Sale reports / Illinois / Reel Livestock Auction / 2022-01-07

Reel Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Congerville, Illinois · Fri, Jan 7
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2045
Receipts
728 head
▼ 148 vs last sale 876▼ 148 vs year ago 876 · −16.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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 $160.10/cwt on 379 head.
Average price
$160.10
379 head · 639 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,024
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$420
per head · Large 1-2 over Large 2
$35.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.18
vs IL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1-2646162.791,051346
Large 1609134.3381822
Large 2496127.1163111thin
One grade step is worth $35.68/cwt here — about $420 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 sale379 hd
160.10
—
IL average4 barns · 1,491 hd
160.29
−0.18
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

56 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Large 2220114.00/cwt114.00–114.002511
Steers—Large 1-2240157.00/cwt157.00–157.003771
Steers—Large 1-2288187.50/cwt187.50–187.505403
Steers—Large 1-2313210.00/cwt210.00–210.006572
Steers—Large 1-2379204.66/cwt199.00–209.007767
Steers—Large 1-2425198.19/cwt172.50–205.0084216
Steers—Large 2425146.00/cwt146.00–146.006213
Steers—Large 1475145.00/cwt145.00–145.006892
Steers—Large 1-2476174.85/cwt170.00–193.0083213
Steers—Large 2490126.97/cwt121.00–130.006223
Steers—Large 1-2520163.46/cwt151.00–173.0085037
Steers—Large 2540120.00/cwt120.00–120.006481
Steers—Large 1542145.00/cwt145.00–145.007863
Steers—Large 1555147.00/cwt147.00–147.008161
Steers—Large 1-2578165.61/cwt150.00–171.0095725
Steers—Large 1610131.94/cwt130.00–139.0080514
Steers—Large 2623117.65/cwt110.00–125.007332
Steers—Large 1-2626158.37/cwt144.00–167.0099146
Steers—Large 1-2672154.18/cwt140.00–160.001,03676
Steers—Large 1-2Fancy687170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1683
Steers—Large 2710110.00/cwt110.00–110.007811
Steers—Large 1-2725150.81/cwt142.00–157.001,09325
Steers—Large 1-2783162.28/cwt138.00–165.501,27189
Steers—Large 1815126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0271
Steers—Large 1-2860134.44/cwt129.00–140.001,1562
Steers—Large 1-2905126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,1401
Steers—Large 1915110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0071
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Large 1-2242149.86/cwt130.00–160.003633
Heifers—Large 1245150.00/cwt150.00–150.003682
Heifers—Large 1-2279181.79/cwt172.50–185.005077
Heifers—Large 1-2305167.00/cwt167.00–167.005093
Heifers—Large 1-2Fancy308205.00/cwt205.00–205.006312
Heifers—Large 2323130.00/cwt130.00–130.004202
Heifers—Large 1-2377187.85/cwt185.00–192.0070822
Heifers—Large 1-2424173.39/cwt161.00–185.0073518
Heifers—Large 2430134.00/cwt134.00–134.005761
Heifers—Large 1-2478155.26/cwt147.00–165.0074219
Heifers—Large 2478133.85/cwt130.00–138.006402
Heifers—Large 1492137.76/cwt133.00–145.006785
Heifers—Large 2513135.13/cwt131.00–138.0069310
Heifers—Large 1515129.00/cwt129.00–129.006641
Heifers—Large 1-2528152.19/cwt134.00–160.0080468
Heifers—Large 1-2575148.00/cwt130.00–154.0085143
Heifers—Large 2582126.36/cwt125.00–129.0073514
Heifers—Large 1620130.00/cwt130.00–130.008061
Heifers—Large 2620125.00/cwt125.00–125.007751
Heifers—Large 1-2629151.81/cwt131.00–160.0095564
Heifers—Large 1-2654144.31/cwt125.00–148.0094426
Heifers—Large 1684121.14/cwt120.00–123.008298
Heifers—Large 2705120.00/cwt120.00–120.008461
Heifers—Large 1-2712135.49/cwt130.00–141.009654
Heifers—Large 2765116.00/cwt116.00–116.008872
Heifers—Large 1795120.00/cwt120.00–120.009541
Heifers—Large 1Full1,04085.00/cwt85.00–85.008841
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Large 1-2690105.00/cwt105.00–105.007253
Bulls—Large 1-21,06380.00/cwt80.00–80.008502

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.