Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold mixed with Breakers 1.00 higher, Boners 1.00 lower, and Leans 3.50 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 4.00 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	1,748	102.77	1,796	25
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,520	118.53	1,801	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,553	86.37	1,342	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,268	78.76	998	73
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,077	68.83	741	31
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,450	127.86	1,854	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,348	146.36	1,973	90
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,172	130.26	1,527	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,018	95.74	975	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,496	144.98	2,170	97
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,318	128.42	1,693	11
Steers	Select	Average	1,074	88.75	953	4thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
Heifers	Select	—	1,053	89.41/cwt	79.00–101.00	941	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,472	145.75/cwt	141.50–149.50	2,145	78
Steers	Choice	—	1,456	139.07/cwt	135.00–140.50	2,025	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	68.69/cwt	64.00–74.00	762	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,024	58.26/cwt	55.00–61.00	597	5
Steers	Select	—	1,074	88.75/cwt	75.00–100.00	953	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,318	128.42/cwt	118.00–140.00	1,693	11
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	962	105.88/cwt	85.00–117.00	1,019	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,350	147.03/cwt	142.00–150.50	1,985	85
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,001	95.78/cwt	85.00–108.00	959	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	813	96.96/cwt	85.00–109.00	788	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,172	130.26/cwt	113.00–139.00	1,527	5
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,679	143.43/cwt	122.00–148.00	2,408	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,690	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,639	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,375	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,196	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,464	79.65/cwt	72.00–84.00	1,166	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,596	89.58/cwt	84.50–95.00	1,430	26
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,607	113.73/cwt	107.00–119.00	1,828	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,490	130.02/cwt	128.00–132.00	1,937	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,319	134.92/cwt	131.00–138.50	1,780	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,603	134.49/cwt	132.00–137.00	2,156	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,416	126.39/cwt	122.00–129.00	1,790	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	72.26/cwt	64.50–74.50	886	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,393	87.27/cwt	86.50–88.00	1,216	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,306	80.04/cwt	75.00–85.50	1,045	45
Bulls	—	—	1,400	89.39/cwt	70.00–100.00	1,251	8
Bulls	—	—	2,028	114.83/cwt	113.50–116.00	2,329	3
Bulls	—	—	1,887	107.83/cwt	101.50–112.00	2,035	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 29, 2022

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

Receipts 431Last week 238Year ago 327

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,053	79.00–101.00	89.41
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	962	85.00–117.00	105.88
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,350	142.00–150.50	147.03
5	—	1,319	131.00–138.50	134.92
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,172	113.00–139.00	130.26
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,472	141.50–149.50	145.75
7	—	1,456	135.00–140.50	139.07
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,074	75.00–100.00	88.75
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,318	118.00–140.00	128.42
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,679	122.00–148.00	143.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,110	64.00–74.00	68.69
5	—	1,024	55.00–61.00	58.26
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,001	85.00–108.00	95.78
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	813	85.00–109.00	96.96
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,690	97.00	97.00
14	—	1,464	72.00–84.00	79.65
26	—	1,596	84.50–95.00	89.58
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,375	87.00	87.00
3	—	1,607	107.00–119.00	113.73
4	—	1,490	128.00–132.00	130.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,226	64.50–74.50	72.26
2	—	1,393	86.50–88.00	87.27
45	—	1,306	75.00–85.50	80.04
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,603	132.00–137.00	134.49
9	—	1,416	122.00–129.00	126.39
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,400	70.00–100.00	89.39
3	—	2,028	113.50–116.00	114.83
14	—	1,887	101.50–112.00	107.83

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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