Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 6.00 lower with Breakers and Leans taking the larger hits. Slaughter bulls sold 8.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate to 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	—	High	1,810	97.92	1,773	9thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,468	131.27	1,927	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,472	89.06	1,311	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,253	75.68	948	76
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,102	66.98	738	17
Heifers	Choice	High	1,239	152.47	1,890	32
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,181	136.85	1,616	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	875	126.80	1,109	9thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,369	151.29	2,072	55
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,234	141.76	1,749	12
Steers	Select	Average	1,010	130.34	1,316	4thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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	—	—	2,128	118.48/cwt	113.00–124.00	2,521	2
Bulls	—	—	1,884	101.68/cwt	97.00–109.00	1,916	4
Bulls	—	—	1,500	79.20/cwt	74.00–84.00	1,188	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	65.52/cwt	37.00–74.00	842	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	80.25/cwt	75.00–85.00	1,030	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,053	89.33/cwt	89.00–90.00	941	3
Steers	Select	—	1,300	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,612	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,320	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	2,079	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,328	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,939	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,181	136.85/cwt	131.00–146.00	1,616	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,531	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	2,404	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,362	151.26/cwt	147.50–155.50	2,060	49
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	913	132.45/cwt	126.00–139.00	1,209	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	81.66/cwt	79.00–84.00	1,127	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,234	141.76/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,749	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,096	65.23/cwt	60.00–70.00	715	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,290	77.69/cwt	76.00–79.00	1,002	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	864	131.70/cwt	116.00–145.00	1,138	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,234	152.13/cwt	147.00–155.50	1,877	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,483	89.98/cwt	86.00–95.00	1,334	16
Heifers	Select	—	896	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,048	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,135	76.97/cwt	58.00–99.00	874	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	810	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	567	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,428	138.66/cwt	137.00–140.00	1,980	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,528	120.19/cwt	117.00–123.00	1,837	2

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 Oct 11, 2022

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

Receipts 245Last week 307Year ago 300

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,128	113.00–124.00	118.48
4	—	1,884	97.00–109.00	101.68
3	—	1,500	74.00–84.00	79.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,285	37.00–74.00	65.52
39	—	1,283	75.00–85.00	80.25
3	—	1,053	89.00–90.00	89.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,380	79.00–84.00	81.66
16	—	1,483	86.00–95.00	89.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,096	60.00–70.00	65.23
2	—	1,290	76.00–79.00	77.69
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,135	58.00–99.00	76.97
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	70.00	70.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,428	137.00–140.00	138.66
2	—	1,528	117.00–123.00	120.19
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	124.00	124.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,328	146.00	146.00
3	—	1,531	157.00	157.00
49	—	1,362	147.50–155.50	151.26
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	913	126.00–139.00	132.45
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,234	140.00–145.00	141.76
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,320	157.50	157.50
30	—	1,234	147.00–155.50	152.13
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,181	131.00–146.00	136.85
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	864	116.00–145.00	131.70
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	896	117.00	117.00

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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