Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 4.50 to 5.75 lower. Slaughter cows sold lower, with Breakers 7.00 lower, Boners .50 lower, and Leans 12.25 lower. Slaughter bulls sold .75 lower. Trade was active with moderate 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	1,553	83.52	1,297	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,477	68.14	1,006	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,254	60.46	758	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,024	45.19	463	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,161	127.19	1,476	27
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,103	114.94	1,268	9thin
Heifers	Select	Average	961	77.20	742	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,331	127.63	1,699	70
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,312	114.16	1,498	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,219	94.87	1,156	4thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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	—	—	1,498	90.46/cwt	85.00–95.50	1,355	18
Bulls	—	—	2,030	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	2,000	1
Bulls	—	—	1,595	71.87/cwt	50.00–84.50	1,146	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	64.65/cwt	60.00–69.50	835	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	927	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	54.26/cwt	47.00–58.00	665	14
Steers	Choice	—	1,332	127.76/cwt	124.50–130.00	1,702	49
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	995	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,075	1
Steers	Select	—	1,293	90.49/cwt	81.00–98.00	1,170	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,312	114.16/cwt	103.00–123.50	1,498	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,373	131.99/cwt	131.75–132.50	1,812	13
Steers	Choice	—	1,255	119.76/cwt	115.00–123.50	1,503	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	47.06/cwt	42.00–52.50	416	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,159	127.06/cwt	123.50–130.00	1,473	26
Heifers	Choice	—	1,205	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,573	1
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	883	84.41/cwt	65.00–110.00	745	7
Heifers	Select	—	1,098	64.59/cwt	55.00–75.00	709	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,103	114.94/cwt	100.00–122.50	1,268	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	950	65.50/cwt	65.50–65.50	622	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,205	55.50/cwt	55.50–55.50	669	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	37.22/cwt	34.00–40.00	425	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	69.71/cwt	64.50–74.50	995	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,542	79.42/cwt	77.00–81.50	1,225	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,559	58.84/cwt	53.00–62.50	917	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 Sep 7, 2021

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

Receipts 238Last week 361Year ago 219

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,498	85.00–95.50	90.46
1	—	2,030	98.50	98.50
12	—	1,595	50.00–84.50	71.87
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,291	60.00–69.50	64.65
1	—	1,305	71.00	71.00
14	—	1,226	47.00–58.00	54.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	885	42.00–52.50	47.06
1	—	1,205	55.50	55.50
2	—	1,143	34.00–40.00	37.22
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	65.50	65.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,428	64.50–74.50	69.71
3	—	1,542	77.00–81.50	79.42
6	—	1,559	53.00–62.50	58.84
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,332	124.50–130.00	127.76
13	—	1,373	131.75–132.50	131.99
8	—	1,255	115.00–123.50	119.76
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	108.00	108.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,293	81.00–98.00	90.49
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,312	103.00–123.50	114.16
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,159	123.50–130.00	127.06
1	—	1,205	130.50	130.50
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	883	65.00–110.00	84.41
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,098	55.00–75.00	64.59
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,103	100.00–122.50	114.94

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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