Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold sharply lower at 9.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.50 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.25 lower. Trade was active with soft to moderate 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	1,723	87.91	1,515	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,408	91.25	1,285	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,214	67.31	817	107
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,481	67.22	995	81
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,013	57.73	585	29
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,365	113.58	1,551	23
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,055	105.54	1,114	12
Heifers	Select	Average	927	97.58	904	21
Steers	Choice	Average	1,422	111.20	1,582	11
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,096	105.25	1,154	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	989	97.67	966	6thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	—	1,823	92.47/cwt	86.50–96.00	1,686	8
Bulls	—	—	2,233	101.97/cwt	98.50–105.50	2,277	2
Bulls	—	—	1,419	77.15/cwt	62.50–84.50	1,095	6
Heifers	Select	—	1,014	78.33/cwt	63.00–89.00	794	6
Steers	Select	—	1,005	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	754	2
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	981	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,069	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	959	82.41/cwt	74.00–90.00	790	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,433	74.77/cwt	74.00–76.00	1,071	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	800	92.00/cwt	85.00–99.00	736	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,408	91.25/cwt	80.50–96.00	1,285	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	59.14/cwt	52.00–61.50	709	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,615	57.72/cwt	39.00–62.50	932	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,305	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,370	1
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,760	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,742	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	733	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	894	45.09/cwt	40.00–51.00	403	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	66.89/cwt	62.00–72.50	822	83
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	74.35/cwt	73.50–76.00	954	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,380	113.52/cwt	111.00–116.50	1,567	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,423	108.01/cwt	107.50–108.50	1,537	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	67.74/cwt	63.00–73.50	996	70
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	58.34/cwt	53.50–63.50	627	19
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	892	105.28/cwt	91.00–113.00	939	15
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,195	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,195	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,025	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,066	1
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,082	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,147	7
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,058	105.68/cwt	105.50–106.00	1,118	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,368	113.97/cwt	111.00–117.00	1,559	22

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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Tue May 4, 2021

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

Receipts 337Last week 177Year ago 155

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,823	86.50–96.00	92.47
2	—	2,233	98.50–105.50	101.97
6	—	1,419	62.50–84.50	77.15
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,014	63.00–89.00	78.33
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	105.00	105.00
22	—	1,368	111.00–117.00	113.97
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	892	91.00–113.00	105.28
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,058	105.50–106.00	105.68
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,005	75.00	75.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	981	109.00	109.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,760	99.00	99.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,380	111.00–116.50	113.52
2	—	1,423	107.50–108.50	108.01
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	100.00	100.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,082	106.00	106.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	959	74.00–90.00	82.41
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,433	74.00–76.00	74.77
7	—	1,615	39.00–62.50	57.72
70	—	1,470	63.00–73.50	67.74
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	800	85.00–99.00	92.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,408	80.50–96.00	91.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,199	52.00–61.50	59.14
83	—	1,229	62.00–72.50	66.89
6	—	1,283	73.50–76.00	74.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	66.00	66.00
7	—	894	40.00–51.00	45.09
19	—	1,074	53.50–63.50	58.34

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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