Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers trading steady, Boners 1.00 lower, and Leans 3.25 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 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	1,685	79.00	1,331	27
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,504	88.94	1,338	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,520	62.17	945	79
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,311	55.60	729	104
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,068	41.60	444	22
Heifers	Choice	High	1,353	141.92	1,920	118
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,146	127.26	1,458	11
Heifers	Select	Low	1,069	86.17	921	14
Steers	Choice	Low	1,492	141.18	2,106	84
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,277	127.72	1,631	13
Steers	Standard	Average	1,515	124.20	1,882	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,031	89.50	922	14

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	—	1,875	82.25/cwt	78.00–88.00	1,542	10
Bulls	—	—	1,870	92.85/cwt	91.00–96.50	1,736	5
Bulls	—	—	1,449	70.52/cwt	51.00–77.00	1,022	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,321	57.23/cwt	54.00–64.00	756	69
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,441	66.01/cwt	65.00–67.00	951	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,304	49.33/cwt	34.00–53.50	643	27
Steers	Choice	—	1,449	134.10/cwt	127.00–136.00	1,943	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,485	140.41/cwt	137.00–143.50	2,085	60
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,139	130.57/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,487	9
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,175	112.37/cwt	111.00–114.00	1,320	2
Steers	Select	—	1,054	84.42/cwt	80.00–93.00	890	11
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,277	127.72/cwt	116.00–134.00	1,631	13
Heifers	Select	—	875	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	438	1
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	945	108.12/cwt	100.00–115.00	1,022	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	339	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	47.27/cwt	41.50–52.00	507	13
Steers	Standard	—	1,515	124.20/cwt	119.00–130.00	1,882	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,543	148.49/cwt	146.00–149.50	2,291	15
Heifers	Choice	—	1,390	145.99/cwt	145.00–149.00	2,029	39
Heifers	Choice	—	1,313	133.62/cwt	131.00–136.00	1,754	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,399	55.02/cwt	50.00–59.00	770	29
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,505	78.73/cwt	71.00–85.50	1,185	11
Heifers	Select	—	1,164	81.25/cwt	65.00–98.00	946	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,339	141.04/cwt	137.00–144.00	1,889	67
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,340	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	710	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	33.96/cwt	20.00–39.00	342	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	117	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	948	70.69/cwt	68.00–73.00	670	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,503	117.03/cwt	106.00–124.00	1,759	4
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	816	114.63/cwt	113.00–117.00	935	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,566	64.90/cwt	60.00–70.00	1,016	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,719	73.79/cwt	72.00–77.50	1,268	8

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 14, 2021

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,875	78.00–88.00	82.25
5	—	1,870	91.00–96.50	92.85
12	—	1,449	51.00–77.00	70.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,321	54.00–64.00	57.23
4	—	1,441	65.00–67.00	66.01
27	—	1,304	34.00–53.50	49.33
1	—	1,355	25.00	25.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,073	41.50–52.00	47.27
1	—	1,340	53.00	53.00
7	—	1,006	20.00–39.00	33.96
1	—	1,170	10.00	10.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,399	50.00–59.00	55.02
42	—	1,566	60.00–70.00	64.90
8	—	1,719	72.00–77.50	73.79
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,505	71.00–85.50	78.73
4	—	1,503	106.00–124.00	117.03
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	948	68.00–73.00	70.69
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,449	127.00–136.00	134.10
60	—	1,485	137.00–143.50	140.41
15	—	1,543	146.00–149.50	148.49
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,054	80.00–93.00	84.42
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,277	116.00–134.00	127.72
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	945	100.00–115.00	108.12
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,515	119.00–130.00	124.20
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,139	125.00–135.00	130.57
2	—	1,175	111.00–114.00	112.37
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	50.00	50.00
10	—	1,164	65.00–98.00	81.25
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,390	145.00–149.00	145.99
12	—	1,313	131.00–136.00	133.62
67	—	1,339	137.00–144.00	141.04
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	816	113.00–117.00	114.63

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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