Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers 1.00 to 2.00 lower and Boners and Leans 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls traded steady. 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	1,643	112.45	1,847	19
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,355	122.50	1,660	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,498	100.63	1,507	60
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,232	91.10	1,122	119
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,078	78.69	849	33
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,363	148.00	2,017	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,567	146.75	2,300	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,355	176.12	2,387	53
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,223	148.22	1,813	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,073	112.04	1,202	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,442	176.13	2,539	115
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,390	151.87	2,111	2thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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	—	—	1,776	123.74/cwt	118.00–129.00	2,198	7
Bulls	—	—	1,920	133.26/cwt	130.00–136.00	2,559	2
Bulls	—	—	1,494	100.38/cwt	60.00–116.00	1,500	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	95.65/cwt	92.00–102.50	1,203	62
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,515	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,560	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	84.94/cwt	68.00–91.00	1,042	50
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,390	151.87/cwt	140.00–165.00	2,111	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,375	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,925	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,350	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,106	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,567	146.75/cwt	143.00–149.00	2,300	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,223	148.22/cwt	140.00–154.00	1,813	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,449	162.63/cwt	153.00–170.50	2,357	7
Heifers	Select	—	1,035	113.55/cwt	95.00–122.50	1,175	3
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,721	169.50/cwt	160.00–171.50	2,917	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,344	169.53/cwt	167.50–171.00	2,278	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,581	109.24/cwt	107.00–114.00	1,727	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,430	177.12/cwt	172.00–183.50	2,533	100
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	87.84/cwt	87.00–88.50	916	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	80.59/cwt	75.00–86.00	870	21
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,330	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	2,028	1
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,185	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	1,274	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	961	93.42/cwt	85.00–105.00	898	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,341	178.17/cwt	172.00–183.50	2,389	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	995	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	1,020	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	67.29/cwt	50.00–74.00	739	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,375	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,513	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,360	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,428	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	100.80/cwt	95.00–105.50	1,498	45
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,476	89.73/cwt	83.00–93.00	1,324	7

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 May 9, 2023

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

Receipts 422Last week 418Year ago 408

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,776	118.00–129.00	123.74
2	—	1,920	130.00–136.00	133.26
10	—	1,494	60.00–116.00	100.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,258	92.00–102.50	95.65
1	—	1,515	103.00	103.00
50	—	1,227	68.00–91.00	84.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,581	107.00–114.00	109.24
45	—	1,486	95.00–105.50	100.80
7	—	1,476	83.00–93.00	89.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,043	87.00–88.50	87.84
21	—	1,080	75.00–86.00	80.59
8	—	1,098	50.00–74.00	67.29
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	152.50	152.50
1	—	1,375	110.00	110.00
1	—	1,360	105.00	105.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	961	85.00–105.00	93.42
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	102.50	102.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,390	140.00–165.00	151.87
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,721	160.00–171.50	169.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,344	167.50–171.00	169.53
100	—	1,430	172.00–183.50	177.12
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,375	140.00	140.00
1	—	1,350	156.00	156.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,567	143.00–149.00	146.75
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,223	140.00–154.00	148.22
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,449	153.00–170.50	162.63
46	—	1,341	172.00–183.50	178.17
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,035	95.00–122.50	113.55
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	107.50	107.50

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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