Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 1.50 lower. Slaughter heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows traded steady on the Breakers and 1.00 to 4.00 higher on the Boners and Leans. Slaughter bulls sold8.00 higher on a very good set. 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	—	High	1,907	88.66	1,691	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,346	99.22	1,336	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,509	71.25	1,075	64
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,250	62.63	783	79
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,186	51.51	611	43
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,358	139.72	1,898	61
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,310	133.00	1,742	1thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,017	87.81	893	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,523	137.47	2,093	92
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,341	124.83	1,674	11
Steers	Select	Average	1,058	111.24	1,177	9thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	—	2,063	106.48/cwt	104.00–109.00	2,197	2
Bulls	—	—	2,116	93.92/cwt	90.00–97.50	1,987	7
Bulls	—	—	1,653	78.30/cwt	72.00–83.00	1,294	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,366	72.35/cwt	71.00–74.00	988	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	56.88/cwt	53.00–59.00	685	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	64.83/cwt	60.00–70.00	843	33
Steers	Select	—	1,161	101.08/cwt	91.00–106.00	1,174	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,341	124.83/cwt	110.00–131.50	1,674	11
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,310	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,742	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,242	125.53/cwt	115.00–132.00	1,559	3
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	975	119.36/cwt	104.00–125.00	1,164	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,499	138.06/cwt	135.00–142.50	2,070	70
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	37.09/cwt	25.00–44.00	374	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,362	86.66/cwt	78.00–97.00	1,180	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,569	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	2,267	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,423	130.01/cwt	121.00–133.00	1,850	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,366	140.41/cwt	134.50–142.00	1,918	57
Heifers	Choice	—	1,270	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,816	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,094	76.63/cwt	68.00–85.00	838	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,573	79.21/cwt	76.00–85.00	1,246	18
Heifers	Select	—	993	77.41/cwt	72.00–87.00	769	3
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,757	130.91/cwt	114.00–135.50	2,300	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,502	60.51/cwt	57.00–63.00	909	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,479	69.99/cwt	65.00–75.00	1,035	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,183	50.89/cwt	45.00–55.00	602	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,268	59.07/cwt	56.00–64.00	749	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,323	118.07/cwt	117.00–119.00	1,562	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,090	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,297	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 Jan 11, 2022

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

Receipts 405Last week 257Year ago 418

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,063	104.00–109.00	106.48
7	—	2,116	90.00–97.50	93.92
7	—	1,653	72.00–83.00	78.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,366	71.00–74.00	72.35
35	—	1,205	53.00–59.00	56.88
33	—	1,300	60.00–70.00	64.83
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,008	25.00–44.00	37.09
29	—	1,183	45.00–55.00	50.89
10	—	1,268	56.00–64.00	59.07
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,362	78.00–97.00	86.66
2	—	1,323	117.00–119.00	118.07
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,094	68.00–85.00	76.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,573	76.00–85.00	79.21
9	—	1,502	57.00–63.00	60.51
37	—	1,479	65.00–75.00	69.99
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,161	91.00–106.00	101.08
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,341	110.00–131.50	124.83
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	975	104.00–125.00	119.36
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,499	135.00–142.50	138.06
8	—	1,569	144.50	144.50
6	—	1,423	121.00–133.00	130.01
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,757	114.00–135.50	130.91
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,242	115.00–132.00	125.53
57	—	1,366	134.50–142.00	140.41
1	—	1,270	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	993	72.00–87.00	77.41
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	119.00	119.00

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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