Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower, with Leans taking the larger loss. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 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	1,640	109.94	1,803	20
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,422	134.99	1,919	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,455	102.65	1,493	47
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,235	94.25	1,164	91
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,079	80.91	873	46
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,341	176.60	2,369	135
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,186	147.40	1,748	16
Heifers	Select	Average	975	126.53	1,233	12
Steers	Choice	Low	1,443	176.13	2,542	110
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,318	155.21	2,046	12
Steers	Select	Average	1,226	133.63	1,638	6thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,374	117.62	1,615	4thin

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	—	—	2,014	123.31/cwt	118.00–128.00	2,483	6
Bulls	—	—	1,527	102.22/cwt	72.50–117.00	1,561	13
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	865	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,125	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	96.39/cwt	92.00–103.00	1,182	58
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,243	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	86.02/cwt	71.00–91.50	1,112	28
Steers	Standard	—	1,423	123.49/cwt	122.00–126.00	1,757	3
Steers	Standard	—	1,225	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,225	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,288	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,061	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,033	124.74/cwt	117.50–127.50	1,289	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,560	161.37/cwt	156.00–166.00	2,517	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,441	176.40/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,542	108
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,136	59.15/cwt	42.50–70.00	672	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,391	140.09/cwt	133.00–142.00	1,949	5
Steers	Select	—	1,283	131.16/cwt	129.00–134.00	1,683	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,318	155.21/cwt	142.00–168.50	2,046	12
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	893	129.03/cwt	112.50–146.00	1,152	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,342	176.85/cwt	170.00–181.00	2,373	133
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,720	111.43/cwt	110.00–113.00	1,917	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	968	118.47/cwt	104.00–135.00	1,147	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,186	147.40/cwt	140.00–164.00	1,748	16
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	940	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,372	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	934	101.57/cwt	89.00–118.00	949	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,096	81.55/cwt	77.00–88.00	894	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	103.77/cwt	98.50–109.00	1,508	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,019	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,575	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	1,725	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,378	92.42/cwt	86.00–96.50	1,274	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 25, 2023

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

Receipts 506Last week 360Year ago 389

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	2,014	118.00–128.00	123.31
13	—	1,527	72.50–117.00	102.22
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	130.00	130.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,226	92.00–103.00	96.39
1	—	1,195	104.00	104.00
28	—	1,293	71.00–91.50	86.02
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,136	42.50–70.00	59.15
30	—	1,096	77.00–88.00	81.55
1	—	1,120	91.00	91.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,391	133.00–142.00	140.09
1	—	1,575	109.50	109.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,720	110.00–113.00	111.43
39	—	1,453	98.50–109.00	103.77
6	—	1,378	86.00–96.50	92.42
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	968	104.00–135.00	118.47
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	934	89.00–118.00	101.57
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,423	122.00–126.00	123.49
1	—	1,225	100.00	100.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,560	156.00–166.00	161.37
108	—	1,441	170.00–180.00	176.40
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,283	129.00–134.00	131.16
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,318	142.00–168.50	155.21
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,288	160.00	160.00
133	—	1,342	170.00–181.00	176.85
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,033	117.50–127.50	124.74
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	893	112.50–146.00	129.03
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,186	140.00–164.00	147.40

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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