Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.75 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mostly 4.25 to 4.50 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher. Trade was active with moderate to 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	1,633	93.05	1,519	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,442	98.77	1,424	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	73.91	924	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,467	73.21	1,074	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,097	60.22	661	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,384	99.80	1,381	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,341	122.45	1,642	19
Steers	Choice	Average	1,385	122.56	1,697	41
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,304	112.94	1,473	5thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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	—	—	1,492	93.75/cwt	89.00–98.50	1,399	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,335	88.50/cwt	88.50–88.50	1,181	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,304	112.94/cwt	98.00–117.50	1,473	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,337	123.00/cwt	119.50–124.00	1,645	18
Steers	Choice	—	1,385	122.56/cwt	119.50–124.75	1,697	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,299	71.28/cwt	65.00–75.50	926	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	79.50/cwt	79.50–79.50	906	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,487	107.21/cwt	104.00–110.00	1,594	3
Bulls	—	—	1,603	82.25/cwt	77.50–85.00	1,318	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,420	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,598	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	63.25/cwt	63.00–63.50	813	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,585	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,236	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,089	85.15/cwt	77.00–94.00	927	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,467	73.21/cwt	67.50–78.50	1,074	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	60.22/cwt	56.50–65.50	661	6
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,303	96.48/cwt	94.00–99.00	1,257	2
Bulls	—	—	1,944	102.43/cwt	101.50–104.00	1,991	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,396	102.62/cwt	100.50–105.00	1,433	4

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 27, 2021

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

Receipts 177Last week 349Year ago 157

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,492	89.00–98.50	93.75
4	—	1,603	77.50–85.00	82.25
4	—	1,944	101.50–104.00	102.43
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	88.50	88.50
4	—	1,396	100.50–105.00	102.62
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,304	98.00–117.50	112.94
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,385	119.50–124.75	122.56
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,337	119.50–124.00	123.00
1	—	1,420	112.50	112.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,299	65.00–75.50	71.28
1	—	1,140	79.50	79.50
2	—	1,285	63.00–63.50	63.25
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,487	104.00–110.00	107.21
1	—	1,585	78.00	78.00
2	—	1,303	94.00–99.00	96.48
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,089	77.00–94.00	85.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,467	67.50–78.50	73.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,097	56.50–65.50	60.22

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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