Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 4.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 to 5.00 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	1,700	86.07	1,463	28
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,363	119.23	1,625	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,522	75.00	1,142	79
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,307	65.60	857	185
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,092	49.20	537	50
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,289	157.36	2,028	59
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,210	145.26	1,758	19
Heifers	Select	Average	1,042	103.23	1,076	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,489	162.11	2,415	66
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,344	142.65	1,917	25
Steers	Standard	Average	1,810	92.00	1,665	2thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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	—	—	1,596	98.68/cwt	95.00–105.00	1,575	11
Bulls	—	—	2,095	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	2,367	1
Bulls	—	—	1,747	75.72/cwt	50.00–91.00	1,323	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	58.02/cwt	45.00–63.00	746	73
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,322	69.47/cwt	64.00–75.00	918	99
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,391	77.67/cwt	75.50–82.00	1,080	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,487	164.43/cwt	158.00–170.00	2,445	52
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,699	151.68/cwt	139.00–154.50	2,577	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,444	67.76/cwt	59.00–73.00	978	29
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	985	96.17/cwt	85.00–112.50	947	3
Steers	Standard	—	1,810	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,665	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,348	154.86/cwt	152.50–157.50	2,088	8
Heifers	Select	—	1,076	107.47/cwt	87.50–119.00	1,156	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,210	145.26/cwt	120.00–156.00	1,758	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	86.62/cwt	86.00–88.00	1,369	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	35.34/cwt	22.50–45.00	375	15
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,349	144.01/cwt	120.00–154.50	1,943	24
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,220	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,342	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,300	106.72/cwt	88.00–118.00	1,387	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,457	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	2,011	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	52.99/cwt	47.00–57.50	577	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,157	61.37/cwt	59.00–68.00	710	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,311	160.98/cwt	157.50–169.50	2,110	39
Heifers	Choice	—	1,246	150.29/cwt	128.00–155.50	1,873	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,123	80.90/cwt	67.00–89.00	909	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,566	78.38/cwt	74.00–85.00	1,227	45

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 29, 2022

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

Receipts 548Last week 348Year ago 525

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,596	95.00–105.00	98.68
1	—	2,095	113.00	113.00
16	—	1,747	50.00–91.00	75.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,286	45.00–63.00	58.02
99	—	1,322	64.00–75.00	69.47
9	—	1,391	75.50–82.00	77.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,444	59.00–73.00	67.76
5	—	1,580	86.00–88.00	86.62
45	—	1,566	74.00–85.00	78.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,060	22.50–45.00	35.34
26	—	1,088	47.00–57.50	52.99
9	—	1,157	59.00–68.00	61.37
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,300	88.00–118.00	106.72
2	—	1,457	138.00	138.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,123	67.00–89.00	80.90
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,487	158.00–170.00	164.43
8	—	1,348	152.50–157.50	154.86
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,699	139.00–154.50	151.68
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,810	92.00	92.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,349	120.00–154.50	144.01
1	—	1,220	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	985	85.00–112.50	96.17
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,076	87.50–119.00	107.47
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,210	120.00–156.00	145.26
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,311	157.50–169.50	160.98
20	—	1,246	128.00–155.50	150.29

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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