Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-06-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold 1.50 to 5.75 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.25 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	1,446	97.47	1,409	19
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,240	105.69	1,311	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,533	77.70	1,191	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,265	73.53	930	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,119	70.13	785	10
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,209	121.46	1,468	41
Steers	Choice	Average	1,323	123.46	1,633	88
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,186	105.96	1,257	15

Every lot, as filed

19 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,424	70.78/cwt	67.00–74.50	1,008	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,058	85.89/cwt	85.00–86.50	909	2
Bulls	—	—	1,668	104.08/cwt	96.50–107.50	1,736	8
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	765	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	765	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,186	105.96/cwt	91.00–115.50	1,257	15
Heifers	Choice	—	1,208	121.75/cwt	118.00–124.50	1,471	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,588	81.16/cwt	75.50–85.50	1,289	22
Steers	Choice	—	1,318	123.90/cwt	119.50–125.75	1,633	84
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	74.51/cwt	74.00–75.00	849	2
Bulls	—	—	1,243	89.97/cwt	79.50–96.00	1,118	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,314	65.38/cwt	59.50–72.00	859	17
Steers	Choice	—	1,425	114.28/cwt	109.50–116.50	1,628	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,148	115.23/cwt	110.50–117.50	1,323	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,138	88.07/cwt	86.00–90.00	1,002	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	76.45/cwt	73.00–83.00	963	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,114	69.04/cwt	63.50–73.50	769	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,240	105.69/cwt	105.00–107.00	1,311	3
Bulls	—	—	2,170	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	2,376	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,315	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,650	2

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 15, 2021

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

Receipts 277Last week 223Year ago 295

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold 1.50 to 5.75 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.25 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,424	67.00–74.50	70.78
22	—	1,588	75.50–85.50	81.16
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,058	85.00–86.50	85.89
17	—	1,314	59.50–72.00	65.38
29	—	1,259	73.00–83.00	76.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,140	74.00–75.00	74.51
8	—	1,114	63.50–73.50	69.04
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,138	86.00–90.00	88.07
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,240	105.00–107.00	105.69
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,668	96.50–107.50	104.08
9	—	1,243	79.50–96.00	89.97
1	—	2,170	109.50	109.50
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	100.00	100.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,186	91.00–115.50	105.96
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,318	119.50–125.75	123.90
4	—	1,425	109.50–116.50	114.28
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,208	118.00–124.50	121.75
3	—	1,148	110.50–117.50	115.23
2	—	1,315	125.50	125.50

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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