Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold sharply higher, with cows selling 4.50 to 9.50 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 8.75 higher. 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	1,707	85.10	1,453	19
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,455	91.01	1,324	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,577	65.30	1,030	74
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,223	65.17	797	83
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,047	55.70	583	21
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,260	91.00	1,147	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,529	99.73	1,525	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,324	112.92	1,495	62
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,248	98.78	1,233	10
Heifers	Select	Average	998	88.78	886	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,400	114.22	1,599	116
Steers	Select	Average	902	113.36	1,023	6thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,312	103.35	1,356	9thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Steers	Choice	—	1,381	114.73/cwt	111.00–117.50	1,584	92
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,059	57.67/cwt	44.50–64.50	611	18
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,277	98.53/cwt	92.00–105.50	1,258	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	32.11/cwt	25.00–42.00	284	2
Bulls	—	—	1,938	86.55/cwt	82.50–90.00	1,677	11
Bulls	—	—	1,980	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	1,851	1
Bulls	—	—	1,600	76.34/cwt	71.00–79.00	1,221	3
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,085	85.60/cwt	70.00–91.00	929	4
Heifers	Select	—	988	81.63/cwt	75.00–86.00	807	4
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	902	113.36/cwt	109.50–122.00	1,023	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,895	74.50/cwt	74.50–74.50	1,412	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,386	107.43/cwt	100.00–110.50	1,489	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,477	88.73/cwt	84.00–95.00	1,311	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	68.10/cwt	63.50–74.00	841	44
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,250	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,013	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	58.12/cwt	52.50–63.00	713	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	776	1
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	985	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	995	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,473	99.65/cwt	98.50–100.50	1,468	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,301	108.50/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,412	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,539	59.70/cwt	56.00–63.00	919	18
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,003	92.86/cwt	85.00–103.00	931	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	75.68/cwt	74.50–79.50	911	5
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,260	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,147	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	975	87.28/cwt	82.50–95.00	851	2
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,710	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,693	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,583	66.97/cwt	63.50–74.00	1,060	55
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,529	99.73/cwt	96.00–102.50	1,525	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,319	113.56/cwt	111.00–117.00	1,498	56
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,312	103.35/cwt	94.00–110.00	1,356	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,572	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,855	11

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 23, 2021

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

Receipts 452Last week 182Year ago 314

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	1,381	111.00–117.50	114.73
13	—	1,386	100.00–110.50	107.43
11	—	1,572	118.00	118.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	902	109.50–122.00	113.36
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,312	94.00–110.00	103.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,059	44.50–64.50	57.67
2	—	885	25.00–42.00	32.11
1	—	1,150	67.50	67.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,895	74.50	74.50
18	—	1,539	56.00–63.00	59.70
55	—	1,583	63.50–74.00	66.97
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,477	84.00–95.00	88.73
1	—	1,250	81.00	81.00
3	—	1,473	98.50–100.50	99.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,235	63.50–74.00	68.10
32	—	1,226	52.50–63.00	58.12
5	—	1,204	74.50–79.50	75.68
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	975	82.50–95.00	87.28
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,277	92.00–105.50	98.53
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	988	75.00–86.00	81.63
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,301	105.00–110.00	108.50
56	—	1,319	111.00–117.00	113.56
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,003	85.00–103.00	92.86
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,710	99.00	99.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,938	82.50–90.00	86.55
1	—	1,980	93.50	93.50
3	—	1,600	71.00–79.00	76.34
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,085	70.00–91.00	85.60
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,260	91.00	91.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,529	96.00–102.50	99.73

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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