Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 1.75 higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.75 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	1,615	93.43	1,509	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,431	88.80	1,271	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,508	72.17	1,088	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,252	67.32	843	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	991	53.27	528	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,344	118.43	1,592	28
Heifers	Select	Average	1,088	75.33	820	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,402	119.66	1,678	173
Steers	Select and Choice	Low	1,228	106.42	1,307	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,035	84.00	869	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	—	—	1,872	95.53/cwt	90.50–99.50	1,788	7
Bulls	—	—	1,798	103.11/cwt	100.50–105.00	1,854	4
Bulls	—	—	1,194	84.54/cwt	80.00–88.50	1,009	6
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	800	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	840	1
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	945	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	813	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,146	69.39/cwt	66.50–72.00	795	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,598	77.79/cwt	75.50–80.00	1,243	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,270	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,295	1
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,710	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,778	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	68.41/cwt	63.50–73.50	841	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	72.14/cwt	66.50–76.00	1,084	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	77.68/cwt	77.00–78.00	1,144	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	34.02/cwt	24.00–53.00	347	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,374	92.11/cwt	85.50–95.00	1,266	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,145	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,168	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,356	118.88/cwt	115.00–121.50	1,612	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	64.50/cwt	64.50–64.50	1,061	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	976	62.90/cwt	62.00–64.50	614	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,293	109.11/cwt	100.00–114.50	1,411	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,402	119.94/cwt	115.00–121.75	1,682	169
Steers	Select	—	1,125	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	923	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,249	107.52/cwt	104.00–111.00	1,343	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,336	75.89/cwt	75.00–76.50	1,014	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	59.17/cwt	57.00–61.00	774	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,565	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,909	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,175	113.68/cwt	113.50–114.00	1,336	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.

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

Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Tue May 18, 2021

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

Receipts 358Last week 396Year ago 512

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,872	90.50–99.50	95.53
4	—	1,798	100.50–105.00	103.11
6	—	1,194	80.00–88.50	84.54
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,146	66.50–72.00	69.39
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,356	115.00–121.50	118.88
1	—	1,565	122.00	122.00
3	—	1,175	113.50–114.00	113.68
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	86.00	86.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,710	104.00	104.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	102.00	102.00
4	—	1,249	104.00–111.00	107.52
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,293	100.00–114.50	109.11
169	—	1,402	115.00–121.75	119.94
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	82.00	82.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,598	75.50–80.00	77.79
1	—	1,270	102.00	102.00
6	—	1,374	85.50–95.00	92.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,229	63.50–73.50	68.41
4	—	1,336	75.00–76.50	75.89
9	—	1,308	57.00–61.00	59.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,503	66.50–76.00	72.14
3	—	1,473	77.00–78.00	77.68
2	—	1,645	64.50	64.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,020	24.00–53.00	34.02
6	—	976	62.00–64.50	62.90

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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