Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Dairy steers were lightly tested. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers 2.00 higher, Boners steady, and Leans 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls traded steady. 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	1,602	95.43	1,529	24
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,500	97.08	1,456	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,533	79.30	1,216	78
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,274	68.49	873	106
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,090	52.59	573	42
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,533	130.65	2,003	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,393	162.22	2,260	106
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,216	132.10	1,606	6thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,200	112.65	1,352	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,480	160.86	2,380	84
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,313	144.32	1,895	2thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	—	1,795	102.94/cwt	99.00–110.00	1,848	11
Bulls	—	—	2,010	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	2,332	1
Bulls	—	—	1,392	86.83/cwt	67.00–96.00	1,209	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	69.27/cwt	64.00–75.50	899	69
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,316	78.73/cwt	76.50–83.00	1,036	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	58.22/cwt	42.00–63.50	749	22
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,313	144.32/cwt	135.00–154.50	1,895	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,533	130.65/cwt	126.00–133.00	2,003	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,449	141.18/cwt	133.00–153.00	2,046	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,382	163.85/cwt	155.50–166.50	2,264	95
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,825	144.09/cwt	136.00–147.50	2,630	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,463	161.42/cwt	155.00–166.50	2,362	69
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	55.02/cwt	48.00–59.00	622	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	845	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	507	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,454	167.51/cwt	167.00–168.00	2,436	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,473	152.69/cwt	145.00–163.50	2,249	3
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,717	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	2,421	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,428	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	2,385	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,036	80.75/cwt	60.00–132.50	837	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	954	62.14/cwt	55.00–68.00	593	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,200	112.65/cwt	107.00–117.50	1,352	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,216	132.10/cwt	121.00–146.00	1,606	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	87.84/cwt	86.00–95.00	1,401	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,365	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,740	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	70.17/cwt	64.00–73.50	1,017	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	79.60/cwt	74.00–85.50	1,226	53
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,059	41.46/cwt	30.00–47.00	439	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,522	92.01/cwt	81.00–103.00	1,400	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 Jan 17, 2023

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

Receipts 476Last week 588Year ago 358

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,795	99.00–110.00	102.94
1	—	2,010	116.00	116.00
12	—	1,392	67.00–96.00	86.83
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,298	64.00–75.50	69.27
6	—	1,316	76.50–83.00	78.73
22	—	1,287	42.00–63.50	58.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,130	48.00–59.00	55.02
1	—	845	60.00	60.00
10	—	1,059	30.00–47.00	41.46
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,036	60.00–132.50	80.75
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	954	55.00–68.00	62.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,595	86.00–95.00	87.84
13	—	1,450	64.00–73.50	70.17
53	—	1,540	74.00–85.50	79.60
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	127.50	127.50
6	—	1,522	81.00–103.00	92.01
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,313	135.00–154.50	144.32
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,825	136.00–147.50	144.09
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,463	155.00–166.50	161.42
8	—	1,454	167.00–168.00	167.51
3	—	1,473	145.00–163.50	152.69
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,533	126.00–133.00	130.65
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,449	133.00–153.00	141.18
95	—	1,382	155.50–166.50	163.85
3	—	1,428	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,717	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,200	107.00–117.50	112.65
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,216	121.00–146.00	132.10

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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