Reel Livestock Center Cattle Special Market Report

Congerville, Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock (Special)

Sale of Wednesday, October 15, 2025

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $353.51/cwt +75.47 vs last sale · ≈ $1,994/hd at 564 lb · 30 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $378.60/cwt ≈ $1,965/hd at 519 lb · 26 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $417.80/cwt +77.74 vs last sale · ≈ $1,817/hd at 435 lb · 20 head

Congerville, IL 5-weight heifers brought $365/cwt. IL heifers in this weight class are down $75 from their early September peak of $440/cwt. What this means — computed from this report and its neighbors

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	279	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	9	340.00	$340.00	$731	—
320–343	340	7	365.00–395.00	$390.96	$1,329	+35.96
360	360	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,278	—
450–495	474	6	370.00–396.00	$384.99	$1,825	+63.75
515–543	534	10	347.00–393.00	$371.90	$1,986	+48.92
555–597	580	16	340.00–386.00	$375.53	$2,178	+53.20
665–690	680	12	321.00–376.00	$361.56	$2,459	+96.15
710	710	1	322.50	$322.50	$2,290	—
760	760	1	301.00	$301.00	$2,288	+48.63
830	830	1	321.00	$321.00	$2,664	+71.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	425.00	$425.00	$1,530	±0.00
388 fancy	388	10	503.00	$503.00	$1,952	—
400–443	436	6	425.00–447.50	$439.82	$1,918	—
478	478	2	417.00	$417.00	$1,993	+54.88
515–542	536	16	400.00–413.00	$403.88	$2,165	+63.14
633	633	8	388.00	$388.00	$2,456	+77.29
652	652	3	381.00	$381.00	$2,484	+78.68
717	717	8	336.00	$336.00	$2,409	+55.32
877	877	3	343.00	$343.00	$3,008	+82.83

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,380	+5.00
550	550	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,788	—
680	680	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,142	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,155	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,247	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,183	—
315–340	328	2	339.00–380.00	$360.28	$1,182	—
385	385	2	392.50	$392.50	$1,511	—
425–445	432	3	340.00–380.00	$366.25	$1,582	—
465–475	470	2	345.00–347.50	$346.26	$1,627	+43.53
510–530	519	26	342.50–385.00	$378.60	$1,965	—
560–575	564	30	345.00–368.00	$353.51	$1,994	+75.47
600–605	603	2	347.50–359.00	$353.23	$2,130	+93.86
650	650	1	337.50	$337.50	$2,194	+72.71
745	745	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,086	+18.00
875	875	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,362	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301–303	302	7	442.50–480.00	$469.23	$1,417	+134.23
360–390	378	8	415.00–432.50	$425.01	$1,607	+65.01
420–446	435	20	407.50–430.00	$417.80	$1,817	+77.74
484	484	8	419.00	$419.00	$2,028	+117.00
955	955	3	258.00	$258.00	$2,464	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	2	365.00	$365.00	$1,442	—
410	410	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,292	+67.40
630	630	1	296.00	$296.00	$1,865	—
681	681	8	316.00	$316.00	$2,152	+81.76

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760	760	1	249.00	$249.00	$1,892	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,606	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,235	+20.00
484	484	8	392.00	$392.00	$1,897	+79.50
575	575	1	360.00	$360.00	$2,070	—
635	635	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,064	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	2	505.00	$505.00	$1,606	—
397	397	3	424.00	$424.00	$1,683	—
425	425	2	422.50	$422.50	$1,796	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	363.00	$363.00	$2,251	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,288	—

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Beef/Dairy Steers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	2	355.00	$355.00	$1,573	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.