Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold .50 to .75 lower. Slaughter cows sold mostly .75 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls traded steady. 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	1,663	82.10	1,365	29
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,431	99.84	1,429	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,520	60.44	919	51
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,275	58.03	740	63
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,143	49.68	568	26
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,328	111.02	1,474	35
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,165	104.85	1,222	10
Heifers	Select	Average	1,048	99.81	1,046	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,394	112.19	1,564	118
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,240	103.62	1,285	20
Steers	Standard	Average	2,155	73.23	1,578	3thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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	—	—	1,615	82.57/cwt	75.50–86.00	1,334	18
Bulls	—	—	2,009	88.45/cwt	87.50–89.50	1,777	6
Bulls	—	—	1,540	68.96/cwt	62.00–74.00	1,062	4
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	950	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	836	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,176	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	964	3
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	971	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	1,073	5
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,737	102.81/cwt	94.00–110.00	1,786	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,320	113.68/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,501	24
Heifers	Choice	—	1,345	105.23/cwt	102.00–107.00	1,415	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,317	59.07/cwt	54.50–64.00	778	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	66.50/cwt	66.50–66.50	845	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,573	53.82/cwt	52.50–55.00	847	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,240	103.62/cwt	92.00–109.50	1,285	20
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,165	104.85/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,222	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,514	107.38/cwt	106.00–109.00	1,626	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	49.79/cwt	35.00–53.50	600	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	875	26.00/cwt	26.00–26.00	228	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,162	69.45/cwt	65.00–79.00	807	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,364	113.08/cwt	109.50–115.75	1,542	106
Steers	Standard	—	2,278	66.34/cwt	57.00–78.00	1,511	2
Steers	Standard	—	1,910	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,662	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,383	58.69/cwt	58.00–59.50	812	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	41.11/cwt	34.00–43.50	414	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,431	99.84/cwt	95.00–104.00	1,429	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	60.55/cwt	56.00–66.00	923	44
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,280	74.47/cwt	74.00–75.00	953	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,127	49.62/cwt	44.00–54.50	559	20

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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Tue Mar 9, 2021

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

Receipts 375Last week 361Year ago 215

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold .50 to .75 lower. Slaughter cows sold mostly .75 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls traded steady. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,615	75.50–86.00	82.57
6	—	2,009	87.50–89.50	88.45
4	—	1,540	62.00–74.00	68.96
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	88.00	88.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,176	82.00	82.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	971	110.50	110.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,320	110.00–116.00	113.68
11	—	1,345	102.00–107.00	105.23
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,165	100.00–109.00	104.85
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,737	94.00–110.00	102.81
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,240	92.00–109.50	103.62
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,514	106.00–109.00	107.38
106	—	1,364	109.50–115.75	113.08
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,278	57.00–78.00	66.34
1	—	1,910	87.00	87.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,317	54.50–64.00	59.07
1	—	1,270	66.50	66.50
11	—	1,206	35.00–53.50	49.79
1	—	875	26.00	26.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,573	52.50–55.00	53.82
44	—	1,525	56.00–66.00	60.55
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,162	65.00–79.00	69.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,383	58.00–59.50	58.69
3	—	1,007	34.00–43.50	41.11
20	—	1,127	44.00–54.50	49.62
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,431	95.00–104.00	99.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,280	74.00–75.00	74.47

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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