Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher, with Leans gaining the most. Slaughter bulls sold 9.00 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	1,687	90.59	1,528	27
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,428	102.24	1,460	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,522	79.83	1,215	55
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,243	72.13	897	87
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,023	61.72	631	36
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,329	158.71	2,109	20
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,144	142.96	1,635	10
Heifers	Select	Average	901	123.30	1,111	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,476	158.68	2,343	78
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,277	142.07	1,814	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,075	110.03	1,183	2thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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	—	—	1,905	103.00/cwt	99.00–108.00	1,962	9
Bulls	—	—	1,578	84.38/cwt	45.00–97.00	1,332	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	59.04/cwt	50.00–65.00	753	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	71.09/cwt	66.00–77.00	886	46
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,301	81.63/cwt	78.00–91.00	1,062	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	80.96/cwt	76.00–86.00	1,245	33
Heifers	Choice	—	1,332	159.70/cwt	153.00–166.00	2,127	19
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,144	142.96/cwt	129.00–151.50	1,635	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,486	160.51/cwt	153.50–166.50	2,385	69
Steers	Choice	—	1,403	144.61/cwt	123.00–152.50	2,029	9
Steers	Select	—	1,075	110.03/cwt	100.00–119.00	1,183	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,277	142.07/cwt	134.00–152.50	1,814	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,476	68.81/cwt	56.00–75.00	1,016	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	58.39/cwt	55.00–65.00	616	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,237	66.99/cwt	66.00–68.00	829	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,265	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,771	1
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	886	131.87/cwt	118.00–137.50	1,168	4
Heifers	Select	—	960	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	854	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,016	97.41/cwt	70.00–127.00	990	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	900	95.23/cwt	65.00–108.50	857	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	42.95/cwt	27.50–53.00	438	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,441	97.05/cwt	88.00–107.50	1,398	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,375	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,691	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	89.30/cwt	87.00–91.00	1,362	10

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 22, 2022

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

Receipts 348Last week 368Year ago 339

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,905	99.00–108.00	103.00
18	—	1,578	45.00–97.00	84.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,275	50.00–65.00	59.04
46	—	1,246	66.00–77.00	71.09
14	—	1,301	78.00–91.00	81.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,538	76.00–86.00	80.96
12	—	1,476	56.00–75.00	68.81
10	—	1,525	87.00–91.00	89.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,055	55.00–65.00	58.39
3	—	1,237	66.00–68.00	66.99
13	—	1,020	27.50–53.00	42.95
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,016	70.00–127.00	97.41
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	900	65.00–108.50	95.23
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,441	88.00–107.50	97.05
1	—	1,375	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,332	153.00–166.00	159.70
1	—	1,265	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,144	129.00–151.50	142.96
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	886	118.00–137.50	131.87
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	89.00	89.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,486	153.50–166.50	160.51
9	—	1,403	123.00–152.50	144.61
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,075	100.00–119.00	110.03
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,277	134.00–152.50	142.07

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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