Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.25 to 4.25 lower. Slaughter cows sold .50 to 1.25 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.50 lower. Trade was active with moderate to 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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,260	98.00	1,235	1thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,692	93.22	1,577	18
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,394	96.03	1,339	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,475	76.73	1,131	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,249	70.36	879	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,020	59.28	605	13
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,509	105.87	1,598	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,225	121.98	1,494	48
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,176	107.55	1,265	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,062	88.85	944	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,357	124.20	1,685	80
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,166	116.66	1,360	10
Steers	Select	Average	996	98.28	979	7thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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	—	—	1,797	97.13/cwt	92.00–102.50	1,745	13
Bulls	—	—	2,000	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	2,170	1
Bulls	—	—	1,275	76.67/cwt	70.00–86.50	978	4
Bullocks	—	—	1,260	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,235	1
Heifers	Select	—	993	83.04/cwt	82.00–84.00	825	2
Steers	Select	—	1,143	80.53/cwt	75.00–84.50	920	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,176	107.55/cwt	92.00–116.50	1,265	7
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,166	116.66/cwt	110.50–119.50	1,360	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,360	124.56/cwt	121.00–126.25	1,694	77
Steers	Choice	—	1,280	115.06/cwt	111.00–120.00	1,473	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	72.31/cwt	68.00–78.50	899	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	64.02/cwt	57.00–67.50	818	13
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,108	92.73/cwt	82.00–105.00	1,027	3
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	937	105.38/cwt	97.00–120.00	987	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,509	105.87/cwt	102.00–109.00	1,598	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,202	74.42/cwt	71.50–77.00	895	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,472	76.86/cwt	72.50–82.00	1,131	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,340	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,301	117.04/cwt	110.00–119.50	1,523	13
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	845	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	853	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,207	124.48/cwt	120.00–126.75	1,502	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	61.66/cwt	58.00–66.50	635	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,418	90.70/cwt	86.00–98.00	1,286	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,335	109.35/cwt	106.00–112.00	1,460	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,383	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	940	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	70.14/cwt	69.00–71.50	746	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	45.70/cwt	35.00–54.50	441	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.

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Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Tue Jul 20, 2021

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

Receipts 302Last week 344Year ago 233

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,797	92.00–102.50	97.13
1	—	2,000	108.50	108.50
4	—	1,275	70.00–86.50	76.67
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,260	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	993	82.00–84.00	83.04
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,176	92.00–116.50	107.55
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,108	82.00–105.00	92.73
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,301	110.00–119.50	117.04
34	—	1,207	120.00–126.75	124.48
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	101.00	101.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,143	75.00–84.50	80.53
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,166	110.50–119.50	116.66
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,360	121.00–126.25	124.56
3	—	1,280	111.00–120.00	115.06
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	937	97.00–120.00	105.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,243	68.00–78.50	72.31
13	—	1,278	57.00–67.50	64.02
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,202	71.50–77.00	74.42
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,472	72.50–82.00	76.86
2	—	1,595	84.00	84.00
2	—	1,383	68.00	68.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,030	58.00–66.50	61.66
2	—	1,063	69.00–71.50	70.14
3	—	965	35.00–54.50	45.70
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,418	86.00–98.00	90.70
2	—	1,335	106.00–112.00	109.35
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,509	102.00–109.00	105.87

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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