Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 6.25 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 3.50 higher. Slaughter cows sold .50 to 1.50 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 3.25 higher. Trade was active with very 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	1,543	89.18	1,376	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,455	90.21	1,312	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,198	71.38	855	107
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,497	69.92	1,047	61
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,042	63.54	662	37
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,311	119.81	1,571	18
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,085	102.92	1,117	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,006	87.94	885	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,460	122.84	1,793	55
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,345	111.13	1,495	2thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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	—	—	1,705	91.78/cwt	87.00–97.00	1,565	9
Bulls	—	—	1,623	102.55/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,664	2
Bulls	—	—	1,272	80.82/cwt	73.00–84.50	1,028	6
Heifers	Select	—	993	82.01/cwt	81.00–83.00	814	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,015	91.89/cwt	87.00–100.00	933	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,345	111.13/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,495	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	905	81.92/cwt	78.00–90.00	741	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,165	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,153	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	76.17/cwt	76.00–76.50	912	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	61.51/cwt	55.00–64.50	732	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	70.86/cwt	66.00–76.00	1,061	49
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	79.52/cwt	77.00–82.00	1,213	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,040	90.26/cwt	78.00–107.00	939	14
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,491	89.11/cwt	85.00–95.00	1,329	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,329	120.54/cwt	116.00–122.50	1,602	13
Heifers	Choice	—	1,225	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,513	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,489	63.41/cwt	59.50–65.00	944	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	52.29/cwt	52.00–52.50	523	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,459	122.68/cwt	118.00–124.75	1,790	47
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	69.86/cwt	65.00–75.50	859	73
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,085	102.92/cwt	92.00–115.00	1,117	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,490	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,863	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	61.68/cwt	56.50–65.00	654	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	68.43/cwt	67.00–69.00	708	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,295	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,489	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,290	114.17/cwt	112.00–115.50	1,473	3

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 Apr 6, 2021

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,705	87.00–97.00	91.78
2	—	1,623	100.00–104.00	102.55
6	—	1,272	73.00–84.50	80.82
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	993	81.00–83.00	82.01
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,015	87.00–100.00	91.89
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,329	116.00–122.50	120.54
2	—	1,225	123.50	123.50
3	—	1,290	112.00–115.50	114.17
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,085	92.00–115.00	102.92
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,345	108.00–114.00	111.13
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,459	118.00–124.75	122.68
7	—	1,490	125.00	125.00
1	—	1,295	115.00	115.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	905	78.00–90.00	81.92
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	99.00	99.00
8	—	1,491	85.00–95.00	89.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,197	76.00–76.50	76.17
17	—	1,190	55.00–64.50	61.51
73	—	1,230	65.00–75.50	69.86
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,498	66.00–76.00	70.86
2	—	1,525	77.00–82.00	79.52
10	—	1,489	59.50–65.00	63.41
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,040	78.00–107.00	90.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,000	52.00–52.50	52.29
28	—	1,061	56.50–65.00	61.68
4	—	1,034	67.00–69.00	68.43

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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