Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold .25 to .75 lower. Slaughter cows sold higher, with Breaker and Boners selling .50 to 1.50 higher and Leans 8.25 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 4.25 lower. 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	1,592	86.28	1,373	22
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,455	107.00	1,557	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,495	67.79	1,013	61
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,228	67.69	831	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,027	58.67	602	17
Heifers	Choice	High	1,304	125.20	1,633	54
Heifers	Select	Average	918	79.84	733	3thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,409	125.19	1,764	108
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,322	117.57	1,554	8thin

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	—	—	1,620	89.85/cwt	85.50–93.50	1,456	15
Bulls	—	—	1,905	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	1,857	1
Bulls	—	—	1,468	75.48/cwt	67.00–80.50	1,108	6
Heifers	Select	—	875	71.26/cwt	70.00–72.00	624	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,005	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	975	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,322	117.57/cwt	105.00–120.00	1,554	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,455	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,557	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	66.99/cwt	62.00–72.00	823	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	58.29/cwt	54.00–61.50	760	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,432	76.16/cwt	74.50–79.00	1,091	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,380	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,766	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,225	109.43/cwt	107.00–112.00	1,341	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	69.50/cwt	69.50–69.50	785	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,447	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,852	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,038	88.87/cwt	77.00–98.00	922	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,394	119.06/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,660	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	909	48.17/cwt	30.00–55.00	438	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,306	125.76/cwt	121.00–127.50	1,642	51
Steers	Choice	—	1,408	125.42/cwt	121.00–127.50	1,766	97
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	73.25/cwt	73.00–73.50	978	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,507	68.81/cwt	63.50–73.50	1,037	45
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,472	59.81/cwt	57.00–63.00	880	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,071	62.46/cwt	57.00–67.00	669	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 Apr 20, 2021

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

Receipts 349Last week 327Year ago 148

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,620	85.50–93.50	89.85
1	—	1,905	97.50	97.50
6	—	1,468	67.00–80.50	75.48
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	875	70.00–72.00	71.26
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	97.00	97.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	128.00	128.00
2	—	1,225	107.00–112.00	109.43
51	—	1,306	121.00–127.50	125.76
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,322	105.00–120.00	117.57
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,447	128.00	128.00
6	—	1,394	115.00–120.00	119.06
97	—	1,408	121.00–127.50	125.42
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	107.00	107.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,229	62.00–72.00	66.99
12	—	1,303	54.00–61.50	58.29
2	—	1,335	73.00–73.50	73.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,432	74.50–79.00	76.16
45	—	1,507	63.50–73.50	68.81
11	—	1,472	57.00–63.00	59.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	69.50	69.50
5	—	909	30.00–55.00	48.17
11	—	1,071	57.00–67.00	62.46
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,038	77.00–98.00	88.87

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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