Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. 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	1,788	86.90	1,554	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,317	101.62	1,339	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,495	67.95	1,016	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,255	57.02	716	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,179	51.90	612	12
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,282	126.16	1,618	46
Steers	Choice	High	1,418	126.69	1,797	127
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,302	115.87	1,509	12

Every lot, as filed

20 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	—	1,552	130.65/cwt	130.00–130.75	2,028	7
Bulls	—	—	1,755	86.34/cwt	82.00–89.50	1,515	6
Bulls	—	—	2,043	96.83/cwt	95.50–98.00	1,978	4
Bulls	—	—	970	50.50/cwt	50.50–50.50	490	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	59.86/cwt	54.00–64.50	754	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	66.89/cwt	65.00–68.50	882	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	49.20/cwt	42.50–53.50	603	15
Heifers	Choice	—	1,299	118.62/cwt	110.00–121.00	1,541	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,247	126.39/cwt	122.00–128.50	1,576	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	59.78/cwt	53.00–63.50	864	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	69.52/cwt	65.00–75.50	1,060	15
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,302	115.87/cwt	108.00–119.50	1,509	12
Steers	Choice	—	1,333	121.69/cwt	119.00–122.50	1,622	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,138	50.59/cwt	45.50–56.00	576	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,379	130.00/cwt	129.00–130.25	1,793	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,240	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	955	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,379	108.84/cwt	107.00–114.00	1,501	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,416	126.80/cwt	123.00–129.50	1,795	112
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,385	58.44/cwt	57.50–59.00	809	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,282	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	1,250	7

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 Oct 5, 2021

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

Receipts 296Last week 242Year ago 274

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,552	130.00–130.75	130.65
8	—	1,333	119.00–122.50	121.69
112	—	1,416	123.00–129.50	126.80
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,302	108.00–119.50	115.87
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,755	82.00–89.50	86.34
4	—	2,043	95.50–98.00	96.83
1	—	970	50.50	50.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,260	54.00–64.50	59.86
5	—	1,318	65.00–68.50	66.89
15	—	1,226	42.50–53.50	49.20
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,445	53.00–63.50	59.78
15	—	1,525	65.00–75.50	69.52
1	—	1,240	77.00	77.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,138	45.50–56.00	50.59
2	—	1,385	57.50–59.00	58.44
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,379	107.00–114.00	108.84
7	—	1,282	97.50	97.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,299	110.00–121.00	118.62
30	—	1,247	122.00–128.50	126.39
10	—	1,379	129.00–130.25	130.00

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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