Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows sold mostly 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 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	1,668	105.44	1,759	35
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,578	107.44	1,696	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,543	92.84	1,433	60
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,204	85.39	1,028	129
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,071	69.79	747	34
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,374	144.50	1,985	44
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,138	132.15	1,504	13
Heifers	Select	Average	947	98.47	932	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,428	145.62	2,079	91
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,344	136.17	1,830	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,117	123.00	1,374	2thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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	—	—	1,775	110.80/cwt	105.00–115.50	1,967	18
Bulls	—	—	1,906	118.49/cwt	116.00–121.00	2,258	5
Bulls	—	—	1,408	91.95/cwt	85.00–104.00	1,295	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	75.42/cwt	64.00–80.50	901	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	93.89/cwt	92.00–98.00	1,169	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	86.19/cwt	81.00–91.50	1,037	90
Steers	Choice	—	1,415	146.38/cwt	142.50–149.50	2,071	80
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,739	137.72/cwt	135.00–142.00	2,395	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,344	136.17/cwt	130.00–140.50	1,830	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,372	140.09/cwt	139.00–141.00	1,922	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,384	146.28/cwt	142.00–149.50	2,025	37
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,670	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	2,238	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,013	83.20/cwt	80.00–85.00	843	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,138	132.15/cwt	108.00–139.00	1,504	13
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,117	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,374	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,071	78.19/cwt	75.00–81.50	837	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,540	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,310	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,668	100.58/cwt	97.50–105.00	1,678	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,548	83.22/cwt	79.00–86.00	1,288	6
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	970	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,300	1
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	815	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,051	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,083	113.59/cwt	109.50–117.00	1,230	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,319	135.53/cwt	122.00–141.00	1,788	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	950	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	831	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,499	91.58/cwt	86.50–97.00	1,373	40
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,607	109.13/cwt	101.00–119.00	1,754	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	68.69/cwt	63.50–74.00	720	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	59.14/cwt	53.00–63.00	676	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,435	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,421	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 24, 2022

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

Receipts 449Last week 213Year ago 431

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows sold mostly 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 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
18	—	1,775	105.00–115.50	110.80
5	—	1,906	116.00–121.00	118.49
12	—	1,408	85.00–104.00	91.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,194	64.00–80.50	75.42
13	—	1,245	92.00–98.00	93.89
90	—	1,203	81.00–91.50	86.19
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,071	75.00–81.50	78.19
17	—	1,048	63.50–74.00	68.69
7	—	1,143	53.00–63.00	59.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,668	97.50–105.00	100.58
6	—	1,548	79.00–86.00	83.22
40	—	1,499	86.50–97.00	91.58
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,083	109.50–117.00	113.59
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	87.50	87.50
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,607	101.00–119.00	109.13
1	—	1,435	99.00	99.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,415	142.50–149.50	146.38
6	—	1,372	139.00–141.00	140.09
1	—	1,540	150.00	150.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,739	135.00–142.00	137.72
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,344	130.00–140.50	136.17
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,117	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,384	142.00–149.50	146.28
5	—	1,319	122.00–141.00	135.53
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,670	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,013	80.00–85.00	83.20
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,138	108.00–139.00	132.15
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	129.00	129.00

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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