Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.75 to 3.75 higher with heifers having the larger gain. Slaughter cows sold mixed with Breakers .50 higher, Boners 4.50 lower, and Leans .50 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 3.25 lower. 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	—	Average	1,395	87.88	1,226	15
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,457	100.07	1,458	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,547	74.56	1,154	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,206	67.82	818	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,088	63.11	686	16
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,318	130.52	1,720	88
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,066	115.80	1,234	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	924	89.63	828	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,398	130.45	1,824	99
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,240	121.95	1,512	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,148	94.61	1,086	2thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,317	86.00	1,133	2thin

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	—	—	1,671	93.86/cwt	88.00–97.50	1,568	7
Bulls	—	—	1,935	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	1,983	1
Bulls	—	—	1,041	79.81/cwt	73.50–85.00	831	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	68.90/cwt	64.50–74.50	849	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	83.50/cwt	83.50–83.50	1,073	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	61.83/cwt	56.00–63.50	723	10
Heifers	Select	—	975	82.56/cwt	67.00–97.00	805	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,066	115.80/cwt	101.00–122.00	1,234	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,389	130.64/cwt	127.50–133.50	1,815	86
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	66.67/cwt	62.00–69.00	983	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,116	61.56/cwt	55.00–65.00	687	13
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	670	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	838	1
Steers	Select	—	1,148	94.61/cwt	91.00–98.00	1,086	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,240	121.95/cwt	109.00–126.00	1,512	8
Steers	Standard	—	1,317	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,133	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,026	71.35/cwt	63.00–76.00	732	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	955	81.28/cwt	73.00–88.50	776	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	463	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,511	133.90/cwt	130.00–135.00	2,023	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,295	124.72/cwt	122.00–126.00	1,615	5
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,890	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	2,240	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,398	94.11/cwt	93.00–95.00	1,316	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,575	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,764	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,564	76.42/cwt	70.00–80.50	1,195	17
Heifers	Choice	—	1,300	131.33/cwt	127.50–133.75	1,707	80
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,678	119.98/cwt	119.00–121.00	2,013	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,436	123.24/cwt	119.50–126.00	1,770	6

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 24, 2021

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

Receipts 327Last week 382Year ago 230

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,671	88.00–97.50	93.86
1	—	1,935	102.50	102.50
7	—	1,041	73.50–85.00	79.81
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,232	64.50–74.50	68.90
1	—	1,285	83.50	83.50
10	—	1,170	56.00–63.50	61.83
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,475	62.00–69.00	66.67
17	—	1,564	70.00–80.50	76.42
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,116	55.00–65.00	61.56
1	—	985	47.00	47.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,026	63.00–76.00	71.35
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	955	73.00–88.50	81.28
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,398	93.00–95.00	94.11
1	—	1,575	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	975	67.00–97.00	82.56
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,066	101.00–122.00	115.80
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,300	127.50–133.75	131.33
6	—	1,436	119.50–126.00	123.24
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,678	119.00–121.00	119.98
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,389	127.50–133.50	130.64
7	—	1,511	130.00–135.00	133.90
5	—	1,295	122.00–126.00	124.72
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,148	91.00–98.00	94.61
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,240	109.00–126.00	121.95
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,317	86.00	86.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,890	118.50	118.50

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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