Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 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	1,520	98.27	1,493	37
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,371	117.33	1,609	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,512	85.27	1,290	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,229	81.35	1,000	119
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,056	64.15	677	18
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,257	95.97	1,206	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,324	148.33	1,964	63
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,168	133.85	1,563	13
Heifers	Select	Average	932	105.90	987	7thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,412	147.91	2,088	92
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,262	131.72	1,662	11
Steers	Select	Average	995	101.51	1,010	2thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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%	—	1,371	117.33/cwt	105.00–124.00	1,609	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	742	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,521	79.57/cwt	73.00–83.00	1,210	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,508	88.20/cwt	84.00–94.00	1,330	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,067	96.75/cwt	80.00–127.00	1,032	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	65.33/cwt	59.00–69.00	702	15
Steers	Select	—	995	101.51/cwt	85.00–115.00	1,010	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	70.91/cwt	67.00–73.00	833	15
Heifers	Select	—	915	89.66/cwt	80.00–97.00	820	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,168	133.85/cwt	112.00–140.00	1,563	13
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	939	112.40/cwt	102.00–126.00	1,055	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,324	148.33/cwt	144.00–151.50	1,964	63
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	915	52.42/cwt	44.00–58.00	480	2
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,257	95.97/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,206	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,262	131.72/cwt	121.00–140.00	1,662	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,403	139.15/cwt	137.00–141.50	1,952	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,412	148.21/cwt	143.00–151.50	2,093	89
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	86.95/cwt	86.00–89.00	1,075	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	80.29/cwt	75.00–85.00	1,015	83
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	968	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	987	3
Bulls	—	—	1,399	90.81/cwt	71.00–101.00	1,270	20
Bulls	—	—	2,208	113.50/cwt	113.00–114.00	2,506	2
Bulls	—	—	1,744	107.24/cwt	102.00–112.50	1,870	12

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 May 3, 2022

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

Receipts 430Last week 389Year ago 337

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,371	105.00–124.00	117.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	70.00	70.00
15	—	1,074	59.00–69.00	65.33
2	—	915	44.00–58.00	52.42
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,521	73.00–83.00	79.57
33	—	1,508	84.00–94.00	88.20
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,067	80.00–127.00	96.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,175	67.00–73.00	70.91
8	—	1,236	86.00–89.00	86.95
83	—	1,264	75.00–85.00	80.29
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	995	85.00–115.00	101.51
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,262	121.00–140.00	131.72
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,403	137.00–141.50	139.15
89	—	1,412	143.00–151.50	148.21
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	915	80.00–97.00	89.66
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,168	112.00–140.00	133.85
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	939	102.00–126.00	112.40
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,324	144.00–151.50	148.33
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,257	90.00–99.00	95.97
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	968	102.00	102.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,399	71.00–101.00	90.81
2	—	2,208	113.00–114.00	113.50
12	—	1,744	102.00–112.50	107.24

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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