Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter heifers were lightly tested. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher. Trade was active with 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	—	Low	1,591	75.19	1,196	14
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,369	95.46	1,306	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,467	68.57	1,006	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,286	63.22	813	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,050	47.97	504	20
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,361	137.03	1,865	14
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,175	126.23	1,483	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,058	79.78	844	3thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,485	141.03	2,094	83
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,293	131.44	1,700	12

Every lot, as filed

23 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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,066	50.04/cwt	46.00–56.00	533	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	76.25/cwt	75.50–77.00	1,094	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	71.15/cwt	64.50–75.00	1,044	22
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,350	85.23/cwt	77.00–96.00	1,151	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,465	135.16/cwt	122.00–138.00	1,980	14
Steers	Choice	—	1,474	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	2,159	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,415	121.02/cwt	119.00–123.00	1,712	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	984	39.71/cwt	26.00–44.00	391	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,484	142.16/cwt	139.00–145.50	2,110	59
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,133	75.74/cwt	75.50–76.00	858	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,283	130.81/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,678	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,392	139.52/cwt	137.00–144.00	1,942	10
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,175	126.23/cwt	118.00–128.50	1,483	7
Heifers	Select	—	1,058	79.78/cwt	71.00–94.00	844	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,471	59.54/cwt	56.00–64.00	876	8
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,293	131.44/cwt	115.00–137.50	1,700	12
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,693	126.95/cwt	124.00–130.00	2,149	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	60.97/cwt	55.00–65.50	793	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,164	49.19/cwt	40.00–54.50	573	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	71.22/cwt	66.50–77.00	947	15
Bulls	—	—	1,284	64.33/cwt	52.00–76.00	826	8
Bulls	—	—	2,228	97.70/cwt	95.00–100.00	2,177	2
Bulls	—	—	1,886	85.66/cwt	81.00–89.00	1,616	4

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 28, 2021

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

Receipts 275Last week 536Year ago 197

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,066	46.00–56.00	50.04
4	—	984	26.00–44.00	39.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,435	75.50–77.00	76.25
22	—	1,468	64.50–75.00	71.15
8	—	1,471	56.00–64.00	59.54
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,350	77.00–96.00	85.23
2	—	1,415	119.00–123.00	121.02
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,133	75.50–76.00	75.74
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,300	55.00–65.50	60.97
6	—	1,164	40.00–54.50	49.19
15	—	1,330	66.50–77.00	71.22
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,465	122.00–138.00	135.16
8	—	1,474	146.50	146.50
59	—	1,484	139.00–145.50	142.16
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,293	115.00–137.50	131.44
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,693	124.00–130.00	126.95
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,283	125.00–135.00	130.81
10	—	1,392	137.00–144.00	139.52
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,175	118.00–128.50	126.23
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,058	71.00–94.00	79.78
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,284	52.00–76.00	64.33
2	—	2,228	95.00–100.00	97.70
4	—	1,886	81.00–89.00	85.66

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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