Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week. slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 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	1,703	81.93	1,395	23
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,515	84.72	1,284	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,498	67.20	1,007	58
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,249	61.12	763	99
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	967	46.53	450	26
Heifers	Choice	High	1,340	128.89	1,728	37
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,180	110.03	1,298	6thin
Heifers	Select	Average	970	102.56	995	18
Steers	Choice	High	1,412	129.51	1,828	116
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,364	116.90	1,595	9thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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	—	—	1,788	82.21/cwt	77.00–86.00	1,470	14
Bulls	—	—	1,848	93.61/cwt	89.00–109.00	1,730	4
Bulls	—	—	1,349	71.78/cwt	65.00–75.00	968	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	69.78/cwt	67.00–77.00	893	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	50.97/cwt	38.00–55.00	677	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	61.27/cwt	55.00–66.50	760	60
Heifers	Select	—	1,056	83.60/cwt	71.00–91.00	883	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,180	110.03/cwt	101.00–120.00	1,298	6
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,130	97.79/cwt	94.00–105.00	1,105	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,320	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	990	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,496	134.40/cwt	133.00–136.00	2,011	31
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,364	116.90/cwt	110.00–123.00	1,595	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,335	133.17/cwt	132.50–134.00	1,778	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,342	124.12/cwt	122.50–125.00	1,666	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,775	77.50/cwt	77.00–78.00	1,376	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,684	81.04/cwt	76.00–89.00	1,365	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,463	122.13/cwt	118.00–125.50	1,787	13
Steers	Choice	—	1,366	128.73/cwt	126.00–132.50	1,758	72
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	50.78/cwt	46.50–56.00	509	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	600	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,386	60.06/cwt	53.00–64.00	832	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	882	36.07/cwt	27.00–45.00	318	8
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	927	112.04/cwt	94.00–123.50	1,039	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,343	128.64/cwt	126.50–133.00	1,728	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,104	78.34/cwt	69.00–86.00	865	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,516	69.40/cwt	65.00–74.00	1,052	35

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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Tue Nov 2, 2021

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

Receipts 420Last week 331Year ago 320

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,788	77.00–86.00	82.21
4	—	1,848	89.00–109.00	93.61
5	—	1,349	65.00–75.00	71.78
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,280	67.00–77.00	69.78
23	—	1,328	38.00–55.00	50.97
60	—	1,240	55.00–66.50	61.27
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,130	94.00–105.00	97.79
1	—	1,320	75.00	75.00
8	—	1,684	76.00–89.00	81.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,775	77.00–78.00	77.50
18	—	1,386	53.00–64.00	60.06
35	—	1,516	65.00–74.00	69.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,003	46.50–56.00	50.78
1	—	1,035	58.00	58.00
8	—	882	27.00–45.00	36.07
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,104	69.00–86.00	78.34
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,056	71.00–91.00	83.60
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,180	101.00–120.00	110.03
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,335	132.50–134.00	133.17
9	—	1,342	122.50–125.00	124.12
17	—	1,343	126.50–133.00	128.64
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	927	94.00–123.50	112.04
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,496	133.00–136.00	134.40
13	—	1,463	118.00–125.50	122.13
72	—	1,366	126.00–132.50	128.73
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,364	110.00–123.00	116.90

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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