Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.50 to 1.75 higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly 3.50 to 4.25 higher. Slaughter bulls sold .75 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	1,651	92.85	1,533	19
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,388	104.65	1,453	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,469	75.01	1,102	58
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,212	71.82	870	113
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,143	61.03	697	22
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,203	101.28	1,218	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,247	117.56	1,466	68
Heifers	Select	Low	795	79.33	631	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,354	120.76	1,635	105
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,357	110.22	1,496	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,093	82.93	906	7thin

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	—	—	1,707	94.86/cwt	89.00–99.50	1,619	10
Bulls	—	—	1,780	102.82/cwt	100.50–104.50	1,830	3
Bulls	—	—	1,494	84.51/cwt	78.00–87.50	1,263	6
Steers	Select	—	1,093	82.93/cwt	68.50–93.00	906	7
Heifers	Select	—	1,025	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	656	1
Heifers	Select	—	760	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	669	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,025	79.50/cwt	79.50–79.50	815	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,365	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,351	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,400	107.48/cwt	106.00–109.00	1,505	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	728	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	66.02/cwt	59.50–69.50	1,013	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	75.79/cwt	70.50–81.00	1,103	48
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,810	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,973	1
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	1,005	104.26/cwt	103.50–105.00	1,048	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,135	90.53/cwt	88.00–94.00	1,028	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	83.48/cwt	82.50–84.50	1,284	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	78.85/cwt	78.00–80.00	1,008	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	62.58/cwt	57.50–66.50	747	20
Heifers	Choice	—	1,188	110.33/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,311	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	72.71/cwt	67.00–77.50	884	84
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,186	62.17/cwt	57.50–68.00	737	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,076	53.97/cwt	43.00–56.50	581	6
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	600	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	516	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,203	101.28/cwt	96.00–103.00	1,218	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,357	110.22/cwt	100.00–115.00	1,496	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,426	107.65/cwt	94.00–117.00	1,535	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,291	120.52/cwt	117.00–123.25	1,556	53
Steers	Choice	—	1,346	121.54/cwt	118.00–124.75	1,636	99

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 25, 2021

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

Receipts 431Last week 358Year ago 224

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,707	89.00–99.50	94.86
3	—	1,780	100.50–104.50	102.82
6	—	1,494	78.00–87.50	84.51
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,093	68.50–93.00	82.93
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,810	109.00	109.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,357	100.00–115.00	110.22
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,426	94.00–117.00	107.65
99	—	1,346	118.00–124.75	121.54
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	64.00	64.00
1	—	760	88.00	88.00
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,005	103.50–105.00	104.26
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,188	105.00–115.00	110.33
53	—	1,291	117.00–123.25	120.52
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	86.00	86.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	79.50	79.50
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	99.00	99.00
2	—	1,400	106.00–109.00	107.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	69.00	69.00
14	—	1,186	57.50–68.00	62.17
6	—	1,076	43.00–56.50	53.97
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,535	59.50–69.50	66.02
48	—	1,455	70.50–81.00	75.79
3	—	1,538	82.50–84.50	83.48
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,135	88.00–94.00	90.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,278	78.00–80.00	78.85
20	—	1,193	57.50–66.50	62.58
84	—	1,216	67.00–77.50	72.71
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,203	96.00–103.00	101.28

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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