Sale reports / Illinois / Reel Livestock Auction / 2024-11-08

Reel Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Congerville, Illinois · Fri, Nov 8
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2045
Receipts
1,010 head
▲ 520 vs last sale 490▲ 695 vs year ago 315 · +220.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Congerville, a large offering of central Illinois produced, mostly weaned and vaccinated calves and yearlings were met with active trade and good demand on a well attended auction.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $289.89/cwt on 159 head.
Average price
$289.89
159 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,628
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$506
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$82.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.14
vs IL average
−11.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564296.571,672134
Medium and Large 1-2565269.091,51910thin
Large 1-2533247.001,31712thin
Medium and Large 2575241.001,3862thin
Medium and Large 3545214.001,1661thin
One grade step is worth $82.57/cwt here — about $506 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale159 hd
289.89
—
IL average3 barns · 570 hd
291.03
−1.14
National average187 barns · 26,509 hd
301.85
−11.96
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

72 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2255340.00/cwt340.00–340.008671
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,0531
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1300390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,1701
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned365402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,4693
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365375.07/cwt370.00–377.501,3693
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2403272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,0966
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1417356.04/cwt342.50–365.001,4857
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,2892
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,2111
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470295.47/cwt291.00–304.001,3893
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481332.11/cwt317.50–337.501,59717
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3490221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,0831
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510278.85/cwt263.00–288.001,4223
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522308.61/cwt293.00–316.001,61131
Steers500–550Large 1-2533247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,31712
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3545214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,1661
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned552290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,60110
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,3862
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579293.27/cwt282.00–299.001,69893
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2588264.90/cwt261.00–278.001,5587
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned611266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,6257
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622276.76/cwt264.00–281.501,72193
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632242.23/cwt238.00–255.001,5314
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy635208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,3211
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679251.65/cwt231.00–255.501,70928
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680268.03/cwt263.00–271.001,82321
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1724257.78/cwt251.00–270.501,86642
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2725218.61/cwt211.00–224.001,5853
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2730241.51/cwt234.00–244.001,7638
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1777262.81/cwt255.00–268.502,04252
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2785200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5701
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1826255.50/cwt255.50–255.502,11010
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2850234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,9891
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy864241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,0825
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1994232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,30652
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,016227.05/cwt224.00–228.002,307117
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2225265.00/cwt265.00–265.005961
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1250325.00/cwt325.00–325.008131
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned260345.00/cwt345.00–345.008971
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2275296.09/cwt280.00–310.008142
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3328235.00/cwt235.00–235.007712
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0721
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2338250.00/cwt250.00–250.008454
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373324.90/cwt321.00–332.501,2123
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2386238.99/cwt235.00–241.009235
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned417340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4186
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418288.07/cwt285.00–289.001,2046
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy420320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3445
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,1441
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469271.43/cwt257.50–278.001,2738
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned470292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,3752
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472310.96/cwt305.00–322.501,46811
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477231.66/cwt231.00–233.001,1053
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3523214.31/cwt212.50–216.001,1212
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525285.57/cwt282.00–287.001,49942
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529268.94/cwt250.00–275.001,42316
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3111
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2567253.42/cwt248.00–260.001,4379
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1594266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,58025
Heifers600–650Large 1-2605231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,3981
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy618216.40/cwt208.00–225.001,3372
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623246.18/cwt235.00–252.001,53433
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631232.11/cwt232.00–233.001,4659
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,4941
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1724240.50/cwt240.50–240.501,74123
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2743226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,6793
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770219.79/cwt218.00–221.001,6925
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1838220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8442
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2288332.50/cwt332.50–332.509583
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,1901
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2390330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2871
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5082

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.