Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.50 to 3.50 higher. Slaughter dairy steers were lightly tested. Slaughter cows sold 1.50 to 2.50 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.50 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	1,732	81.12	1,405	39
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,383	89.90	1,244	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,509	63.14	953	79
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,277	59.35	758	135
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,053	42.25	445	30
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,248	111.75	1,394	2thin
Heifers	Choice	High	1,394	140.83	1,963	32
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,114	110.52	1,231	6thin
Heifers	Select	Low	1,035	78.73	815	8thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,473	141.85	2,090	80
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,263	121.65	1,536	6thin
Steers	Select	Low	1,050	61.50	646	2thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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	—	—	1,808	84.38/cwt	79.50–89.50	1,526	26
Bulls	—	—	2,183	93.12/cwt	92.25–94.00	2,033	2
Bulls	—	—	1,471	71.22/cwt	51.00–77.00	1,048	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	51.04/cwt	44.00–53.50	653	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	58.17/cwt	54.00–64.50	746	94
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,403	67.75/cwt	65.00–72.00	951	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,418	134.31/cwt	132.00–137.00	1,905	6
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,805	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	2,383	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,473	142.54/cwt	138.00–146.50	2,100	72
Heifers	Choice	—	1,480	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	2,176	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,114	110.52/cwt	105.00–127.00	1,231	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,302	134.60/cwt	132.00–136.00	1,752	5
Steers	Select	—	1,025	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	390	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,200	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,260	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,295	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,535	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	43.94/cwt	39.50–50.00	472	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,449	56.16/cwt	51.00–59.50	814	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,011	29.71/cwt	20.00–35.00	300	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,480	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	2,183	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,263	121.65/cwt	110.00–134.00	1,536	6
Steers	Select	—	1,075	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	914	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,144	86.19/cwt	76.00–104.00	986	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	885	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	558	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,533	65.53/cwt	60.00–70.50	1,005	53
Heifers	Choice	—	1,408	141.79/cwt	138.00–146.00	1,996	26
Heifers	Select	—	1,078	54.07/cwt	53.00–55.00	583	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,064	73.66/cwt	60.00–81.00	784	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,355	108.68/cwt	105.00–112.00	1,473	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	52.71/cwt	51.00–55.00	576	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,533	74.44/cwt	71.00–78.00	1,141	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	865	19.00/cwt	19.00–19.00	164	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,394	82.86/cwt	68.00–91.00	1,155	8
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	933	113.51/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,059	2

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 Dec 7, 2021

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

Receipts 425Last week 525Year ago 366

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,808	79.50–89.50	84.38
2	—	2,183	92.25–94.00	93.12
11	—	1,471	51.00–77.00	71.22
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,279	44.00–53.50	51.04
94	—	1,282	54.00–64.50	58.17
6	—	1,403	65.00–72.00	67.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,075	39.50–50.00	43.94
5	—	1,011	20.00–35.00	29.71
3	—	1,093	51.00–55.00	52.71
1	—	865	19.00	19.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,449	51.00–59.50	56.16
53	—	1,533	60.00–70.50	65.53
3	—	1,533	71.00–78.00	74.44
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,144	76.00–104.00	86.19
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	885	63.00	63.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,355	105.00–112.00	108.68
8	—	1,394	68.00–91.00	82.86
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,418	132.00–137.00	134.31
72	—	1,473	138.00–146.50	142.54
1	—	1,480	147.50	147.50
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,805	132.00	132.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	38.00	38.00
1	—	1,075	85.00	85.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,263	110.00–134.00	121.65
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	147.00	147.00
5	—	1,302	132.00–136.00	134.60
26	—	1,408	138.00–146.00	141.79
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,114	105.00–127.00	110.52
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,078	53.00–55.00	54.07
4	—	1,064	60.00–81.00	73.66
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	933	112.00–115.00	113.51
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	105.00	105.00
1	—	1,295	118.50	118.50

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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