Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers traded steady. Slaughter heifers sold 4.25 higher. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers trading steady, Boners 1.00 higher, and Leans 3.50 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.75 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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,438	101.33	1,457	2thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,546	90.79	1,404	21
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,361	107.58	1,465	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,486	76.34	1,134	49
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,184	70.96	840	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,032	61.16	631	15
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,270	126.02	1,601	52
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,086	113.92	1,237	14
Heifers	Select	Average	982	98.54	968	6thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,397	128.22	1,792	132
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,222	116.92	1,429	21
Steers	Select	Average	1,178	89.87	1,059	5thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	1,297	120.60/cwt	115.00–124.50	1,564	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,638	67.52/cwt	66.00–69.50	1,106	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,074	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,075	89.67/cwt	81.00–97.00	964	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	936	102.97/cwt	95.00–117.00	964	4
Bulls	—	—	1,921	97.02/cwt	92.50–102.50	1,864	8
Bulls	—	—	1,955	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	2,014	1
Bulls	—	—	1,312	83.95/cwt	79.00–89.50	1,101	11
Bullocks	—	—	1,438	101.33/cwt	98.00–105.50	1,457	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	720	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	749	1
Steers	Select	—	1,178	89.87/cwt	84.00–94.00	1,059	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,437	115.28/cwt	113.00–119.00	1,657	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,248	96.03/cwt	94.50–97.50	1,198	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	61.01/cwt	56.50–67.00	617	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	70.68/cwt	68.00–72.50	788	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,472	75.98/cwt	71.00–81.00	1,118	41
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	84.63/cwt	83.00–88.00	1,274	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,400	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,869	1
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,735	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	2,143	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,111	65.20/cwt	59.00–67.50	724	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	42.80/cwt	30.00–54.50	408	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,186	73.41/cwt	68.00–78.50	871	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,445	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	361	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,208	119.40/cwt	115.00–123.50	1,442	10
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,222	116.92/cwt	104.00–124.50	1,429	21
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,086	113.92/cwt	100.00–122.00	1,237	14
Heifers	Choice	—	1,285	127.60/cwt	124.00–130.50	1,640	42
Steers	Choice	—	1,403	128.85/cwt	125.00–131.25	1,808	120

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 Aug 17, 2021

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,297	115.00–124.50	120.60
1	—	1,400	133.50	133.50
120	—	1,403	125.00–131.25	128.85
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,178	84.00–94.00	89.87
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,735	123.50	123.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,222	104.00–124.50	116.92
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,638	66.00–69.50	67.52
41	—	1,472	71.00–81.00	75.98
5	—	1,505	83.00–88.00	84.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	79.00	79.00
7	—	1,111	59.00–67.50	65.20
32	—	1,186	68.00–78.50	73.41
1	—	1,445	25.00	25.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,437	113.00–119.00	115.28
2	—	1,248	94.50–97.50	96.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,012	56.50–67.00	61.01
4	—	1,115	68.00–72.50	70.68
2	—	953	30.00–54.50	42.80
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,075	81.00–97.00	89.67
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	936	95.00–117.00	102.97
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,208	115.00–123.50	119.40
42	—	1,285	124.00–130.50	127.60
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,086	100.00–122.00	113.92
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,921	92.50–102.50	97.02
1	—	1,955	103.00	103.00
11	—	1,312	79.00–89.50	83.95
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	104.00	104.00
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,438	98.00–105.50	101.33

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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