Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows traded steady, with the exception of Leans selling 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower. 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	1,822	101.67	1,853	52
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,475	117.75	1,737	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,504	87.02	1,309	90
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,251	77.92	975	130
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,035	65.21	675	53
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,323	145.52	1,926	53
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,180	129.35	1,526	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	970	104.08	1,010	14
Steers	Choice	Low	1,462	146.12	2,137	98
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,222	134.49	1,643	5thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	954	100.41/cwt	92.00–108.00	958	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	854	81.85/cwt	73.00–99.00	699	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,323	146.49/cwt	141.50–150.00	1,938	47
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	983	114.44/cwt	104.00–127.00	1,125	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,537	126.50/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,944	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,429	111.19/cwt	106.00–115.00	1,589	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,442	78.20/cwt	55.00–84.00	1,128	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,618	96.54/cwt	95.50–98.50	1,562	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,520	138.18/cwt	135.00–141.00	2,100	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,453	146.61/cwt	142.00–150.50	2,130	93
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	70.85/cwt	65.00–75.00	773	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,090	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	807	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,188	133.84/cwt	125.00–141.00	1,590	6
Heifers	Select	—	938	78.18/cwt	71.00–89.00	733	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,222	134.49/cwt	128.00–141.00	1,643	5
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,715	136.24/cwt	130.00–140.00	2,337	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	54.99/cwt	41.00–64.00	563	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,519	89.64/cwt	84.50–95.00	1,362	63
Heifers	Choice	—	1,327	137.90/cwt	133.00–141.00	1,830	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,155	115.88/cwt	114.00–118.00	1,338	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	69.48/cwt	57.00–74.00	863	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,357	86.85/cwt	86.00–89.00	1,179	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	79.55/cwt	74.50–85.00	1,002	79
Bulls	—	—	1,653	91.98/cwt	77.00–99.00	1,520	19
Bulls	—	—	2,097	113.19/cwt	110.50–118.00	2,374	10
Bulls	—	—	1,843	104.66/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,929	23

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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Tue Apr 5, 2022

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

Receipts 531Last week 431Year ago 325

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	954	92.00–108.00	100.41
1	—	1,090	74.00	74.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	854	73.00–99.00	81.85
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,537	125.00–129.00	126.50
4	—	1,429	106.00–115.00	111.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,442	55.00–84.00	78.20
4	—	1,618	95.50–98.50	96.54
63	—	1,519	84.50–95.00	89.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,091	65.00–75.00	70.85
23	—	1,023	41.00–64.00	54.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,242	57.00–74.00	69.48
10	—	1,357	86.00–89.00	86.85
79	—	1,259	74.50–85.00	79.55
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,323	141.50–150.00	146.49
6	—	1,327	133.00–141.00	137.90
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	983	104.00–127.00	114.44
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,188	125.00–141.00	133.84
2	—	1,155	114.00–118.00	115.88
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	938	71.00–89.00	78.18
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,520	135.00–141.00	138.18
93	—	1,453	142.00–150.50	146.61
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,222	128.00–141.00	134.49
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,715	130.00–140.00	136.24
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,653	77.00–99.00	91.98
10	—	2,097	110.50–118.00	113.19
23	—	1,843	100.00–109.00	104.66

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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