Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 1.50 higher. Slaughter heifers sold .50 higher. Slaughter cows sold mixed with Breakers steady to .25 higher, Boners 3.75 lower, and Leans 2.25 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.75 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	1,615	91.69	1,481	27
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,200	82.20	986	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,484	74.27	1,102	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,263	62.78	793	70
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,098	52.07	572	13
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,240	104.00	1,290	1thin
Heifers	Choice	High	1,221	127.43	1,555	42
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,111	119.60	1,329	9thin
Heifers	Select	Average	938	86.21	809	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,414	131.45	1,858	107
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,254	119.57	1,499	13
Steers	Select	Average	1,111	92.39	1,026	6thin

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
Bulls	—	—	1,570	91.33/cwt	86.50–97.00	1,434	14
Bulls	—	—	1,886	99.37/cwt	97.00–102.50	1,874	8
Bulls	—	—	1,310	80.42/cwt	70.50–85.50	1,054	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	65.31/cwt	61.00–71.50	841	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	75.23/cwt	74.00–76.50	955	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	55.51/cwt	44.00–60.00	691	22
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,254	119.57/cwt	101.50–124.50	1,499	13
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,240	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,290	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,341	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,817	4
Heifers	Select	—	959	79.45/cwt	71.00–86.00	762	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,406	132.38/cwt	128.50–134.50	1,861	76
Steers	Choice	—	1,382	121.97/cwt	104.00–127.50	1,686	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	76.71/cwt	71.50–82.00	1,126	29
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,200	82.20/cwt	80.00–84.00	986	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,475	135.09/cwt	135.00–135.50	1,993	17
Steers	Select	—	1,146	83.09/cwt	69.00–94.00	952	4
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	970	95.86/cwt	77.00–105.00	930	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,266	131.82/cwt	129.00–133.50	1,669	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,010	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	682	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	875	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	543	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,111	119.60/cwt	100.50–127.50	1,329	9
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,040	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,154	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,672	83.82/cwt	83.00–84.50	1,401	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	65.25/cwt	47.00–70.00	961	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,154	59.11/cwt	55.00–64.00	682	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	43.86/cwt	26.00–49.00	453	6
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	835	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,002	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,134	122.71/cwt	115.00–127.50	1,392	10

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 31, 2021

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

Receipts 361Last week 327Year ago 414

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,570	86.50–97.00	91.33
8	—	1,886	97.00–102.50	99.37
5	—	1,310	70.50–85.50	80.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,287	61.00–71.50	65.31
4	—	1,270	74.00–76.50	75.23
22	—	1,245	44.00–60.00	55.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,468	71.50–82.00	76.71
3	—	1,672	83.00–84.50	83.82
11	—	1,473	47.00–70.00	65.25
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,200	80.00–84.00	82.20
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	67.50	67.50
1	—	875	62.00	62.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,154	55.00–64.00	59.11
6	—	1,033	26.00–49.00	43.86
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,254	101.50–124.50	119.57
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,406	128.50–134.50	132.38
14	—	1,382	104.00–127.50	121.97
17	—	1,475	135.00–135.50	135.09
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,146	69.00–94.00	83.09
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,040	111.00	111.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,341	135.50	135.50
25	—	1,266	129.00–133.50	131.82
10	—	1,134	115.00–127.50	122.71
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	959	71.00–86.00	79.45
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	970	77.00–105.00	95.86
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,111	100.50–127.50	119.60
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	120.00	120.00

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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