Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 7.00 to 12.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 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	1,707	105.40	1,799	19
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,368	123.00	1,682	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,535	93.98	1,443	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,292	85.76	1,108	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,029	69.23	713	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,248	145.74	1,819	35
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,085	134.37	1,458	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,394	147.23	2,053	106
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,184	135.93	1,609	13
Steers	Select	Average	1,060	121.14	1,284	6thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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	—	—	1,751	107.86/cwt	103.00–113.50	1,889	11
Bulls	—	—	1,930	118.57/cwt	115.50–121.50	2,288	2
Bulls	—	—	1,552	96.50/cwt	89.00–101.00	1,498	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	87.94/cwt	83.00–92.00	1,129	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	96.55/cwt	96.00–97.00	1,250	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,313	76.76/cwt	72.00–80.00	1,008	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,310	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,533	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,248	146.27/cwt	143.00–148.50	1,825	33
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,085	134.37/cwt	125.00–140.00	1,458	9
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,425	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,838	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,484	95.89/cwt	92.00–101.00	1,423	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,845	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,919	1
Steers	Select	—	1,088	115.93/cwt	112.00–119.00	1,261	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,398	147.40/cwt	143.00–150.50	2,061	103
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,184	135.93/cwt	126.00–139.75	1,609	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,669	84.73/cwt	70.00–90.00	1,414	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	73.18/cwt	69.00–76.00	793	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	865	57.37/cwt	55.00–60.00	496	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,255	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,719	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,273	141.46/cwt	139.50–142.50	1,801	3
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,046	123.74/cwt	123.00–124.00	1,294	4

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 Aug 2, 2022

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

Receipts 259Last week 371Year ago 303

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 7.00 to 12.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 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
11	—	1,751	103.00–113.50	107.86
2	—	1,930	115.50–121.50	118.57
6	—	1,552	89.00–101.00	96.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,284	83.00–92.00	87.94
2	—	1,295	96.00–97.00	96.55
7	—	1,313	72.00–80.00	76.76
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	117.00	117.00
1	—	1,425	129.00	129.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,484	92.00–101.00	95.89
1	—	1,845	104.00	104.00
5	—	1,669	70.00–90.00	84.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,084	69.00–76.00	73.18
2	—	865	55.00–60.00	57.37
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,248	143.00–148.50	146.27
2	—	1,255	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,085	125.00–140.00	134.37
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,088	112.00–119.00	115.93
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,398	143.00–150.50	147.40
3	—	1,273	139.50–142.50	141.46
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,184	126.00–139.75	135.93
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,046	123.00–124.00	123.74

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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