Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold .50 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.25 to 3.50 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 5.25 lower on a lower quality set of bulls. Trade was active with 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	1,524	85.46	1,302	25
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,382	85.19	1,177	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,523	66.73	1,016	69
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,272	65.79	837	75
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,015	49.04	498	24
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,311	114.87	1,506	77
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,086	91.57	994	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	960	81.78	785	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,476	116.21	1,715	110
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,198	105.01	1,258	13
Steers	Standard	Average	1,400	101.70	1,424	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,165	87.11	1,015	4thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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	—	—	1,610	89.85/cwt	83.50–94.00	1,447	16
Bulls	—	—	1,985	95.50/cwt	95.50–95.50	1,896	1
Bulls	—	—	1,293	75.44/cwt	68.00–82.50	975	8
Steers	Select	—	1,167	84.81/cwt	82.00–90.50	990	3
Heifers	Select	—	948	80.99/cwt	68.50–86.50	768	5
Heifers	Select	—	775	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	419	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	60.39/cwt	53.50–63.00	855	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,117	53.94/cwt	50.00–57.50	603	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	566	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	778	36.32/cwt	28.00–41.00	283	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	186	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,118	59.88/cwt	57.50–61.50	669	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	72.81/cwt	71.00–74.50	974	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,322	57.05/cwt	54.00–58.00	754	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,156	75.22/cwt	71.00–85.00	870	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,546	67.63/cwt	63.50–74.00	1,046	52
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,576	75.60/cwt	75.00–76.50	1,191	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,382	85.19/cwt	78.00–97.00	1,177	18
Heifers	Choice	—	1,321	116.61/cwt	113.50–119.00	1,540	66
Steers	Choice	—	1,463	117.66/cwt	114.50–120.75	1,721	95
Steers	Choice	—	1,447	106.42/cwt	94.00–112.50	1,540	9
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,727	107.94/cwt	104.50–112.50	1,864	6
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	930	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	744	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	65.15/cwt	59.50–70.00	831	51
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,160	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,090	1
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,001	87.07/cwt	75.00–96.00	872	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,086	91.57/cwt	87.00–102.50	994	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,198	105.01/cwt	92.00–111.00	1,258	13
Steers	Standard	—	1,400	101.70/cwt	96.00–108.00	1,424	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,285	106.89/cwt	94.00–111.50	1,374	10

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 Feb 23, 2021

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

Receipts 440Last week 169Year ago 224

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,610	83.50–94.00	89.85
1	—	1,985	95.50	95.50
8	—	1,293	68.00–82.50	75.44
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,167	82.00–90.50	84.81
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	1,463	114.50–120.75	117.66
9	—	1,447	94.00–112.50	106.42
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,727	104.50–112.50	107.94
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,160	94.00	94.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,198	92.00–111.00	105.01
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,400	96.00–108.00	101.70
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	948	68.50–86.50	80.99
1	—	775	54.00	54.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,321	113.50–119.00	116.61
10	—	1,285	94.00–111.50	106.89
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,001	75.00–96.00	87.07
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,086	87.00–102.50	91.57
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,415	53.50–63.00	60.39
52	—	1,546	63.50–74.00	67.63
4	—	1,576	75.00–76.50	75.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,117	50.00–57.50	53.94
1	—	885	64.00	64.00
6	—	778	28.00–41.00	36.32
1	—	930	20.00	20.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,118	57.50–61.50	59.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,338	71.00–74.50	72.81
10	—	1,322	54.00–58.00	57.05
51	—	1,276	59.50–70.00	65.15
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,156	71.00–85.00	75.22
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,382	78.00–97.00	85.19

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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