Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 1.75 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 3.00 higher. No price comparison to last week for slaughter dairy steers. Slaughter cows traded unevenly steady, with Breakers 1.00 higher and Boners and Leans .25 to .75 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.50 higher. Trade was active with good demand. A larger number of under finished cattle coming to market the past couple of weeks.

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	1,619	92.53	1,498	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,340	100.75	1,350	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,490	76.83	1,145	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,235	72.84	900	68
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,110	63.88	709	17
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,443	110.05	1,588	14
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,256	124.69	1,566	25
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,072	111.04	1,190	6thin
Heifers	Select	Average	909	90.61	824	5thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,388	124.81	1,733	79
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,148	114.80	1,318	24
Steers	Select	Average	987	94.16	929	6thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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	—	—	1,853	99.11/cwt	94.00–103.50	1,837	7
Bulls	—	—	1,660	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,743	1
Bulls	—	—	1,199	77.89/cwt	65.00–87.00	934	4
Steers	Select	—	989	86.99/cwt	70.00–97.00	860	4
Heifers	Select	—	917	77.69/cwt	73.00–85.00	712	3
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	982	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	1,065	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	72.25/cwt	72.00–72.50	809	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,482	79.16/cwt	78.00–81.00	1,173	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	77.64/cwt	72.50–83.00	1,148	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,590	65.81/cwt	61.00–69.50	1,046	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,220	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	1,421	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,322	118.04/cwt	98.00–122.50	1,560	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	54.90/cwt	51.50–57.00	596	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,387	125.77/cwt	123.00–129.00	1,744	48
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,200	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,068	1
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	897	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	987	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,480	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,665	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,432	109.48/cwt	102.50–111.00	1,568	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,243	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,580	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,857	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,007	81.06/cwt	78.00–86.00	816	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,148	114.80/cwt	109.00–118.50	1,318	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,112	63.98/cwt	58.50–68.50	711	13
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,072	111.04/cwt	105.00–118.50	1,190	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,425	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,860	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,486	130.65/cwt	129.00–131.75	1,941	13
Heifers	Choice	—	1,242	124.53/cwt	122.00–127.00	1,547	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	72.67/cwt	66.50–77.00	900	55
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	62.75/cwt	56.50–66.00	806	5

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 Aug 3, 2021

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

Receipts 303Last week 240Year ago 368

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,853	94.00–103.50	99.11
1	—	1,660	105.00	105.00
4	—	1,199	65.00–87.00	77.89
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	989	70.00–97.00	86.99
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	982	108.50	108.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,322	98.00–122.50	118.04
48	—	1,387	123.00–129.00	125.77
13	—	1,486	129.00–131.75	130.65
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,148	109.00–118.50	114.80
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	917	73.00–85.00	77.69
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	116.50	116.50
2	—	1,425	130.50	130.50
22	—	1,242	122.00–127.00	124.53
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	897	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,072	105.00–118.50	111.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,120	72.00–72.50	72.25
2	—	1,085	51.50–57.00	54.90
13	—	1,112	58.50–68.50	63.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,482	78.00–81.00	79.16
55	—	1,238	66.50–77.00	72.67
5	—	1,285	56.50–66.00	62.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,478	72.50–83.00	77.64
3	—	1,590	61.00–69.50	65.81
2	—	1,480	84.00	84.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	89.00	89.00
1	—	1,480	112.50	112.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,007	78.00–86.00	81.06
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,432	102.50–111.00	109.48
1	—	1,580	117.50	117.50

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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