2,900.00	2,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,260	2,250.00	2,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,259	3,500.00–4,600.00	4,268.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,562	3,600.00–5,200.00	4,645.76
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	1,493	2,000.00–4,500.00	3,566.60
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,360	2,900.00	2,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,390	3,100.00	3,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,420	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,037	3,900.00	3,900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,105	2,500.00	2,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,155	1,700.00	1,700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,173	1,550.00–1,600.00	1,576.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,195	3,500.00–3,700.00	3,599.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,163	3,500.00	3,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,170	2,800.00	2,800.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	995	2,400.00	2,400.00
Bred Cows — Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,400	4,200.00	4,200.00
Bred Heifers — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	41	—	1,137	4,000.00–5,700.00	4,987.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,285	3,200.00	3,200.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,049	3,250.00–4,300.00	3,569.21
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,390	3,600.00	3,600.00
Heifer Pairs — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,109	5,400.00–6,100.00	5,876.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,540	4,900.00	4,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,350	6,000.00–6,400.00	6,133.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,628	4,900.00–5,900.00	5,579.63

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	552.50	552.50
7	300–350	321	502.50–560.00	528.68
32	350–400	377	521.00–572.50	548.77
16	400–450	427	490.00–535.00	515.48
18	450–500	481	485.00–502.50	490.82
35	500–550	528	435.00–487.50	469.37
42	550–600	576	422.50–477.50	448.89
28	600–650	623	390.00–411.00	402.02
18	650–700	677	367.50–381.00	373.67
12	700–750	718	373.00–380.00	374.77
11	750–800	772	360.00–387.50	376.89
3	800–850	805	340.00–342.50	341.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	492.50	492.50
3	350–400	352	442.50–470.00	460.75
4	400–450	431	452.50–480.00	465.12
17	450–500	483	422.50–480.00	470.10
3	500–550	525	410.00–445.00	431.52
2	550–600	552	425.00	425.00
4	600–650	640	375.00	375.00
1	750–800	760	352.50	352.50
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	925	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	342.50	342.50
1	500–550	545	362.50	362.50
2	550–600	570	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	520	302.50–432.50	346.67
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	497.50	497.50
1	450–500	465	447.50	447.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	427.50	427.50
2	650–700	687	380.00	380.00
2	700–750	712	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	780	304.00	304.00
1	900–950	925	232.00	232.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	602.50	602.50
5	300–350	339	562.50–622.50	600.13
8	350–400	372	562.50–632.50	604.14
28	400–450	426	525.00–585.00	566.90
27	450–500	481	500.00–560.00	536.68
30	500–550	526	487.50–537.50	519.59
20	550–600	571	460.00–502.50	496.65
37	600–650	616	420.00–450.00	440.17
47	650–700	674	402.50–450.00	440.42
44	700–750	734	385.00–425.00	402.13
11	750–800	758	380.00–400.00	391.56
27	800–850	816	360.00–374.00	371.54
6	850–900	890	341.00	341.00
14	950–1000	963	320.00	320.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	532	500.00	500.00
2	600–650	617	447.50	447.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	482.50–540.00	509.93
1	300–350	330	550.00	550.00
5	350–400	371	467.50–550.00	530.91
4	400–450	414	502.50–517.50	513.87
3	450–500	468	480.00–525.00	498.43
37	500–550	534	441.00–501.00	473.83
35	550–600	571	420.00–500.00	455.64
2	600–650	625	377.50	377.50
22	650–700	670	372.50–406.00	395.05
7	700–750	712	379.00	379.00
1	750–800	750	355.00	355.00
1	800–850	815	340.00	340.00
44	1000–1050	1,016	300.00–316.00	315.63
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	480	410.00–480.00	434.06
1	500–550	540	417.50	417.50
1	550–600	560	477.50	477.50
2	900–950	920	322.50	322.50
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	317.50	317.50
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	730	367.50	367.50
1	1000–1050	1,010	267.50	267.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	583	327.50–372.50	350.10
4	600–650	629	377.50	377.50
6	750–800	760	362.50–380.00	372.94
2	800–850	823	300.00–342.50	321.06
1	850–900	870	350.00	350.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	509	377.00	377.00
19	550–600	567	350.00–383.00	367.12
1	750–800	795	240.00	240.00
4	800–850	832	230.00	230.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,491	155.00–183.00	174.80
3	—	1,420	185.00–187.00	185.99
23	—	1,491	110.00–169.00	154.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,249	127.50–160.00	148.40
3	—	1,228	174.00–177.00	175.31
31	—	1,338	130.00–173.00	161.68
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	167.50	167.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,141	120.00–149.00	134.29
12	—	1,031	50.00–120.00	86.71
2	—	1,248	151.00–153.00	152.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,589	186.00–193.00	189.59
2	—	1,582	214.00	214.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,136	179.00–252.50	220.48
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,760	210.00	210.00
2	—	1,575	225.00–230.00	227.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,463	170.00–195.00	184.16
10	—	1,672	160.00–217.50	197.78
2	—	1,770	225.00–227.50	226.21
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,520	165.00	165.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,498	192.00–200.00	197.65
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,525	151.00	151.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,685	200.00	200.00
16	—	1,485	225.00–236.00	232.47
1	—	1,180	238.00	238.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
165	—	1,472	235.00–245.50	241.31
11	—	1,389	201.00–234.00	219.59
Steers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	235.00	235.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,795	191.00–221.00	201.62
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,203	201.00–219.00	211.65
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	911	235.00–280.00	264.84
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,150	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,790	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	1,318	232.50–245.00	240.12
12	—	1,434	200.00–233.00	225.58
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	172.50	172.50
2	—	1,120	191.00–233.00	211.06

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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