Name: Reel Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Congerville, moderate demand on active trade. Flseshy and non vaccinated feeder cattle at a notable discount.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $297.82/cwt on 87 head.

Average price

$297.82

87 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,668

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$415

per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 2

$82.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.20

vs IL average

−28.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	530	310.00	1,643	2thin
Medium and Large 1	561	304.00	1,707	67
Medium and Large 1-2	561	279.21	1,567	16thin
Medium and Large 2	540	227.50	1,229	2thin

One grade step is worth $82.50/cwt here — about $415 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 sale87 hd

297.82

—

IL average3 barns · 407 hd

309.02

−11.20

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

−28.81

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

70 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	660	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,205	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	336.09/cwt	330.00–342.50	1,277	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	236.54/cwt	232.00–238.00	1,396	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,473	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,371	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,441	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,702	1
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	350–400	380	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	925	204.14/cwt	186.00–211.00	1,888	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	254.96/cwt	238.00–258.00	1,978	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	276.07/cwt	272.50–285.00	1,452	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	688	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,534	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	282.21/cwt	276.00–287.50	1,724	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,088	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,229	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,128	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,346	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	209.94/cwt	205.00–212.50	1,518	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	282.62/cwt	273.00–285.00	1,911	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	897	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,260	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	306.62/cwt	275.00–317.50	1,453	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	249.34/cwt	246.00–256.00	1,668	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	297.44/cwt	291.00–314.00	1,737	39
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	530	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,643	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	248.75/cwt	248.75–248.75	2,378	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	280.25/cwt	268.00–290.00	1,606	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,132	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	369.60/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,397	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	336.87/cwt	322.50–360.00	1,607	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	600	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,650	2
Steers	Medium 2Full	400–450	435	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,022	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	258	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,051	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	243.59/cwt	222.00–265.00	1,505	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	313.13/cwt	299.00–325.00	1,660	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,069	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	384.49/cwt	362.50–395.00	1,307	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	309.75/cwt	300.00–322.50	1,354	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,841	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	600	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	696	219.03/cwt	211.00–227.00	1,524	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	350.20/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,306	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	297.94/cwt	275.00–305.00	1,546	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	760	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,733	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	1050–1100	1,050	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,796	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	260.02/cwt	242.00–262.00	1,529	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	316.63/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,035	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	250.31/cwt	233.00–272.50	1,329	8
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	475	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,378	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	672	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,687	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,686	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	296.84/cwt	295.00–302.50	1,437	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	229.60/cwt	224.00–247.00	1,554	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	316.94/cwt	305.00–322.50	1,223	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	235.24/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,602	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	260.91/cwt	231.00–268.00	1,631	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	215.51/cwt	215.00–216.00	1,670	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,444	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	271.62/cwt	244.00–283.50	1,953	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	259.82/cwt	250.00–270.00	2,040	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,144	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,183	1
Heifers	Medium 3	450–500	450	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	585	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	348.49/cwt	330.00–375.00	1,516	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	242.40/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,939	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	798	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,596	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	258.55/cwt	234.00–275.00	1,487	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,121	1

How this sale compares

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.

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Today at Congerville, moderate demand on active trade. Flseshy and non vaccinated feeder cattle at a notable discount.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	660	182.50	182.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	330.00–342.50	336.09
1	400–450	425	322.50	322.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	590	232.00–238.00	236.54
1	650–700	685	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	235.00	235.00
2	500–550	540	227.50	227.50
3	650–700	688	223.00	223.00
3	700–750	723	205.00–212.50	209.94
1	750–800	765	222.50	222.50
4	900–950	925	186.00–211.00	204.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	320.00	320.00
1	350–400	365	310.00	310.00
1	400–450	445	302.50	302.50
4	450–500	474	275.00–317.50	306.62
4	500–550	526	272.50–285.00	276.07
12	550–600	573	268.00–290.00	280.25
2	600–650	618	222.00–265.00	243.59
3	650–700	669	246.00–256.00	249.34
8	750–800	776	238.00–258.00	254.96
1	800–850	800	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	258	407.50	407.50
2	350–400	378	350.00–390.00	369.60
8	400–450	435	330.00–375.00	348.49
23	450–500	477	322.50–360.00	336.87
28	500–550	530	299.00–325.00	313.13
39	550–600	584	291.00–314.00	297.44
16	600–650	611	276.00–287.50	282.21
37	650–700	676	273.00–285.00	282.62
24	700–750	719	244.00–283.50	271.62
8	750–800	785	250.00–270.00	259.82
5	800–850	800	240.00–252.00	242.40
60	850–900	897	252.00	252.00
28	950–1000	956	248.75	248.75
1	1000–1050	1,010	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	530	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	600	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	235.00	235.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	375.00	375.00
3	300–350	340	362.50–395.00	384.49
2	350–400	373	340.00–360.00	350.20
8	400–450	437	300.00–322.50	309.75
4	450–500	484	295.00–302.50	296.84
19	500–550	519	275.00–305.00	297.94
23	550–600	588	242.00–262.00	260.02
32	600–650	625	231.00–268.00	260.91
8	650–700	681	230.00–239.00	235.24
4	700–750	701	240.50	240.50
7	750–800	767	240.00	240.00
1	800–850	820	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	248.00	248.00
3	650–700	672	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	696	211.00–227.00	219.03
3	750–800	760	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1050–1100	1,050	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	310.00	310.00
3	300–350	327	310.00–330.00	316.63
5	350–400	386	305.00–322.50	316.94
1	400–450	405	282.50	282.50
8	500–550	531	233.00–272.50	250.31
17	550–600	575	234.00–275.00	258.55
1	600–650	625	231.00	231.00
4	650–700	677	224.00–247.00	229.60
2	750–800	775	215.00–216.00	215.51
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	207.50	207.50
2	750–800	798	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	130.00	130.00

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