Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them

Illinois reported 30 priced lines covering 662 head across slaughter cattle. USDA puts receipts at 774 head.

Mon Sep 21, 2026

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

Receipts 774Last week 858Year ago 953

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,238	200.00–212.50	208.02
7	—	1,705	162.50–177.50	171.50
9	—	1,739	171.00–195.00	186.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,315	121.00–157.00	150.62
19	—	1,374	120.00–146.00	135.41
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,482	165.00–169.00	167.08
14	—	1,458	138.00–152.00	145.03
31	—	1,451	145.00–164.00	155.21
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	185.00	185.00
8	—	1,511	170.00–180.00	173.78
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,103	182.50–192.50	186.15
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	880	187.00–195.00	191.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,090	102.50–117.50	112.40
10	—	1,121	125.00–146.00	131.59
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	127.50	127.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,445	215.00–215.50	215.25
2	—	1,460	210.00	210.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,181	170.00–185.00	176.14
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,269	210.00–212.00	210.32
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,110	175.00–196.00	186.82
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,222	200.00–213.00	206.14
169	—	1,289	210.00–225.00	216.52
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	810	255.00–277.50	266.16
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,127	170.00–205.00	195.34
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,178	180.00–210.00	189.28
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
270	—	1,461	212.00–223.00	216.75
1	—	1,450	230.00	230.00
8	—	1,332	202.00–210.00	208.88
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	165.00	165.00

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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