Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers traded steady, while heifers sold 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mixed with Brakers and Boners trading steady and Leans selling 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher on an excellent offering of slaughter bulls. 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	—	High	1,778	116.72	2,076	24
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,337	139.26	1,861	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,488	99.50	1,481	68
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,215	95.47	1,160	126
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,041	82.30	857	37
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,329	169.30	2,251	54
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,230	163.00	2,005	1thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,082	120.42	1,303	6thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,446	171.03	2,473	98
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,389	151.97	2,111	12

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	—	—	2,122	134.44/cwt	130.00–138.00	2,853	6
Bulls	—	—	1,982	121.57/cwt	116.00–127.00	2,410	9
Bulls	—	—	1,345	100.07/cwt	77.50–110.00	1,346	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	86.14/cwt	52.50–92.00	1,005	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	97.68/cwt	93.00–103.00	1,209	93
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,286	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,512	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	2,684	11
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,035	128.83/cwt	127.50–130.00	1,333	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,574	163.90/cwt	160.00–164.50	2,580	7
Heifers	Select	—	1,105	116.22/cwt	107.50–125.00	1,284	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,230	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,005	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,370	162.14/cwt	160.00–164.00	2,221	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,426	170.76/cwt	165.00–175.50	2,435	80
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	87.37/cwt	82.00–92.00	953	20
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,389	151.97/cwt	134.00–164.00	2,111	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	987	72.07/cwt	52.50–81.00	711	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,425	152.35/cwt	151.00–154.00	2,171	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,507	101.86/cwt	96.50–107.00	1,535	50
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,228	109.85/cwt	108.00–112.00	1,349	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	94.00/cwt	93.00–95.00	1,062	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,327	169.72/cwt	165.00–175.00	2,252	51
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,461	90.85/cwt	70.00–97.00	1,327	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	932	102.19/cwt	88.00–126.00	952	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	805	86.37/cwt	80.00–92.50	695	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,307	134.89/cwt	125.00–140.00	1,763	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 Apr 4, 2023

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

Receipts 439Last week 460Year ago 531

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	2,122	130.00–138.00	134.44
9	—	1,982	116.00–127.00	121.57
9	—	1,345	77.50–110.00	100.07
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,167	52.50–92.00	86.14
93	—	1,238	93.00–103.00	97.68
3	—	1,237	104.00	104.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,091	82.00–92.00	87.37
13	—	987	52.50–81.00	72.07
2	—	1,130	93.00–95.00	94.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,425	151.00–154.00	152.35
6	—	1,307	125.00–140.00	134.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,507	96.50–107.00	101.86
2	—	1,228	108.00–112.00	109.85
16	—	1,461	70.00–97.00	90.85
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	932	88.00–126.00	102.19
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	805	80.00–92.50	86.37
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,512	177.50	177.50
7	—	1,574	160.00–164.50	163.90
80	—	1,426	165.00–175.50	170.76
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,389	134.00–164.00	151.97
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,035	127.50–130.00	128.83
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,105	107.50–125.00	116.22
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,370	160.00–164.00	162.14
51	—	1,327	165.00–175.00	169.72

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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