Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers and Boners selling 3.00 to 6.00 higher, and Leans 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 lower. 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	—	Low	1,400	121.38	1,700	41
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,428	132.89	1,898	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,434	117.83	1,690	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,185	106.37	1,260	85
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,058	82.42	872	13
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,272	186.33	2,371	49
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,113	161.42	1,797	10
Heifers	Select	Average	1,055	110.00	1,161	2thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,383	186.51	2,579	109
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,169	169.80	1,985	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,121	147.61	1,655	5thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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	—	—	1,504	114.15/cwt	93.00–119.00	1,717	20
Bulls	—	—	1,532	125.62/cwt	120.00–130.50	1,924	11
Bulls	—	—	1,730	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	2,396	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	972	130.37/cwt	126.00–144.00	1,267	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	106.80/cwt	100.00–111.00	1,260	59
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	115.20/cwt	112.00–120.00	1,434	14
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,113	161.42/cwt	127.50–177.50	1,797	10
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,062	164.58/cwt	158.00–168.00	1,748	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,145	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,317	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,414	130.13/cwt	127.00–140.50	1,840	19
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,169	169.80/cwt	159.00–175.00	1,985	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,350	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,363	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,045	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,777	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,055	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,161	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,523	128.30/cwt	127.50–129.50	1,954	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,404	106.56/cwt	74.00–113.50	1,496	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,383	186.62/cwt	182.00–190.00	2,581	108
Steers	Select	—	1,210	122.16/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,478	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,178	97.94/cwt	96.00–100.00	1,154	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	943	64.47/cwt	60.00–70.00	608	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,705	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,864	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,089	88.25/cwt	84.00–94.00	961	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,433	120.09/cwt	115.00–125.50	1,721	26
Heifers	Choice	—	1,282	187.02/cwt	182.50–190.00	2,398	47
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,162	92.22/cwt	82.00–99.50	1,072	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	875	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	989	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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Tue Jul 18, 2023

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

Receipts 395Last week 627Year ago 299

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,504	93.00–119.00	114.15
11	—	1,532	120.00–130.50	125.62
1	—	1,730	138.50	138.50
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	972	126.00–144.00	130.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,180	100.00–111.00	106.80
14	—	1,245	112.00–120.00	115.20
11	—	1,162	82.00–99.50	92.22
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	115.00	115.00
19	—	1,414	127.00–140.50	130.13
2	—	1,705	168.00	168.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,523	127.50–129.50	128.30
8	—	1,404	74.00–113.50	106.56
26	—	1,433	115.00–125.50	120.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,178	96.00–100.00	97.94
4	—	943	60.00–70.00	64.47
7	—	1,089	84.00–94.00	88.25
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,113	127.50–177.50	161.42
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,045	170.00	170.00
47	—	1,282	182.50–190.00	187.02
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,055	110.00	110.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,062	158.00–168.00	164.58
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,169	159.00–175.00	169.80
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	175.00	175.00
108	—	1,383	182.00–190.00	186.62
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,210	120.00–125.00	122.16

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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