Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers selling 3.00 lower, Boners steady, and Leans .50 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate to 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	1,592	100.89	1,606	31
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,423	115.08	1,638	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,585	85.94	1,362	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,284	82.22	1,056	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,169	66.72	780	14
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,073	80.83	867	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,383	143.22	1,981	41
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,228	122.47	1,504	2thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,428	146.31	2,089	43
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,296	133.80	1,734	7thin

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	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,275	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,122	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	375	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	65.13/cwt	58.00–69.00	666	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,421	75.61/cwt	74.00–77.50	1,074	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,195	95.57/cwt	90.50–101.00	1,142	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,492	75.76/cwt	48.00–83.00	1,130	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,508	138.20/cwt	137.00–139.50	2,084	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,346	144.47/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,945	33
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,480	132.54/cwt	132.00–133.00	1,962	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,710	98.41/cwt	96.00–100.50	1,683	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,605	88.29/cwt	84.00–95.00	1,417	24
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,440	111.17/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,601	2
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,073	80.83/cwt	75.00–86.00	867	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,412	136.06/cwt	134.00–139.50	1,921	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,296	133.80/cwt	115.00–138.00	1,734	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,429	147.08/cwt	143.00–148.50	2,102	40
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,228	122.47/cwt	122.00–123.00	1,504	2
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,730	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	2,370	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	71.95/cwt	69.00–74.00	907	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,316	89.15/cwt	87.00–93.00	1,173	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	81.03/cwt	75.00–86.50	1,040	26
Bulls	—	—	1,250	87.01/cwt	60.00–98.00	1,088	10
Bulls	—	—	1,851	114.44/cwt	111.00–120.50	2,118	7
Bulls	—	—	1,707	104.02/cwt	99.50–109.50	1,776	14

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 22, 2022

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

Receipts 238Last week 374Year ago 452

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	88.00	88.00
2	—	1,480	132.00–133.00	132.54
2	—	1,440	108.00–114.00	111.17
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	35.00	35.00
8	—	1,023	58.00–69.00	65.13
5	—	1,421	74.00–77.50	75.61
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,195	90.50–101.00	95.57
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,492	48.00–83.00	75.76
2	—	1,710	96.00–100.50	98.41
24	—	1,605	84.00–95.00	88.29
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,261	69.00–74.00	71.95
11	—	1,316	87.00–93.00	89.15
26	—	1,284	75.00–86.50	81.03
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,508	137.00–139.50	138.20
33	—	1,346	140.00–148.00	144.47
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,228	122.00–123.00	122.47
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,730	137.00	137.00
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,073	75.00–86.00	80.83
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,412	134.00–139.50	136.06
40	—	1,429	143.00–148.50	147.08
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,296	115.00–138.00	133.80
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,250	60.00–98.00	87.01
7	—	1,851	111.00–120.50	114.44
14	—	1,707	99.50–109.50	104.02

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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