Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold ,50 to .75 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.25 to 2.25 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 12.00 higher to last weeks light test. 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	—	Low	1,486	92.22	1,371	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,476	76.54	1,130	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,214	72.25	877	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,073	61.78	663	17
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,240	126.87	1,573	51
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,127	110.73	1,248	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	797	69.95	557	9thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,396	127.93	1,786	121
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,238	119.45	1,479	26
Steers	Select	Average	1,035	84.43	874	6thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Steers	Choice	—	1,305	123.04/cwt	117.50–124.50	1,606	18
Steers	Choice	—	1,412	128.79/cwt	125.00–130.75	1,819	103
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,020	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,122	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,247	119.83/cwt	100.00–124.50	1,494	25
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,127	110.73/cwt	104.00–118.50	1,248	3
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	759	73.26/cwt	56.00–79.00	556	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,023	78.24/cwt	75.00–86.00	800	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	79.20/cwt	78.00–80.00	1,048	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	72.68/cwt	67.00–77.50	911	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	63.57/cwt	61.50–66.50	746	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,225	120.74/cwt	114.00–124.50	1,479	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,242	127.85/cwt	125.00–130.50	1,588	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	756	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	62.83/cwt	57.50–67.00	693	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	54.17/cwt	53.00–55.50	512	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,383	63.92/cwt	60.00–68.50	884	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,880	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,598	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	77.03/cwt	72.00–80.50	1,109	17
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	960	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,056	1
Steers	Select	—	1,050	79.31/cwt	63.00–94.00	833	5
Heifers	Select	—	827	67.30/cwt	63.00–77.00	557	5
Bulls	—	—	1,286	83.49/cwt	68.50–90.50	1,074	10
Bulls	—	—	1,875	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	2,034	1
Bulls	—	—	1,688	101.09/cwt	97.50–105.50	1,706	8

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 Jul 13, 2021

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

Receipts 344Last week 210Year ago 238

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,305	117.50–124.50	123.04
103	—	1,412	125.00–130.75	128.79
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	110.00	110.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,247	100.00–124.50	119.83
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	110.00	110.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,050	63.00–94.00	79.31
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,127	104.00–118.50	110.73
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	759	56.00–79.00	73.26
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,225	114.00–124.50	120.74
44	—	1,242	125.00–130.50	127.85
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	827	63.00–77.00	67.30
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,023	75.00–86.00	78.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,323	78.00–80.00	79.20
29	—	1,253	67.00–77.50	72.68
8	—	1,173	61.50–66.50	63.57
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	71.00	71.00
13	—	1,103	57.50–67.00	62.83
3	—	945	53.00–55.50	54.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,383	60.00–68.50	63.92
2	—	1,880	85.00	85.00
17	—	1,440	72.00–80.50	77.03
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,286	68.50–90.50	83.49
1	—	1,875	108.50	108.50
8	—	1,688	97.50–105.50	101.09

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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