Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade was active with good demand on slaughter steers and heifers. Demand on slaughter cows and bulls was moderate.

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	1,694	82.32	1,395	25
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,274	90.57	1,154	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,452	61.59	894	76
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,256	56.98	715	107
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,115	45.85	511	31
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,230	85.35	1,050	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,366	133.51	1,824	71
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,105	122.70	1,356	19
Steers	Choice	High	1,464	136.19	1,994	132
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,311	122.03	1,600	11
Steers	Select	Average	1,173	91.90	1,078	2thin

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
Bulls	—	—	1,852	84.90/cwt	80.00–90.00	1,572	12
Bulls	—	—	1,475	99.56/cwt	93.50–104.00	1,469	3
Bulls	—	—	1,571	74.06/cwt	55.00–79.00	1,163	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	57.08/cwt	52.00–62.50	727	72
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,372	64.82/cwt	64.00–65.50	889	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	47.20/cwt	38.00–51.50	580	22
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,105	122.70/cwt	111.00–131.50	1,356	19
Heifers	Choice	—	1,387	135.99/cwt	131.50–140.50	1,886	46
Steers	Choice	—	1,484	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	2,137	14
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,265	83.09/cwt	77.00–90.00	1,051	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	63.74/cwt	57.50–68.00	964	48
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,287	100.54/cwt	96.00–103.00	1,294	3
Steers	Select	—	1,173	91.90/cwt	84.00–99.00	1,078	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,311	122.03/cwt	110.00–128.00	1,600	11
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,230	85.35/cwt	84.00–89.50	1,050	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,103	78.06/cwt	70.50–92.00	861	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	875	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	674	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,680	69.85/cwt	68.00–71.50	1,173	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,384	129.24/cwt	124.50–131.50	1,789	21
Steers	Choice	—	1,472	136.87/cwt	132.00–140.50	2,015	95
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,810	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	2,217	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,131	50.17/cwt	35.00–56.50	567	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	47.21/cwt	43.00–53.50	529	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,128	38.21/cwt	36.00–42.00	431	8
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,643	120.51/cwt	115.50–125.50	1,980	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,369	141.77/cwt	141.00–142.50	1,941	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,286	127.14/cwt	124.50–130.00	1,635	19

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 16, 2021

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

Receipts 500Last week 231Year ago 499

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,852	80.00–90.00	84.90
3	—	1,475	93.50–104.00	99.56
10	—	1,571	55.00–79.00	74.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,273	52.00–62.50	57.08
5	—	1,372	64.00–65.50	64.82
22	—	1,228	38.00–51.50	47.20
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,265	77.00–90.00	83.09
3	—	1,287	96.00–103.00	100.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,513	57.50–68.00	63.74
11	—	1,680	68.00–71.50	69.85
17	—	1,131	35.00–56.50	50.17
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,103	70.50–92.00	78.06
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	77.00	77.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,121	43.00–53.50	47.21
8	—	1,128	36.00–42.00	38.21
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,105	111.00–131.50	122.70
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,387	131.50–140.50	135.99
4	—	1,369	141.00–142.50	141.77
19	—	1,286	124.50–130.00	127.14
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,643	115.50–125.50	120.51
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,484	144.00	144.00
21	—	1,384	124.50–131.50	129.24
95	—	1,472	132.00–140.50	136.87
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,173	84.00–99.00	91.90
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,311	110.00–128.00	122.03
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,810	122.50	122.50
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,230	84.00–89.50	85.35

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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