Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-06-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers select (1-2) sold on a light test, with a firm undertone. Slaughter cows sold uneven, with breakers 9.00 to 10.00 lower, boner cows sold 9.00 to 10.00 higher, lean cows at 6.00 to 7.00 higher. Bulls were steady to 1.00 lower. Buyer demand was good.

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	1,638	104.73	1,715	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,519	102.91	1,563	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,206	87.32	1,053	141
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,206	76.16	918	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,047	74.35	779	24
Heifers	Select	Average	1,295	144.16	1,867	88
Steers	Select	Average	1,419	144.56	2,051	205

Every lot, as filed

16 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%	—	1,130	76.59/cwt	71.50–95.00	865	13
Heifers	Select	—	1,303	144.96/cwt	135.00–149.25	1,889	84
Heifers	Select	—	1,134	127.28/cwt	111.00–135.50	1,443	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,234	93.87/cwt	90.00–99.50	1,158	57
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,206	76.16/cwt	70.00–82.50	918	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	954	68.39/cwt	64.00–72.00	652	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,066	79.85/cwt	78.00–83.00	851	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,116	75.36/cwt	73.00–77.50	841	9
Steers	Select	—	1,420	145.10/cwt	135.00–149.50	2,060	200
Steers	Select	—	1,365	122.80/cwt	115.00–134.00	1,676	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,197	84.02/cwt	77.00–89.50	1,006	71
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,382	97.06/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,341	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,566	104.94/cwt	100.00–112.50	1,643	23
Bulls	—	—	1,850	87.43/cwt	86.00–89.00	1,617	2
Bulls	—	—	1,892	116.46/cwt	114.00–121.00	2,203	5
Bulls	—	—	1,532	103.22/cwt	95.00–111.00	1,581	16

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 Jun 7, 2022

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,130	71.50–95.00	76.59
57	—	1,234	90.00–99.50	93.87
71	—	1,197	77.00–89.50	84.02
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,206	70.00–82.50	76.16
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	954	64.00–72.00	68.39
7	—	1,066	78.00–83.00	79.85
9	—	1,116	73.00–77.50	75.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,382	90.00–99.00	97.06
23	—	1,566	100.00–112.50	104.94
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,303	135.00–149.25	144.96
4	—	1,134	111.00–135.50	127.28
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
200	—	1,420	135.00–149.50	145.10
5	—	1,365	115.00–134.00	122.80
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,850	86.00–89.00	87.43
5	—	1,892	114.00–121.00	116.46
16	—	1,532	95.00–111.00	103.22

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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