Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers selling .50 lower. Boners 3.50 higher, and Leans steady. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 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	—	Average	1,600	95.59	1,529	39
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,432	111.98	1,603	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,508	85.24	1,285	65
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,273	77.21	983	97
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,062	56.52	600	54
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,383	148.15	2,049	96
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,110	135.40	1,503	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,025	109.50	1,123	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,460	146.12	2,133	39
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,308	136.82	1,790	18
Steers	Standard	Average	1,660	112.00	1,859	1thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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%	—	1,503	131.59/cwt	129.00–135.00	1,978	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,504	86.83/cwt	82.00–92.00	1,306	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	890	93.05/cwt	90.00–96.00	828	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,075	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,183	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,110	94.43/cwt	82.00–109.00	1,048	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	69.13/cwt	56.00–73.50	894	32
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,396	102.17/cwt	92.50–114.00	1,426	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,064	42.47/cwt	30.00–56.00	452	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	71.71/cwt	69.50–75.00	779	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	64.04/cwt	58.00–68.50	684	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,496	77.60/cwt	69.50–81.00	1,161	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,671	94.79/cwt	93.00–99.00	1,584	5
Heifers	Select	—	1,022	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	828	2
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,710	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	2,411	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,335	140.46/cwt	137.00–143.00	1,875	14
Heifers	Choice	—	1,482	154.54/cwt	154.00–155.00	2,290	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,378	149.10/cwt	144.00–151.00	2,055	74
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,026	116.62/cwt	110.00–127.00	1,197	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,490	148.57/cwt	144.00–151.50	2,214	27
Steers	Standard	—	1,660	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,859	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,308	136.82/cwt	120.00–142.00	1,790	18
Steers	Choice	—	1,363	140.80/cwt	136.50–142.50	1,919	11
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,700	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	2,355	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,110	135.40/cwt	131.00–140.00	1,503	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,301	87.41/cwt	85.00–92.00	1,137	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	78.75/cwt	74.00–84.50	998	50
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	900	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	945	1
Bulls	—	—	1,272	83.12/cwt	71.00–92.00	1,057	17
Bulls	—	—	1,758	113.23/cwt	112.00–115.50	1,991	6
Bulls	—	—	1,955	102.05/cwt	98.00–107.50	1,995	15

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 Mar 1, 2022

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

Receipts 437Last week 311Year ago 361

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,503	129.00–135.00	131.59
4	—	1,396	92.50–114.00	102.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,504	82.00–92.00	86.83
18	—	1,496	69.50–81.00	77.60
5	—	1,671	93.00–99.00	94.79
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	890	90.00–96.00	93.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	110.00	110.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,110	82.00–109.00	94.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,293	56.00–73.50	69.13
11	—	1,301	85.00–92.00	87.41
50	—	1,267	74.00–84.50	78.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,064	30.00–56.00	42.47
7	—	1,086	69.50–75.00	71.71
21	—	1,068	58.00–68.50	64.04
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,022	81.00	81.00
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,710	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,335	137.00–143.00	140.46
7	—	1,482	154.00–155.00	154.54
74	—	1,378	144.00–151.00	149.10
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,026	110.00–127.00	116.62
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,110	131.00–140.00	135.40
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,490	144.00–151.50	148.57
11	—	1,363	136.50–142.50	140.80
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,660	112.00	112.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,308	120.00–142.00	136.82
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	138.50	138.50
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	105.00	105.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,272	71.00–92.00	83.12
6	—	1,758	112.00–115.50	113.23
15	—	1,955	98.00–107.50	102.05

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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