Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold .25 to .50 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 5.25 lower. Trade was active with good demand on a light offering.

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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,640	81.00	1,328	1thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,668	71.20	1,188	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,466	90.95	1,333	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,475	62.60	923	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,210	54.42	659	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,068	42.92	458	22
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,295	113.85	1,474	13
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,175	108.50	1,275	1thin
Heifers	Select	Average	945	68.42	647	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,500	112.02	1,681	16
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,210	107.63	1,302	16

Every lot, as filed

23 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	—	—	1,649	77.71/cwt	72.50–80.50	1,281	7
Bulls	—	—	1,701	59.81/cwt	45.00–65.00	1,017	4
Bullocks	—	—	1,640	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,328	1
Heifers	Select	—	945	68.42/cwt	61.00–72.00	647	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,175	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	1,275	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,210	107.63/cwt	103.00–109.50	1,302	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,361	105.33/cwt	104.00–108.00	1,434	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	37.72/cwt	20.00–51.00	473	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,685	54.74/cwt	54.00–55.50	922	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,413	71.78/cwt	68.00–75.00	1,014	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,460	113.66/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,659	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,295	113.85/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,474	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	11.00/cwt	11.00–11.00	88	1
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,803	94.77/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,709	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,557	84.95/cwt	80.00–90.00	1,323	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,446	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,699	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	927	66.61/cwt	60.00–71.00	617	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	58.77/cwt	53.00–63.50	716	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	64.51/cwt	64.00–65.00	792	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	70.08/cwt	69.50–71.00	971	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,461	62.64/cwt	56.50–66.50	915	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	50.74/cwt	45.00–55.00	541	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,102	34.20/cwt	20.00–42.50	377	8

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 Mar 16, 2021

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

Receipts 182Last week 375Year ago 168

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,649	72.50–80.50	77.71
4	—	1,701	45.00–65.00	59.81
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,640	81.00	81.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	945	61.00–72.00	68.42
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	108.50	108.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,295	110.00–116.00	113.85
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,210	103.00–109.50	107.63
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,460	110.00–116.00	113.66
3	—	1,446	117.50	117.50
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,803	90.00–100.00	94.77
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,361	104.00–108.00	105.33
2	—	1,413	68.00–75.00	71.78
8	—	1,557	80.00–90.00	84.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,254	20.00–51.00	37.72
33	—	1,219	53.00–63.50	58.77
2	—	1,228	64.00–65.00	64.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,685	54.00–55.50	54.74
2	—	1,385	69.50–71.00	70.08
17	—	1,461	56.50–66.50	62.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	11.00	11.00
13	—	1,067	45.00–55.00	50.74
8	—	1,102	20.00–42.50	34.20
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	927	60.00–71.00	66.61

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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