Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate 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	1,656	95.07	1,574	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,444	126.08	1,821	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,514	83.45	1,264	58
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,235	77.02	951	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,036	67.00	694	36
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,296	146.62	1,900	69
Heifers	Select	Average	929	89.36	831	7thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,433	146.55	2,100	125
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,309	136.78	1,790	24

Every lot, as filed

20 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	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	75.62/cwt	74.50–76.50	1,193	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	993	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,102	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,296	146.62/cwt	143.50–150.75	1,900	69
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,051	63.53/cwt	57.00–67.50	668	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,073	83.69/cwt	82.50–85.00	898	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,576	138.51/cwt	136.50–139.00	2,183	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,309	136.78/cwt	125.00–140.00	1,790	24
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,538	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	2,061	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,514	82.84/cwt	77.50–88.00	1,254	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,042	70.03/cwt	68.00–72.00	730	6
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,350	118.16/cwt	110.00–128.00	1,595	3
Heifers	Select	—	904	80.70/cwt	71.00–94.00	730	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,427	146.89/cwt	142.00–150.00	2,096	120
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	888	92.18/cwt	85.00–107.00	819	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	89.96/cwt	88.50–93.00	1,348	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	87.10/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,118	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	78.43/cwt	73.00–83.50	975	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	69.37/cwt	64.00–72.50	848	14
Bulls	—	—	1,636	88.40/cwt	82.00–94.00	1,446	5
Bulls	—	—	1,676	101.74/cwt	98.00–104.00	1,705	5

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 10, 2022

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

Receipts 408Last week 430Year ago 396

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,578	74.50–76.50	75.62
49	—	1,514	77.50–88.00	82.84
7	—	1,498	88.50–93.00	89.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,051	57.00–67.50	63.53
6	—	1,042	68.00–72.00	70.03
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,073	82.50–85.00	83.69
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,538	134.00	134.00
3	—	1,350	110.00–128.00	118.16
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	888	85.00–107.00	92.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,284	85.00–90.00	87.10
38	—	1,243	73.00–83.50	78.43
14	—	1,222	64.00–72.50	69.37
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	993	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,296	143.50–150.75	146.62
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	904	71.00–94.00	80.70
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,576	136.50–139.00	138.51
120	—	1,427	142.00–150.00	146.89
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,309	125.00–140.00	136.78
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,636	82.00–94.00	88.40
5	—	1,676	98.00–104.00	101.74

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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