Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower on a lessor quality supply. 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	1,443	116.63	1,683	21
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,334	124.59	1,662	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,524	117.35	1,788	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,247	108.27	1,351	53
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,000	82.27	823	19
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,653	153.43	2,536	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,377	181.96	2,506	37
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,041	155.17	1,615	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,060	128.48	1,362	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,459	182.97	2,670	76
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,203	150.15	1,806	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,172	132.54	1,553	3thin

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	107.88/cwt	101.00–112.00	1,383	37
Bulls	—	—	1,619	117.94/cwt	116.00–121.00	1,909	7
Bulls	—	—	1,702	106.20/cwt	85.00–115.00	1,808	8
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	893	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,152	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	116.67/cwt	115.50–119.00	1,486	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	91.80/cwt	80.00–99.00	1,057	7
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,203	150.15/cwt	140.00–160.00	1,806	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,447	184.17/cwt	177.50–188.50	2,665	61
Steers	Select	—	1,172	132.54/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,553	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,653	153.43/cwt	153.00–155.00	2,536	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,356	180.79/cwt	175.00–185.50	2,452	26
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,041	155.17/cwt	140.00–164.00	1,615	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,165	116.96/cwt	112.00–122.50	1,363	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,391	170.77/cwt	161.00–175.00	2,375	7
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,845	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	2,823	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	87.53/cwt	82.00–93.00	860	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,580	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,986	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,308	134.52/cwt	131.00–139.00	1,760	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,298	108.83/cwt	101.00–113.00	1,413	3
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	955	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,337	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,410	189.64/cwt	188.00–190.00	2,674	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	118.09/cwt	112.00–123.00	1,765	33
Heifers	Choice	—	1,475	171.68/cwt	168.00–173.50	2,532	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,063	130.24/cwt	125.00–137.50	1,384	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	974	76.19/cwt	70.00–81.50	742	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,495	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,272	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,650	124.03/cwt	123.50–125.50	2,046	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,615	107.13/cwt	101.00–111.00	1,730	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,400	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,414	1

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 30, 2023

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

Receipts 279Last week 333Year ago 242

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,282	101.00–112.00	107.88
5	—	1,274	115.50–119.00	116.67
7	—	1,151	80.00–99.00	91.80
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	983	82.00–93.00	87.53
10	—	974	70.00–81.50	76.19
1	—	1,400	101.00	101.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,308	131.00–139.00	134.52
3	—	1,298	101.00–113.00	108.83
1	—	1,495	152.00	152.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,495	112.00–123.00	118.09
4	—	1,650	123.50–125.50	124.03
5	—	1,615	101.00–111.00	107.13
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,063	125.00–137.50	130.24
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,619	116.00–121.00	117.94
8	—	1,702	85.00–115.00	106.20
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	893	129.00	129.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,203	140.00–160.00	150.15
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,447	177.50–188.50	184.17
7	—	1,391	161.00–175.00	170.77
7	—	1,580	189.00	189.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,172	130.00–135.00	132.54
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,845	153.00	153.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,653	153.00–155.00	153.43
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,356	175.00–185.50	180.79
8	—	1,410	188.00–190.00	189.64
3	—	1,475	168.00–173.50	171.68
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,041	140.00–164.00	155.17
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,165	112.00–122.50	116.96
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	955	140.00	140.00

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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