Sale reports / Illinois / Reel Livestock Auction / 2024-01-05

Reel Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Congerville, Illinois · Fri, Jan 5
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2045
Receipts
590 head
▲ 210 vs last sale 380▼ 152 vs year ago 742 · −20.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today in Congerville, as compared to the feeder cattle special of 12-20-23, steer calves 400-500lbs traded higher 15.00-18.00 with feeder steers 600-700lbs higher 8.00. Heifer calves 400-600lbs trading higher 11.00 on well conditioned run. Good demand on a moderate mostly vaccinated and weaned offering.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $247.47/cwt on 272 head.
Average price
$247.47
272 head · 630 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,558
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$606
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$90.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+21.22
vs IL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1635253.491,609228
Medium and Large 1-2599229.481,37435
Medium 2625180.001,1251thin
Medium and Large 2616163.001,0038thin
One grade step is worth $90.49/cwt here — about $606 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 sale272 hd
247.47
—
IL average5 barns · 850 hd
226.25
+21.22
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

57 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2258155.00/cwt155.00–155.004003
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2320237.50/cwt237.50–237.507601
Steers—Medium and Large 2340195.00/cwt195.00–195.006631
Steers—Medium and Large 1384302.12/cwt295.00–317.501,1607
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy425300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2751
Steers—Medium and Large 1428276.27/cwt247.50–290.001,1823
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full445225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0011
Steers—Medium and Large 1471273.64/cwt250.00–291.001,28916
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2513229.17/cwt227.50–230.001,1763
Steers—Medium and Large 1518287.71/cwt271.00–295.001,49030
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569236.99/cwt221.00–245.001,34822
Steers—Medium and Large 1573261.93/cwt240.00–280.001,50115
Steers—Medium and Large 1617239.62/cwt232.00–243.001,47843
Steers—Medium 2625180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3021
Steers—Medium and Large 1671240.52/cwt236.00–245.001,61436
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2688203.47/cwt201.00–206.001,4002
Steers—Medium and Large 1718236.73/cwt235.50–240.501,70016
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy742255.50/cwt255.50–255.501,89627
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy753233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,7542
Steers—Medium and Large 1767236.93/cwt226.00–239.501,81726
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2785226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,7743
Steers—Medium and Large 1826226.50/cwt226.50–226.501,8714
Steers—Medium and Large 1855225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,9241
Steers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy860173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,4881
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy865208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,7991
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2883189.07/cwt181.00–197.001,6692
Steers—Medium and Large 2910171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,5561
Steers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy1,020150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,5302
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2295160.00/cwt160.00–160.004721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2336234.00/cwt215.00–247.007869
Heifers—Medium and Large 2345195.00/cwt195.00–195.006731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372240.00/cwt240.00–240.008933
Heifers—Medium 1-2380225.00/cwt225.00–225.008552
Heifers—Medium and Large 2417180.88/cwt170.00–192.507543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418233.00/cwt233.00–233.009742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2437219.48/cwt212.50–222.009596
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477239.03/cwt228.00–242.001,14024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483225.06/cwt219.00–229.001,08711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518234.69/cwt230.00–241.001,21615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518217.15/cwt207.00–228.001,12516
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530184.27/cwt171.00–201.009773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570236.16/cwt222.00–238.001,34631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583221.89/cwt216.00–228.001,29414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623231.88/cwt231.00–236.001,44522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2631219.99/cwt212.00–226.001,38810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2668210.38/cwt204.00–217.001,4052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672227.78/cwt222.00–230.001,53129
Heifers—Medium and Large 2690172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,1871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1737214.39/cwt210.00–219.001,5809
Heifers—Medium and Large 1765208.67/cwt207.00–209.001,5966
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2785193.01/cwt191.00–195.001,5152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2860193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,6601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2943188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,7732
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1305280.00/cwt280.00–280.008541
Bulls—Medium and Large 1405269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,0893
Bulls—Medium and Large 2720181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,3031

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.