Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Illinois reported 87 priced lines covering 984 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 600 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 484 head.

Mon Sep 7, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 600Last week 195Year ago 1,633

Slaughter CattleReceipts 484Last week 632Year ago 990

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	400.00	400.00
3	350–400	362	395.00–400.00	396.75
1	400–450	405	350.00	350.00
3	450–500	462	300.00–380.00	351.46
1	500–550	545	320.00	320.00
5	550–600	586	300.00–352.50	324.43
1	600–650	615	312.00	312.00
1	650–700	665	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	700	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	440.00–450.00	446.77
8	350–400	381	445.00–500.00	465.32
20	400–450	428	420.00–490.00	472.72
14	450–500	467	385.00–445.00	419.95
23	500–550	517	375.00–406.00	398.55
39	550–600	557	367.50–390.00	381.74
34	600–650	624	331.00–352.00	342.11
7	650–700	664	320.00–350.00	341.41
38	700–750	734	330.00	330.00
33	750–800	763	315.00–320.00	316.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	420.00	420.00
4	500–550	533	375.00–390.00	383.10
3	600–650	628	337.50–355.00	345.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	781	348.00	348.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	485.00–490.00	487.52
6	350–400	389	525.00	525.00
5	450–500	467	400.00–477.50	461.89
15	500–550	508	400.00–457.00	449.07
9	550–600	593	335.00–395.00	388.53
4	600–650	604	350.00–385.00	358.91
2	650–700	665	467.50	467.50
1	700–750	735	322.50	322.50
5	800–850	815	310.00–320.00	311.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	281	440.00–500.00	475.64
2	300–350	343	480.00–500.00	489.93
8	350–400	382	455.00–500.00	475.04
4	400–450	430	470.00–510.00	494.85
10	450–500	479	440.00–480.00	461.52
26	500–550	520	420.00–430.00	428.47
19	550–600	571	352.50–400.00	374.98
47	600–650	632	342.50–380.00	374.08
37	650–700	654	350.00–381.00	378.93
45	700–750	724	335.00–370.00	348.98
22	750–800	789	310.00–341.00	339.60
26	800–850	837	325.00	325.00
13	850–900	863	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	405.00–455.00	428.26
3	400–450	431	425.00–430.00	428.38
1	450–500	450	372.00	372.00
1	500–550	540	375.00	375.00
1	600–650	630	307.50	307.50
3	650–700	662	300.00–317.50	305.95
1	700–750	740	307.50	307.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	353.50	353.50
2	500–550	523	332.50–356.50	344.56

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,302	201.00–213.50	208.99
126	—	1,303	212.50–226.00	219.21
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,134	200.00–213.00	207.14
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	925	155.00–180.00	165.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	176.00	176.00
9	—	1,619	164.00–175.00	171.08
6	—	1,585	151.00–163.00	156.83
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	132.50	132.50
6	—	1,053	110.00–125.00	116.45
7	—	1,141	87.50–107.50	98.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,280	126.00–165.00	157.94
4	—	1,318	146.00–151.00	148.21
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	1,368	212.50–225.75	219.47
5	—	1,253	204.00–214.00	210.12
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,248	202.00–212.00	209.08
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,123	175.00–182.50	178.67
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	215.00	215.00
Steers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	213.00	213.00
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,358	176.00–181.00	178.73
1	—	1,070	161.00	161.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,553	165.00	165.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,485	186.00–200.00	189.44
Dairy Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	170.00	170.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,220	186.00–195.00	190.13
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	200.00	200.00
3	—	1,403	210.00	210.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	186.00	186.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,572	220.00–222.50	221.40
1	—	1,305	190.00	190.00
7	—	1,316	215.00	215.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,641	190.00–205.00	193.63
4	—	1,878	175.00–182.50	177.78

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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