Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle again lower. Slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 4.75 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.25 to 4.75 lower with the exception of Leans that sold 3.25 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.75 lower. Trade was active with moderate to soft 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	—	Low	1,758	90.85	1,597	19
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,429	78.93	1,128	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,451	66.11	959	56
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,240	61.71	766	66
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,087	46.11	501	22
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,207	122.60	1,480	31
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,116	104.91	1,171	2thin
Heifers	Select	Low	887	58.15	516	3thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,462	124.13	1,815	66
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,294	114.11	1,476	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,142	91.11	1,040	3thin

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	—	—	1,513	74.90/cwt	72.50–78.50	1,133	3
Bulls	—	—	1,737	88.85/cwt	83.00–93.00	1,543	9
Bulls	—	—	1,889	100.25/cwt	96.50–105.00	1,894	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	59.71/cwt	54.00–64.50	744	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	68.03/cwt	65.00–72.00	876	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	50.30/cwt	43.50–53.50	638	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,542	128.33/cwt	127.50–130.00	1,979	16
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,291	116.01/cwt	105.00–119.50	1,498	9
Heifers	Select	—	825	54.72/cwt	54.00–55.50	451	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,116	104.91/cwt	101.00–108.00	1,171	2
Steers	Select	—	1,142	91.11/cwt	87.00–94.00	1,040	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,320	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,280	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	50.34/cwt	44.50–54.00	545	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,240	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,116	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,398	116.42/cwt	115.50–117.50	1,628	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,425	123.39/cwt	120.00–126.50	1,758	46
Heifers	Choice	—	1,185	122.29/cwt	119.00–124.50	1,449	20
Heifers	Choice	—	1,218	127.35/cwt	127.00–128.50	1,551	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,178	68.58/cwt	63.50–80.00	808	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	621	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,010	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	657	1
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,753	115.35/cwt	111.50–119.50	2,022	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,107	30.20/cwt	20.00–42.50	334	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,417	67.51/cwt	62.00–72.50	957	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	72.83/cwt	71.50–74.50	1,095	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	56.97/cwt	54.50–61.00	860	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,523	73.40/cwt	71.50–75.00	1,118	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,300	115.80/cwt	115.00–117.50	1,505	4

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 14, 2021

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

Receipts 298Last week 238Year ago 424

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,513	72.50–78.50	74.90
9	—	1,737	83.00–93.00	88.85
7	—	1,889	96.50–105.00	100.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,246	54.00–64.50	59.71
10	—	1,287	65.00–72.00	68.03
8	—	1,268	43.50–53.50	50.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,082	44.50–54.00	50.34
1	—	1,070	58.00	58.00
5	—	1,107	20.00–42.50	30.20
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	90.00	90.00
2	—	1,523	71.50–75.00	73.40
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,178	63.50–80.00	68.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,417	62.00–72.50	67.51
9	—	1,503	71.50–74.50	72.83
12	—	1,510	54.50–61.00	56.97
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,542	127.50–130.00	128.33
2	—	1,398	115.50–117.50	116.42
46	—	1,425	120.00–126.50	123.39
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,291	105.00–119.50	116.01
1	—	1,320	97.00	97.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,142	87.00–94.00	91.11
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,753	111.50–119.50	115.35
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	825	54.00–55.50	54.72
1	—	1,010	65.00	65.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,116	101.00–108.00	104.91
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,185	119.00–124.50	122.29
7	—	1,218	127.00–128.50	127.35
4	—	1,300	115.00–117.50	115.80

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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