Illinois Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 26, 2026

1,348 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $369.67/cwt +8.82 vs last sale · ≈ $2,270/hd at 614 lb · 86 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $351.18/cwt +8.43 vs last sale · ≈ $2,353/hd at 670 lb · 81 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $422.99/cwt +7.21 vs last sale · ≈ $2,639/hd at 624 lb · 74 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,348	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	480.00	$480.00	$1,536	-41.11
355	355	1	510.00	$510.00	$1,810	-1.56
405–415	413	4	490.00–550.00	$512.45	$2,116	+14.20
470–495	490	24	480.00–527.50	$507.22	$2,485	+22.11
501–547	521	39	460.00–517.50	$489.88	$2,552	-23.51
555–578	569	30	437.50–445.00	$440.32	$2,505	-8.01
600–638	624	74	412.50–437.00	$422.99	$2,639	+7.21
677–682	679	41	410.00–415.00	$413.16	$2,805	+10.80
707–745	729	65	387.50–401.00	$398.16	$2,903	+35.24
750–794	773	59	345.00–372.00	$362.99	$2,806	+19.99
830	830	1	345.00	$345.00	$2,864	+5.35
855–886	877	7	337.00–345.00	$339.23	$2,975	+16.23
917	917	2	335.00	$335.00	$3,072	—
977	977	5	304.00	$304.00	$2,970	—
1019	1019	15	290.00	$290.00	$2,955	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1625	1341	10	157.50–210.00	$186.27	$2,498	—
1380	1380	1	171.00	$171.00	$2,360	+1.00
1275–1700	1488	2	222.50–225.00	$223.57	$3,327	+14.99
1200–1717	1538	150	224.00–239.00	$234.69	$3,610	+74.34
1795	1795	1	224.00	$224.00	$4,021	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	370.00	$370.00	$1,221	—
460–495	481	19	410.00–475.00	$451.22	$2,170	+34.42
530–545	538	2	425.00–435.00	$429.93	$2,313	+6.54
550–587	579	21	370.00–417.50	$400.61	$2,320	+4.24
606–645	624	13	365.00–400.00	$387.02	$2,415	+15.89
650–686	675	49	342.50–392.50	$377.54	$2,548	+22.53
705–726	722	20	330.00–372.50	$357.86	$2,584	+14.17
755–796	787	16	325.00–347.50	$335.70	$2,642	+21.33
895	895	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,640	-8.01
1125	1125	1	250.00	$250.00	$2,812	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,425	-57.78
560–580	570	2	315.00–325.00	$319.91	$1,823	—
635	635	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,683	-47.44
665–685	675	2	205.00–300.00	$253.20	$1,709	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
411	411	4	310.00	$310.00	$1,274	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	270.00	$270.00	$918	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715	715	1	347.50	$347.50	$2,485	+16.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,133	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–386	374	8	480.00–492.50	$487.06	$1,822	+32.96
405–445	426	13	430.00–465.00	$443.93	$1,891	+17.09
451–495	465	38	390.00–460.00	$441.15	$2,051	+32.99
506–523	517	24	390.00–425.00	$411.22	$2,126	+28.66
554–590	573	52	385.00–410.00	$393.08	$2,252	+21.43
600–643	614	86	350.00–383.00	$369.67	$2,270	+8.82
650–692	670	81	332.50–377.50	$351.18	$2,353	+8.43
705–728	712	10	330.00–337.50	$335.20	$2,387	-1.25
750	750	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,438	-5.41
840	840	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,436	-27.00
930	930	4	272.50	$272.50	$2,534	-22.50
1067	1067	4	242.50	$242.50	$2,587	—
1125	1125	2	252.50	$252.50	$2,841	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1260	1108	3	172.50–200.00	$189.15	$2,096	—
955–1205	1118	7	187.00–225.00	$216.75	$2,423	—
1170	1170	1	172.50	$172.50	$2,018	-45.98
1200–1435	1282	3	218.00–223.00	$221.12	$2,835	+6.47
1232–1695	1459	39	227.50–238.00	$233.30	$3,404	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–385	365	4	395.00–425.00	$407.77	$1,488	+8.43
470–495	487	3	365.00–402.50	$387.37	$1,886	+18.56
523	523	3	340.00	$340.00	$1,778	-17.21
560–586	576	13	350.00–375.00	$364.26	$2,098	+7.26
686	686	7	320.00	$320.00	$2,195	+3.92
700–725	717	6	305.00–322.50	$315.81	$2,264	-11.69
765	765	2	300.00–312.50	$306.25	$2,343	—
825	825	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,310	-7.52

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,136	-47.58
580–587	585	4	275.00–312.50	$291.91	$1,708	-4.42
685	685	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,815	-34.84
715	715	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,716	-31.53

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377	377	2	285.00	$285.00	$1,074	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,001	—
475	475	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,330	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060	1060	1	250.00	$250.00	$2,650	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,188	—
565	565	1	365.00	$365.00	$2,062	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1745	1460	75-80%	30	173.00–184.00	$178.64	$2,608	—
1315–1855	1520	75-80%	15	154.00–172.00	$165.00	$2,508	-10.31

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120	1120	80-85%	1	222.50	$222.50	$2,492	—
1080–1330	1179	80-85%	6	130.00–157.00	$147.92	$1,744	-25.09
1125–1540	1281	80-85%	4	175.00–178.00	$176.44	$2,260	—
1120–1755	1377	80-85%	17	163.00–172.00	$166.62	$2,294	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1520	1415	10	205.00–220.00	$211.48	$2,992	—
1230–1825	1570	15	183.00–217.50	$187.76	$2,948	-28.24
1725	1725	1	178.00	$178.00	$3,070	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950	950	85-90%	1	47.50	$47.50	$451	—
1050–1270	1155	85-90%	3	135.00–145.00	$139.88	$1,616	-22.63
1110–1450	1263	85-90%	3	80.00–125.00	$104.54	$1,320	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–2035	1570	2	130.00–155.00	$146.20	$2,295	—
2080–2455	2268	2	190.00–195.00	$192.29	$4,361	—

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Bred Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1113–1480	1265	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	108	4,450.00–5,050.00	$4,757.31
1408–1498 fancy	1438	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	5,800.00–6,300.00	$6,071.53

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Heifer Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
958–1020	993	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	4,000.00–4,400.00	$4,234.69	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.