Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 6.00 lower, and heifers 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mixed with, Breakers 6.00 higher, Boners 2.00 higher, and Leans 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,647	109.82	1,809	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,513	131.69	1,993	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,551	103.86	1,610	52
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,303	93.79	1,222	85
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,114	75.99	847	45
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,361	180.50	2,456	97
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,094	170.06	1,861	11
Heifers	Select	Average	982	134.12	1,318	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,426	182.65	2,605	171
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,189	165.71	1,971	5thin

Every lot, as filed

29 lots · USDA AMS · Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, 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	—	—	1,829	118.54/cwt	115.00–126.00	2,168	7
Bulls	—	—	1,985	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	2,521	1
Bulls	—	—	1,521	97.90/cwt	72.50–110.00	1,489	8
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,040	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,321	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,343	94.93/cwt	89.50–101.00	1,275	47
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	107.78/cwt	103.50–116.00	1,426	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,427	182.95/cwt	178.00–188.50	2,611	167
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,128	172.14/cwt	166.00–177.50	1,942	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,435	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,009	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,395	169.97/cwt	160.00–175.00	2,371	4
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	946	149.41/cwt	135.00–167.00	1,413	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,364	169.56/cwt	150.00–176.50	2,313	19
Heifers	Choice	—	1,355	183.27/cwt	177.50–188.50	2,483	77
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,720	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	3,010	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,055	103.55/cwt	100.00–107.50	1,092	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	114.67/cwt	114.00–115.00	1,789	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,116	167.49/cwt	150.00–174.50	1,869	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,096	89.27/cwt	87.50–91.00	978	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,169	80.24/cwt	75.00–86.00	938	20
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,583	137.00/cwt	132.00–145.00	2,169	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,360	112.58/cwt	107.00–119.00	1,531	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	82.51/cwt	64.00–89.00	1,049	27
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,037	176.93/cwt	170.00–182.00	1,835	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,078	127.27/cwt	117.50–140.00	1,372	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,044	89.42/cwt	79.00–110.00	934	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,576	105.94/cwt	101.00–112.50	1,670	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	95.59/cwt	88.00–100.00	1,413	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,610	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,479	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	61.41/cwt	40.00–74.00	660	15

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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Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Tue Oct 31, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Springfield, IL (LS-GX)

Receipts 499Last week 224Year ago 352

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,829	115.00–126.00	118.54
1	—	1,985	127.00	127.00
8	—	1,521	72.50–110.00	97.90
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	127.00	127.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,343	89.50–101.00	94.93
6	—	1,323	103.50–116.00	107.78
27	—	1,271	64.00–89.00	82.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,560	114.00–115.00	114.67
36	—	1,576	101.00–112.50	105.94
13	—	1,478	88.00–100.00	95.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,096	87.50–91.00	89.27
20	—	1,169	75.00–86.00	80.24
15	—	1,074	40.00–74.00	61.41
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,583	132.00–145.00	137.00
2	—	1,360	107.00–119.00	112.58
1	—	1,610	154.00	154.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,078	117.50–140.00	127.27
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,044	79.00–110.00	89.42
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
167	—	1,427	178.00–188.50	182.95
4	—	1,395	160.00–175.00	169.97
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,128	166.00–177.50	172.14
1	—	1,435	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	946	135.00–167.00	149.41
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,364	150.00–176.50	169.56
77	—	1,355	177.50–188.50	183.27
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,720	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,055	100.00–107.50	103.55
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,116	150.00–174.50	167.49
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,037	170.00–182.00	176.93

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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