Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. No price comparisons for dairy steers to last week. Slaughter heifers sold 1.50 higher. slaughter cows sold mixed with Breakers 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Boners 1.00 higher. Leans traded steady. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower. 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	—	Average	1,839	89.33	1,643	18
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,359	97.01	1,319	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,558	73.09	1,139	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,317	70.15	924	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,138	51.60	587	12
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,186	86.37	1,024	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,574	114.48	1,802	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,415	141.52	2,003	58
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,241	127.36	1,581	9thin
Heifers	Select	Low	1,047	88.91	931	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,515	139.24	2,109	89
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,266	124.38	1,575	27
Steers	Select	Average	1,028	123.12	1,266	6thin

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,644	81.39/cwt	81.00–81.50	1,338	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	75.81/cwt	70.00–80.50	1,183	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,151	50.63/cwt	45.00–55.50	583	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,519	61.90/cwt	50.00–68.00	940	10
Heifers	Select	—	1,095	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	493	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,255	127.74/cwt	125.00–130.50	1,603	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,148	41.90/cwt	41.00–43.00	481	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,075	65.15/cwt	58.00–73.00	700	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,023	68.68/cwt	66.00–71.00	703	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,241	127.36/cwt	110.00–137.00	1,581	9
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,186	86.37/cwt	85.00–87.00	1,024	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,266	124.38/cwt	103.00–134.00	1,575	27
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,371	91.73/cwt	82.50–105.00	1,258	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,313	118.11/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,551	2
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,773	132.28/cwt	123.00–138.00	2,345	11
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,028	123.12/cwt	100.00–127.00	1,266	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,600	117.64/cwt	116.00–118.00	1,882	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,530	109.21/cwt	104.00–112.00	1,671	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,456	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	2,140	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,380	142.00/cwt	137.50–144.50	1,960	38
Steers	Choice	—	1,440	134.21/cwt	130.50–137.50	1,933	16
Steers	Choice	—	1,488	141.78/cwt	137.50–145.00	2,110	62
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	54.40/cwt	44.00–58.50	692	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	75.68/cwt	71.50–80.00	1,060	7
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	840	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	697	1
Bulls	—	—	1,993	90.84/cwt	87.00–94.50	1,810	13
Bulls	—	—	1,510	79.17/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,195	3
Bulls	—	—	1,830	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	1,949	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,241	85.62/cwt	66.00–111.00	1,063	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,332	65.83/cwt	60.00–69.50	877	23
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,681	133.02/cwt	128.50–136.00	2,236	5
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,047	99.46/cwt	89.00–120.00	1,041	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 Jan 18, 2022

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
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,644	81.00–81.50	81.39
29	—	1,560	70.00–80.50	75.81
10	—	1,519	50.00–68.00	61.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,151	45.00–55.50	50.63
2	—	1,148	41.00–43.00	41.90
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,075	58.00–73.00	65.15
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,371	82.50–105.00	91.73
2	—	1,313	115.00–121.00	118.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,272	44.00–58.50	54.40
7	—	1,400	71.50–80.00	75.68
23	—	1,332	60.00–69.50	65.83
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,241	66.00–111.00	85.62
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	45.00	45.00
2	—	1,023	66.00–71.00	68.68
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,255	125.00–130.50	127.74
12	—	1,456	147.00	147.00
38	—	1,380	137.50–144.50	142.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,241	110.00–137.00	127.36
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,681	128.50–136.00	133.02
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,047	89.00–120.00	99.46
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,186	85.00–87.00	86.37
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,266	103.00–134.00	124.38
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,773	123.00–138.00	132.28
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,028	100.00–127.00	123.12
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,440	130.50–137.50	134.21
62	—	1,488	137.50–145.00	141.78
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,600	116.00–118.00	117.64
3	—	1,530	104.00–112.00	109.21
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	83.00	83.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,993	87.00–94.50	90.84
3	—	1,510	75.00–81.00	79.17
1	—	1,830	106.50	106.50

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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