Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 7.00 higher. 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	1,801	100.66	1,812	14
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,331	103.44	1,377	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,155	94.81	1,095	37
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,426	89.02	1,270	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,053	68.67	723	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,283	146.96	1,885	32
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,093	131.62	1,439	9thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,112	100.00	1,112	2thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,353	146.42	1,981	61
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,128	133.52	1,506	7thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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
Bulls	—	—	2,117	107.54/cwt	102.50–112.00	2,277	7
Bulls	—	—	1,484	93.78/cwt	77.00–100.50	1,392	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,122	82.83/cwt	76.00–86.00	929	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	91.42/cwt	88.00–94.50	1,134	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	71.79/cwt	69.50–73.50	842	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	80.27/cwt	78.00–82.50	1,152	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,290	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,793	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	68.48/cwt	64.00–76.00	710	9
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,128	133.52/cwt	128.00–138.50	1,506	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,331	103.44/cwt	96.00–120.00	1,377	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,283	146.96/cwt	141.50–150.00	1,885	32
Heifers	Select	—	1,112	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,112	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,093	131.62/cwt	124.50–138.00	1,439	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,220	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	952	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,424	89.19/cwt	84.00–93.00	1,270	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	96.22/cwt	95.50–97.00	1,386	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,093	113.93/cwt	93.00–125.00	1,245	12
Steers	Choice	—	1,354	146.54/cwt	142.00–150.50	1,984	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	628	1

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 17, 2022

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

Receipts 213Last week 408Year ago 358

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 7.00 higher. 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
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	2,117	102.50–112.00	107.54
7	—	1,484	77.00–100.50	93.78
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,122	76.00–86.00	82.83
12	—	1,240	88.00–94.50	91.42
3	—	1,173	69.50–73.50	71.79
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,435	78.00–82.50	80.27
18	—	1,424	84.00–93.00	89.19
2	—	1,440	95.50–97.00	96.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,037	64.00–76.00	68.48
1	—	1,220	78.00	78.00
1	—	1,030	61.00	61.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,331	96.00–120.00	103.44
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,093	93.00–125.00	113.93
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	139.00	139.00
60	—	1,354	142.00–150.50	146.54
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,128	128.00–138.50	133.52
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,283	141.50–150.00	146.96
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,112	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,093	124.50–138.00	131.62

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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