Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.75 to 4.75 higher. Slaughter cows sold mixed with Breakers 1.50 higher, Boners steady, and Leans 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold .25 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	1,692	87.12	1,474	18
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,246	90.66	1,130	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,505	68.31	1,028	61
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,190	66.68	793	103
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	997	59.46	593	16
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,402	103.71	1,454	10
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,055	76.50	807	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,303	114.65	1,494	65
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,138	103.91	1,182	14
Heifers	Select	Average	806	73.82	595	6thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,408	118.78	1,673	60
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,194	108.89	1,300	10
Steers	Standard	Average	1,378	96.21	1,326	2thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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	—	—	1,774	92.74/cwt	87.00–97.50	1,645	11
Bulls	—	—	2,260	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	2,350	1
Bulls	—	—	1,448	74.01/cwt	52.50–85.00	1,072	6
Heifers	Select	—	843	65.74/cwt	51.00–81.00	554	4
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,055	76.50/cwt	76.00–77.00	807	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	733	89.97/cwt	80.00–100.00	659	2
Steers	Standard	—	1,378	96.21/cwt	95.00–97.50	1,326	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,274	117.82/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,501	42
Heifers	Choice	—	1,343	108.81/cwt	98.00–114.00	1,461	22
Steers	Choice	—	1,495	123.47/cwt	122.00–124.00	1,846	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	58.10/cwt	52.00–61.00	728	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	66.62/cwt	62.00–72.00	799	77
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	868	45.22/cwt	20.00–53.50	393	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,402	103.71/cwt	97.00–105.00	1,454	10
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,194	108.89/cwt	102.00–114.50	1,300	10
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,138	103.91/cwt	95.00–113.50	1,182	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,001	77.71/cwt	64.00–88.00	778	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,504	69.19/cwt	63.50–74.00	1,041	50
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,375	78.76/cwt	75.50–83.00	1,083	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,413	106.90/cwt	105.00–108.50	1,510	2
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,650	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,815	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,390	118.30/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,644	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	769	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,246	90.66/cwt	85.00–95.00	1,130	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	75.04/cwt	73.50–78.00	913	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,537	61.10/cwt	56.50–63.00	939	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	62.22/cwt	58.00–67.00	635	12

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 May 11, 2021

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

Receipts 396Last week 337Year ago 165

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,774	87.00–97.50	92.74
1	—	2,260	104.00	104.00
6	—	1,448	52.50–85.00	74.01
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	843	51.00–81.00	65.74
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	733	80.00–100.00	89.97
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,274	115.00–120.00	117.82
22	—	1,343	98.00–114.00	108.81
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,138	95.00–113.50	103.91
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	110.00	110.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,055	76.00–77.00	76.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,402	97.00–105.00	103.71
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,378	95.00–97.50	96.21
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,495	122.00–124.00	123.47
2	—	1,413	105.00–108.50	106.90
48	—	1,390	115.00–121.00	118.30
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,194	102.00–114.50	108.89
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,253	52.00–61.00	58.10
77	—	1,199	62.00–72.00	66.62
3	—	1,217	73.50–78.00	75.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	868	20.00–53.50	45.22
1	—	1,115	69.00	69.00
12	—	1,020	58.00–67.00	62.22
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,001	64.00–88.00	77.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,504	63.50–74.00	69.19
2	—	1,375	75.50–83.00	78.76
9	—	1,537	56.50–63.00	61.10
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,246	85.00–95.00	90.66

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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