Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 5.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows, Breaker and Boners sold 7.50 to 8.00 higher, Leans 3.50 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 7.00 higher. Trade was active with very 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	1,611	96.96	1,562	22
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,163	104.50	1,215	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,564	84.75	1,325	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,218	78.70	959	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,085	62.12	674	22
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,477	114.00	1,684	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,398	145.87	2,040	56
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,229	126.37	1,553	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,056	111.34	1,176	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,498	146.23	2,191	63
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,290	137.23	1,770	3thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,105	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,293	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,220	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,122	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,073	90.02/cwt	76.00–102.00	966	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	67.00/cwt	61.00–70.00	825	11
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,690	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	2,265	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,573	86.70/cwt	83.00–93.00	1,364	39
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,056	111.34/cwt	97.00–114.50	1,176	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	62.91/cwt	58.00–66.00	697	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	70.72/cwt	69.00–73.00	815	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	867	44.09/cwt	28.00–55.00	382	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,290	137.23/cwt	133.00–139.00	1,770	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	72.09/cwt	64.00–80.00	1,084	6
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,680	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,352	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,386	141.24/cwt	137.00–142.50	1,958	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,276	138.12/cwt	129.00–142.00	1,762	7
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,229	126.37/cwt	120.00–131.00	1,553	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,477	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,684	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,410	147.25/cwt	144.50–151.00	2,076	48
Steers	Choice	—	1,513	147.45/cwt	143.00–151.50	2,231	51
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,403	86.98/cwt	86.00–87.50	1,220	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	76.97/cwt	72.00–82.00	974	25
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,069	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,080	6
Bulls	—	—	1,568	84.90/cwt	81.00–90.00	1,331	8
Bulls	—	—	1,906	111.13/cwt	108.00–116.00	2,118	4
Bulls	—	—	2,216	100.86/cwt	95.50–107.00	2,235	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 Feb 8, 2022

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

Receipts 300Last week 463Year ago 169

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	117.00	117.00
1	—	1,220	92.00	92.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,073	76.00–102.00	90.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,231	61.00–70.00	67.00
3	—	1,403	86.00–87.50	86.98
25	—	1,266	72.00–82.00	76.97
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,573	83.00–93.00	86.70
6	—	1,503	64.00–80.00	72.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,108	58.00–66.00	62.91
5	—	1,153	69.00–73.00	70.72
3	—	867	28.00–55.00	44.09
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,690	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,056	97.00–114.50	111.34
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,276	129.00–142.00	138.12
48	—	1,410	144.50–151.00	147.25
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,229	120.00–131.00	126.37
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,290	133.00–139.00	137.23
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,680	140.00	140.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,386	137.00–142.50	141.24
51	—	1,513	143.00–151.50	147.45
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,477	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,069	101.00	101.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,568	81.00–90.00	84.90
4	—	1,906	108.00–116.00	111.13
4	—	2,216	95.50–107.00	100.86

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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