Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 7.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mixed with Breakers and Boners selling 3.00 to 9.00 lower, and Leans trading steady. 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	—	Low	1,584	102.12	1,618	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,573	124.87	1,964	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,584	101.49	1,608	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,247	89.84	1,121	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,115	72.43	808	39
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,238	151.29	1,874	68
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,021	133.29	1,361	5thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,418	153.67	2,179	74
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,232	144.31	1,778	14
Steers	Standard	Average	1,398	135.47	1,894	2thin

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	—	—	1,303	95.12/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,239	6
Bulls	—	—	1,958	109.82/cwt	107.00–113.00	2,150	3
Bulls	—	—	2,150	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	2,602	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	80.31/cwt	76.00–84.50	976	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,302	99.82/cwt	97.00–103.00	1,300	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	90.82/cwt	85.00–96.00	1,133	27
Steers	Choice	—	1,324	145.33/cwt	137.00–149.00	1,924	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,405	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,250	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,232	144.31/cwt	136.00–148.50	1,778	14
Heifers	Choice	—	1,254	151.80/cwt	148.00–156.25	1,904	62
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,021	133.29/cwt	122.00–142.00	1,361	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,077	145.98/cwt	144.00–147.00	1,572	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,431	154.83/cwt	150.00–158.25	2,216	65
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,573	124.87/cwt	119.00–131.00	1,964	5
Steers	Standard	—	1,398	135.47/cwt	134.00–137.00	1,894	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,593	104.48/cwt	97.00–108.00	1,664	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,556	91.51/cwt	87.00–95.00	1,424	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,022	62.51/cwt	38.00–74.00	639	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,185	80.53/cwt	75.00–86.00	954	20

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 16, 2022

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

Receipts 289Last week 278Year ago 382

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,303	90.00–99.00	95.12
3	—	1,958	107.00–113.00	109.82
1	—	2,150	121.00	121.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,215	76.00–84.50	80.31
5	—	1,302	97.00–103.00	99.82
27	—	1,247	85.00–96.00	90.82
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,405	89.00	89.00
18	—	1,022	38.00–74.00	62.51
20	—	1,185	75.00–86.00	80.53
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,573	119.00–131.00	124.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,593	97.00–108.00	104.48
6	—	1,556	87.00–95.00	91.51
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,324	137.00–149.00	145.33
65	—	1,431	150.00–158.25	154.83
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,232	136.00–148.50	144.31
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,398	134.00–137.00	135.47
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,254	148.00–156.25	151.80
6	—	1,077	144.00–147.00	145.98
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,021	122.00–142.00	133.29

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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