Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady, with the exception of Leans selling 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 8,00 to 9.00 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	—	Average	1,489	90.00	1,340	30
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,353	91.73	1,241	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,485	75.89	1,127	64
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,253	69.36	869	138
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,090	51.14	558	30
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,515	131.66	1,995	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,319	155.71	2,054	31
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,085	129.06	1,400	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	991	111.07	1,101	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,471	156.78	2,307	52
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,270	134.90	1,713	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,261	114.74	1,447	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	—	—	1,343	92.05/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,236	18
Bulls	—	—	1,963	106.07/cwt	103.00–111.00	2,082	3
Bulls	—	—	1,622	80.55/cwt	57.50–89.00	1,307	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	69.14/cwt	63.00–74.50	883	72
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	76.85/cwt	75.00–84.00	994	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	58.13/cwt	50.00–63.00	728	31
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,270	134.90/cwt	123.00–148.50	1,713	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,324	156.79/cwt	150.00–160.50	2,076	28
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,515	131.66/cwt	129.00–134.00	1,995	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,085	129.06/cwt	117.50–140.00	1,400	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,273	145.67/cwt	142.50–147.50	1,854	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,491	157.81/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,353	47
Steers	Select	—	1,261	114.74/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,447	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,198	60.39/cwt	58.00–64.00	723	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,288	147.12/cwt	145.00–149.00	1,895	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,353	91.73/cwt	87.00–102.00	1,241	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,512	78.68/cwt	74.00–85.00	1,190	40
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,414	69.05/cwt	47.00–73.50	976	21
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	955	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,146	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	51.81/cwt	45.00–56.00	573	16
Heifers	Select	—	1,003	108.09/cwt	101.00–113.00	1,084	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,612	86.66/cwt	86.00–87.00	1,397	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,056	84.71/cwt	75.00–105.00	895	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,050	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	735	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	35.43/cwt	30.00–37.50	331	6

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 Nov 15, 2022

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

Receipts 368Last week 344Year ago 500

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,343	90.00–100.00	92.05
3	—	1,963	103.00–111.00	106.07
9	—	1,622	57.50–89.00	80.55
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,277	63.00–74.50	69.14
22	—	1,293	75.00–84.00	76.85
31	—	1,253	50.00–63.00	58.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,198	58.00–64.00	60.39
16	—	1,105	45.00–56.00	51.81
6	—	933	30.00–37.50	35.43
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,353	87.00–102.00	91.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,512	74.00–85.00	78.68
21	—	1,414	47.00–73.50	69.05
3	—	1,612	86.00–87.00	86.66
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,056	75.00–105.00	84.71
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	70.00	70.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,270	123.00–148.50	134.90
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,491	150.00–160.00	157.81
5	—	1,288	145.00–149.00	147.12
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,261	112.00–118.00	114.74
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,324	150.00–160.50	156.79
3	—	1,273	142.50–147.50	145.67
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,085	117.50–140.00	129.06
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,003	101.00–113.00	108.09
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,515	129.00–134.00	131.66

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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