Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-06-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.50 to 2.75 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 7.00 higher on a good set. 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	1,666	95.05	1,584	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,456	73.91	1,076	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	73.57	919	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,013	59.71	605	13
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,300	122.92	1,598	26
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,037	111.65	1,158	3thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,383	122.22	1,690	82
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,205	113.96	1,373	7thin
Steers	Select	Low	1,072	93.33	1,001	8thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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	—	—	1,867	101.86/cwt	98.00–105.50	1,902	10
Bulls	—	—	1,379	85.32/cwt	69.00–93.50	1,177	7
Steers	Select	—	1,045	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	658	1
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,076	97.66/cwt	93.00–107.00	1,051	7
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,205	113.96/cwt	112.50–117.00	1,373	7
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,037	111.65/cwt	110.00–112.50	1,158	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,025	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	974	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	846	47.53/cwt	30.00–54.50	402	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	65.12/cwt	59.50–69.00	708	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	75.57/cwt	70.00–80.00	1,117	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,175	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	999	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,439	66.07/cwt	64.50–67.00	951	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,365	114.51/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,563	3
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,680	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,982	1
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,675	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,541	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	74.93/cwt	69.50–79.50	991	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	82.53/cwt	81.50–83.50	1,104	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,121	65.41/cwt	62.50–67.50	733	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,293	123.12/cwt	118.50–125.00	1,592	25
Steers	Choice	—	1,376	122.97/cwt	119.50–125.50	1,692	77
Heifers	Choice	—	1,465	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,729	1

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 Jun 8, 2021

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

Receipts 223Last week 431Year ago 336

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,867	98.00–105.50	101.86
7	—	1,379	69.00–93.50	85.32
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,045	63.00	63.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,076	93.00–107.00	97.66
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,205	112.50–117.00	113.96
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,365	110.00–118.00	114.51
77	—	1,376	119.50–125.50	122.97
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,680	118.00	118.00
1	—	1,675	92.00	92.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,037	110.00–112.50	111.65
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,293	118.50–125.00	123.12
1	—	1,465	118.00	118.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	95.00	95.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	846	30.00–54.50	47.53
9	—	1,087	59.50–69.00	65.12
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,478	70.00–80.00	75.57
1	—	1,175	85.00	85.00
5	—	1,439	64.50–67.00	66.07
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,323	69.50–79.50	74.93
2	—	1,338	81.50–83.50	82.53
7	—	1,121	62.50–67.50	65.41

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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