Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 3.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 1.25 lower. Slaughter cows traded steady to 1.50 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,639	91.42	1,498	18
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,425	121.00	1,724	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,440	74.78	1,077	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,175	73.70	866	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,117	63.40	708	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,279	125.34	1,603	29
Steers	Choice	Low	1,413	128.85	1,820	92
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,270	117.84	1,497	15

Every lot, as filed

20 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	—	—	1,574	94.41/cwt	89.00–98.00	1,486	11
Bulls	—	—	1,988	101.10/cwt	100.00–102.50	2,010	2
Bulls	—	—	1,642	80.96/cwt	62.00–86.00	1,329	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	72.41/cwt	67.00–77.00	866	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	896	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	743	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,233	116.75/cwt	116.50–117.00	1,440	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,258	123.28/cwt	121.00–127.50	1,551	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,250	66.46/cwt	65.00–68.00	831	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,467	75.97/cwt	72.50–81.00	1,114	14
Steers	Choice	—	1,207	123.06/cwt	121.00–124.00	1,485	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,270	117.84/cwt	102.00–122.50	1,497	15
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,425	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,724	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,324	130.56/cwt	129.50–131.00	1,729	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,198	64.60/cwt	60.00–67.00	774	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	620	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,424	128.86/cwt	124.50–131.25	1,835	83
Steers	Choice	—	1,360	131.68/cwt	131.50–132.00	1,791	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,114	78.72/cwt	74.00–87.00	877	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	740	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	511	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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Tue Aug 10, 2021

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

Receipts 226Last week 303Year ago 200

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,574	89.00–98.00	94.41
2	—	1,988	100.00–102.50	101.10
5	—	1,642	62.00–86.00	80.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,196	67.00–77.00	72.41
1	—	1,120	80.00	80.00
1	—	1,180	63.00	63.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,250	65.00–68.00	66.46
14	—	1,467	72.50–81.00	75.97
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	121.00	121.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,198	60.00–67.00	64.60
1	—	1,170	53.00	53.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,114	74.00–87.00	78.72
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	69.00	69.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,233	116.50–117.00	116.75
17	—	1,258	121.00–127.50	123.28
10	—	1,324	129.50–131.00	130.56
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,207	121.00–124.00	123.06
83	—	1,424	124.50–131.25	128.86
6	—	1,360	131.50–132.00	131.68
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,270	102.00–122.50	117.84

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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