Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-07-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, slaughter steers and heifers traded lower 2.00 while slaughter cows traded mostly steady with a higher undertone . Slaughter bulls traded higher 5.00 on a light test. Solid buyer participation with good demand for a quality offering.

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	1,540	123.61	1,904	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,535	130.25	2,000	45
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,319	115.06	1,518	88
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,189	102.91	1,224	93
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,092	89.26	975	24
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,274	179.71	2,289	96
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,615	156.00	2,519	1thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,388	142.83	1,982	29
Steers	Choice	Low	1,383	181.71	2,512	174
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,328	170.46	2,264	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,170	155.69	1,822	3thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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	—	—	1,588	126.24/cwt	120.00–136.00	2,005	13
Bulls	—	—	1,384	115.06/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,592	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	103.15/cwt	82.00–116.00	1,227	91
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,073	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,296	121.31/cwt	113.50–126.50	1,572	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,173	97.84/cwt	94.00–103.00	1,148	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,340	135.63/cwt	128.50–146.00	1,817	11
Heifers	Select	—	1,386	134.02/cwt	132.00–137.00	1,858	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,343	158.96/cwt	152.00–167.00	2,135	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,547	130.26/cwt	121.50–145.00	2,015	44
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,329	114.12/cwt	95.50–144.50	1,517	70
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,062	96.36/cwt	94.00–99.00	1,023	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,339	175.34/cwt	171.00–176.50	2,348	9
Steers	Select	—	1,135	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,748	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,328	170.46/cwt	166.00–174.00	2,264	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	995	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,025	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,065	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	799	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	67.02/cwt	58.00–76.00	706	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,615	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,519	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,385	182.06/cwt	175.50–188.00	2,522	165
Steers	Select	—	1,188	156.54/cwt	155.00–158.00	1,860	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,010	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	758	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	91.43/cwt	87.00–95.00	1,022	14
Cows	Premium White 65-75%Light Weight	—	1,025	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,333	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,281	181.16/cwt	170.00–186.50	2,321	83
Heifers	Choice	—	1,226	170.43/cwt	164.00–175.00	2,089	13
Heifers	SelectHeavy Weight	—	1,633	131.11/cwt	124.00–145.00	2,141	4

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 Jul 11, 2023

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,588	120.00–136.00	126.24
4	—	1,384	112.00–118.00	115.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,190	82.00–116.00	103.15
1	—	1,325	81.00	81.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,296	113.50–126.50	121.31
2	—	1,173	94.00–103.00	97.84
70	—	1,329	95.50–144.50	114.12
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,547	121.50–145.00	130.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,062	94.00–99.00	96.36
2	—	1,053	58.00–76.00	67.02
14	—	1,118	87.00–95.00	91.43
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	103.00	103.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	75.00	75.00
1	—	1,010	75.00	75.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,340	128.50–146.00	135.63
4	—	1,386	132.00–137.00	134.02
10	—	1,343	152.00–167.00	158.96
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,615	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,281	170.00–186.50	181.16
13	—	1,226	164.00–175.00	170.43
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,633	124.00–145.00	131.11
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,339	171.00–176.50	175.34
165	—	1,385	175.50–188.00	182.06
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	154.00	154.00
2	—	1,188	155.00–158.00	156.54
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,328	166.00–174.00	170.46

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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