Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mixed with Breakers 3.00 higher, Boners steady, and Leans 7.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 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	1,754	104.46	1,832	19
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,406	116.82	1,642	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,578	88.11	1,390	60
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,279	81.51	1,042	74
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,101	65.14	717	44
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,356	145.52	1,973	72
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,106	125.83	1,392	6thin
Heifers	Select	Average	983	106.56	1,047	7thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,441	144.62	2,083	63
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,405	128.60	1,807	4thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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%	—	1,107	64.83/cwt	59.00–69.50	718	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,554	80.04/cwt	74.00–84.50	1,244	20
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,405	128.60/cwt	119.00–135.50	1,807	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,105	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,519	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,446	144.73/cwt	139.00–149.00	2,093	62
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,106	125.83/cwt	119.00–137.00	1,392	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,361	145.81/cwt	138.00–148.75	1,984	71
Heifers	Select	—	795	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	604	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	70.67/cwt	50.00–75.50	858	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	88.46/cwt	88.00–93.50	1,184	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,675	98.42/cwt	97.50–100.00	1,649	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	91.45/cwt	86.50–96.50	1,445	36
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,402	124.62/cwt	123.00–129.00	1,747	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,411	107.06/cwt	99.00–112.00	1,511	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	815	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	839	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,185	96.31/cwt	84.00–109.50	1,141	7
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,014	111.65/cwt	98.00–122.00	1,132	6
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	1,005	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,256	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	52.58/cwt	50.00–58.00	545	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,169	70.94/cwt	70.00–72.50	829	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	80.91/cwt	76.00–86.50	1,056	33
Bulls	—	—	1,409	93.36/cwt	79.00–100.00	1,315	6
Bulls	—	—	1,907	118.07/cwt	114.50–120.00	2,252	3
Bulls	—	—	1,915	107.03/cwt	102.50–111.00	2,050	10

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 15, 2022

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

Receipts 374Last week 254Year ago 182

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,107	59.00–69.50	64.83
5	—	1,037	50.00–58.00	52.58
6	—	1,169	70.00–72.50	70.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,554	74.00–84.50	80.04
4	—	1,675	97.50–100.00	98.42
36	—	1,580	86.50–96.50	91.45
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,214	50.00–75.50	70.67
16	—	1,338	88.00–93.50	88.46
33	—	1,305	76.00–86.50	80.91
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,402	123.00–129.00	124.62
4	—	1,411	99.00–112.00	107.06
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	103.00	103.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,185	84.00–109.50	96.31
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,405	119.00–135.50	128.60
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	137.50	137.50
62	—	1,446	139.00–149.00	144.73
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,106	119.00–137.00	125.83
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,361	138.00–148.75	145.81
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	76.00	76.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,014	98.00–122.00	111.65
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	125.00	125.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,409	79.00–100.00	93.36
3	—	1,907	114.50–120.00	118.07
10	—	1,915	102.50–111.00	107.03

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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