Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 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	1,618	75.67	1,224	19
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,378	76.07	1,048	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,478	65.16	963	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,228	58.17	715	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,001	52.13	522	28
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,359	132.98	1,807	21
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,201	116.60	1,400	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	936	88.31	826	4thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,426	133.77	1,908	60
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,145	120.00	1,374	1thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,052	87.03	916	3thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	58.99/cwt	54.50–65.50	736	31
Bulls	—	—	1,735	81.72/cwt	79.00–84.00	1,418	5
Bulls	—	—	2,038	93.02/cwt	92.50–93.50	1,896	2
Bulls	—	—	1,499	70.25/cwt	62.00–76.50	1,053	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	70.37/cwt	68.00–73.00	859	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	50.50/cwt	37.00–54.00	604	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,371	132.86/cwt	131.50–137.50	1,822	18
Heifers	Choice	—	1,352	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,873	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,028	84.96/cwt	80.00–90.00	873	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	913	41.93/cwt	41.00–43.00	383	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	49.86/cwt	44.00–54.00	512	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	59.40/cwt	58.00–60.00	570	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,295	127.46/cwt	124.50–129.00	1,651	8
Steers	Select	—	1,052	87.03/cwt	80.00–91.00	916	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,145	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,374	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,153	67.05/cwt	60.00–73.00	773	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	938	66.75/cwt	61.00–74.00	626	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	67.12/cwt	62.00–72.50	989	20
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,201	116.60/cwt	114.00–121.00	1,400	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,376	131.71/cwt	130.00–135.50	1,812	27
Steers	Choice	—	1,522	138.01/cwt	137.50–138.50	2,101	25
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,440	88.10/cwt	84.00–92.00	1,269	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,250	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,469	56.80/cwt	53.00–60.50	834	6
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,255	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	653	1
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	843	91.66/cwt	88.00–95.00	773	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,150	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,426	1

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 Nov 9, 2021

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

Receipts 231Last week 420Year ago 295

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,247	54.50–65.50	58.99
4	—	1,220	68.00–73.00	70.37
12	—	1,196	37.00–54.00	50.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	913	41.00–43.00	41.93
20	—	1,026	44.00–54.00	49.86
3	—	960	58.00–60.00	59.40
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,153	60.00–73.00	67.05
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	938	61.00–74.00	66.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,473	62.00–72.50	67.12
1	—	1,645	76.00	76.00
6	—	1,469	53.00–60.50	56.80
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,440	84.00–92.00	88.10
1	—	1,255	52.00	52.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,735	79.00–84.00	81.72
2	—	2,038	92.50–93.50	93.02
12	—	1,499	62.00–76.50	70.25
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,371	131.50–137.50	132.86
2	—	1,352	138.50	138.50
1	—	1,150	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,028	80.00–90.00	84.96
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,201	114.00–121.00	116.60
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	843	88.00–95.00	91.66
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,295	124.50–129.00	127.46
27	—	1,376	130.00–135.50	131.71
25	—	1,522	137.50–138.50	138.01
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,052	80.00–91.00	87.03
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	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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