Sale reports / Illinois / Reel Livestock Auction / 2019-11-08

Reel Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Congerville, Illinois · Fri, Nov 8
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2045
← earliestNov 8Apr 15 →
Receipts
628 head
▲ 628 vs last sale 0▲ 628 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality offering was well received by a light buying crowd. Offerings were mostly weaned and had received one to three rounds of vaccinations. Trade was active with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.27/cwt on 321 head.
Average price
$142.27
321 head · 609 lb average
Value per head Derived
$866
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$336
per head · Large 1-2 over Large 2
$26.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.04
vs IL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1-2615143.44882307
Large 2468116.6554614thin
One grade step is worth $26.79/cwt here — about $336 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale321 hd
142.27
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IL average4 barns · 1,265 hd
145.31
−3.04
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

42 lots · USDA AMS · Reel Livestock Center Cattle Special - Congerville, IL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Large 1-2335156.00/cwt156.00–156.005232
Steers—Large 1-2369154.50/cwt139.00–160.005704
Steers—Large 2373124.69/cwt120.00–135.004653
Steers—Large 2410100.00/cwt100.00–100.004101
Steers—Large 1-2428155.52/cwt147.00–160.0066614
Steers—Large 1-2476147.29/cwt138.00–153.007018
Steers—Large 2479116.00/cwt116.00–116.005569
Steers—Large 1-2516150.20/cwt133.00–157.0077550
Steers—Large 1-2573149.86/cwt138.00–154.5085965
Steers—Large 1-2615137.80/cwt120.00–144.0084737
Steers—Large 1-2671137.00/cwt120.00–140.0091951
Steers—Large 2715115.00/cwt115.00–115.008221
Steers—Large 1-2717140.50/cwt130.00–144.751,00753
Steers—Large 1-2791127.25/cwt120.00–129.001,0075
Steers—Large 1-2822130.66/cwt115.00–135.001,07414
Steers—Large 1-2860125.50/cwt124.00–126.001,0794
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Large 1-2Unweaned325102.00/cwt102.00–102.003321
Heifers—Large 1-2341146.96/cwt135.00–151.005014
Heifers—Large 1-2430145.66/cwt134.00–147.5062632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2455128.00/cwt128.00–128.005823
Heifers—Large 1-2Unweaned465117.00/cwt117.00–117.005443
Heifers—Large 1-2477140.77/cwt120.00–144.0067130
Heifers—Large 2487113.50/cwt113.50–113.505537
Heifers—Large 1-2530139.50/cwt133.00–142.2573927
Heifers—Large 1-2559140.17/cwt135.00–145.2578463
Heifers—Large 1-2624129.25/cwt120.00–131.5080738
Heifers—Large 262785.08/cwt70.00–115.005333
Heifers—Large 2650105.00/cwt105.00–105.006831
Heifers—Large 1-2663133.33/cwt120.00–138.0088433
Heifers—Large 1-2718129.20/cwt125.00–131.0092818
Heifers—Large 275381.00/cwt81.00–81.006102
Heifers—Large 1-2783120.00/cwt120.00–120.009403
Heifers—Large 1-2940115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0811
Heifers—Large 1-21,007109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,0983
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Large 1-2Unweaned34580.00/cwt80.00–80.002761
Bulls—Large 2Thin Fleshed415100.00/cwt100.00–100.004153
Bulls—Large 1-2Unweaned44090.00/cwt90.00–90.003961
Bulls—Large 1-2Unweaned475110.00/cwt110.00–110.005231
Bulls—Large 1-2500100.00/cwt100.00–100.005001
Bulls—Large 267060.00/cwt60.00–60.004022
Bulls—Large 1-2Unweaned67390.00/cwt90.00–90.006062
Bulls—Large 1-2Unweaned81563.50/cwt60.00–67.005182

This sale against other markets

Illinois weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Illinois auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.