Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Illinois reported 115 priced lines covering 1,693 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,105 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 854 head.

Mon May 18, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,105Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 854Last week 652Year ago 963

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	545.00	545.00
3	350–400	373	435.00–455.00	444.96
1	400–450	435	420.00	420.00
2	450–500	470	425.00–430.00	427.45
5	500–550	538	395.00–410.00	405.49
3	550–600	580	375.00–400.00	389.89
16	650–700	678	337.50–367.50	363.30
1	700–750	720	360.00	360.00
10	850–900	888	316.00	316.00
1	950–1000	950	312.50	312.50
2	1000–1050	1,015	282.50–295.00	288.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	375.00	375.00
1	450–500	495	390.00	390.00
1	500–550	540	362.50	362.50
3	550–600	582	335.00–365.00	353.19
1	650–700	670	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	615.00	615.00
1	250–300	275	630.00	630.00
1	300–350	340	485.00	485.00
9	350–400	364	465.00–515.00	500.60
9	400–450	419	470.00–530.00	498.97
46	450–500	468	430.00–502.50	476.72
20	500–550	536	425.00–485.50	445.22
26	550–600	571	405.00–442.50	429.95
63	600–650	622	375.00–425.00	411.79
16	650–700	658	388.00–390.00	388.63
31	700–750	739	342.50–352.50	345.53
58	750–800	763	337.50–342.50	338.27
76	800–850	835	331.00–342.50	331.47
1	850–900	855	325.00	325.00
2	900–950	903	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	465.00	465.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	635.00	635.00
4	300–350	327	610.00–620.00	612.37
4	350–400	384	570.00–600.00	592.38
14	400–450	432	535.00–562.50	560.68
9	500–550	510	500.00–515.00	511.16
59	600–650	629	445.00–487.50	469.17
4	650–700	658	435.00	435.00
23	700–750	719	375.00–392.50	387.73
6	750–800	758	370.00–372.00	370.66
12	800–850	815	342.50–347.50	346.22
7	850–900	874	342.50	342.50
235	900–950	920	343.00–344.00	343.63
55	950–1000	953	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	430.00	430.00
3	450–500	468	420.00–440.00	428.43
1	500–550	510	335.00	335.00
2	550–600	590	372.50–395.00	383.75
1	600–650	615	365.00	365.00
2	700–750	723	327.50–345.00	336.28
1	900–950	935	285.00	285.00
1	950–1000	960	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	595.00	595.00
2	350–400	393	495.00–520.00	507.58
8	400–450	429	430.00–512.50	465.41
17	450–500	467	435.00–525.00	499.96
12	500–550	520	422.50–480.00	446.85
5	550–600	585	430.00–462.50	451.74
9	650–700	665	357.50–410.00	387.30
4	700–750	740	350.00–360.00	356.28
35	750–800	771	330.00–362.50	352.89
16	800–850	830	320.00–339.00	330.90
1	1050–1100	1,055	272.50	272.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	460.00	460.00
1	950–1000	960	297.50	297.50
3	1050–1100	1,085	307.50	307.50
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	410.00	410.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	468	460.00	460.00
2	500–550	520	385.00–415.00	399.57
1	550–600	575	370.00	370.00
7	650–700	678	337.50–365.00	346.68
3	750–800	797	307.50	307.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	790	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	560.00	560.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	620.00	620.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,578	197.00–210.00	200.38
6	—	1,508	212.50–234.00	226.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	159.00	159.00
8	—	1,128	130.00–153.00	144.37
2	—	1,515	117.50–123.00	120.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,560	139.00–183.00	173.32
42	—	1,503	179.00–196.00	190.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,249	150.00–186.00	177.92
30	—	1,306	130.00–172.00	161.34
3	—	1,248	189.00	189.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,191	183.00–285.00	202.73
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,057	159.00–242.50	177.60
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	1,284	255.00–281.00	264.47
14	—	1,265	241.00–258.00	251.89
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,081	220.00–253.00	245.37
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	845	180.00–192.50	187.29
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,066	235.00–245.00	239.26
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	232.50	232.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,309	251.00–258.00	253.72
4	—	1,473	267.00–270.00	268.24
235	—	1,433	255.00–282.00	267.82
1	—	1,770	256.00	256.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,675	245.00–250.00	247.48
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,243	210.00–258.00	247.29
Steers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,103	250.00–260.00	255.90
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,403	255.00–260.00	258.94
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,680	205.00	205.00
17	—	1,585	220.00–238.00	231.51
10	—	1,365	211.00–224.00	220.52
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,323	205.00–206.00	205.50
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,615	220.00	220.00
1	—	1,490	250.00	250.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,905	247.00	247.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	2,003	250.00–275.00	264.27
20	—	1,727	220.00–247.50	234.27
8	—	1,628	175.00–210.00	200.74
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	145.00	145.00
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	125.00	125.00

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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