Name: Reel Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today in Congerville, a good quality light offering was met with good demand on active trade. Increased demand on long timed weaned and multi-vaccinated feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $365.16/cwt on 56 head.

Average price

$365.16

56 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,983

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+6.76

vs IL average

−32.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	543	365.16	1,983	56

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale56 hd

365.16

—

IL average2 barns · 101 hd

358.39

+6.76

National average180 barns · 19,448 hd

397.86

−32.70

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,380	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2	400–450	443	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,573	2
Heifers	Large 2	750–800	760	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,892	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	600–650	620	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,251	1
Steers	Medium 3	400–450	420	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,155	1
Heifers	Medium 2	600–650	630	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,607	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	388	503.00/cwt	503.00–503.00	1,952	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,142	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	390.96/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,329	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,363	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,247	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	681	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,152	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,442	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,788	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	215	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	731	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	346.26/cwt	345.00–347.50	1,627	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,511	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,288	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,865	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,292	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,278	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	371.90/cwt	347.00–393.00	1,986	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	360.28/cwt	339.00–380.00	1,182	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	378.60/cwt	342.50–385.00	1,965	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	353.51/cwt	345.00–368.00	1,994	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,194	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,070	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,064	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,290	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	353.23/cwt	347.50–359.00	2,130	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	366.25/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,582	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	384.99/cwt	370.00–396.00	1,825	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	3,008	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,456	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	361.56/cwt	321.00–376.00	2,459	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,183	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,288	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,664	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,409	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,796	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,086	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	375.53/cwt	340.00–386.00	2,178	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	425.01/cwt	415.00–432.50	1,607	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	439.82/cwt	425.00–447.50	1,918	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	417.80/cwt	407.50–430.00	1,817	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,993	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,484	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,897	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,464	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,028	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,606	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	397	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,683	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	302	469.23/cwt	442.50–480.00	1,417	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	403.88/cwt	400.00–413.00	2,165	16

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 in Congerville, a good quality light offering was met with good demand on active trade. Increased demand on long timed weaned and multi-vaccinated feeders.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	550	325.00	325.00
1	650–700	680	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	388	503.00	503.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	215	340.00	340.00
7	300–350	340	365.00–395.00	390.96
1	350–400	360	355.00	355.00
6	450–500	474	370.00–396.00	384.99
10	500–550	534	347.00–393.00	371.90
16	550–600	580	340.00–386.00	375.53
12	650–700	680	321.00–376.00	361.56
1	700–750	710	322.50	322.50
1	750–800	760	301.00	301.00
1	800–850	830	321.00	321.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	425.00	425.00
6	400–450	436	425.00–447.50	439.82
2	450–500	478	417.00	417.00
16	500–550	536	400.00–413.00	403.88
8	600–650	633	388.00	388.00
3	650–700	652	381.00	381.00
8	700–750	717	336.00	336.00
3	850–900	877	343.00	343.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	760	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	415.00	415.00
2	300–350	328	339.00–380.00	360.28
2	350–400	385	392.50	392.50
3	400–450	432	340.00–380.00	366.25
2	450–500	470	345.00–347.50	346.26
26	500–550	519	342.50–385.00	378.60
30	550–600	564	345.00–368.00	353.51
2	600–650	603	347.50–359.00	353.23
1	650–700	650	337.50	337.50
1	700–750	745	280.00	280.00
1	850–900	875	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	365.00	365.00
1	400–450	410	315.00	315.00
1	600–650	630	296.00	296.00
8	650–700	681	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	302	442.50–480.00	469.23
8	350–400	378	415.00–432.50	425.01
20	400–450	435	407.50–430.00	417.80
8	450–500	484	419.00	419.00
3	950–1000	955	258.00	258.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	363.00	363.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	405.00	405.00
8	450–500	484	392.00	392.00
1	550–600	575	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	635	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	505.00	505.00
3	350–400	397	424.00	424.00
2	400–450	425	422.50	422.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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