Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-07-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Boners and Leans trading steady, and Breakers selling 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 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	1,584	116.79	1,849	22
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,442	130.32	1,879	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,554	108.93	1,692	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,256	103.08	1,294	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,082	80.28	869	26
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,485	152.29	2,262	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,247	188.01	2,345	70
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,169	172.47	2,016	16
Steers	Choice	Average	1,376	188.62	2,596	109
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,178	173.82	2,048	17
Steers	Select	Average	960	168.00	1,613	1thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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	—	—	1,375	108.30/cwt	77.50–118.00	1,489	9
Bulls	—	—	1,728	122.66/cwt	119.00–130.00	2,120	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,289	91.93/cwt	72.00–100.50	1,185	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	106.96/cwt	101.00–112.50	1,353	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,143	118.85/cwt	113.50–122.00	1,358	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	117.49/cwt	112.50–123.00	1,701	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,442	130.32/cwt	126.00–141.00	1,879	17
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,169	172.47/cwt	150.00–180.00	2,016	16
Heifers	Choice	—	1,404	174.97/cwt	170.50–180.00	2,457	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	973	117.67/cwt	112.50–122.50	1,145	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,863	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	102.04/cwt	79.00–111.50	1,663	16
Steers	Choice	—	1,380	189.08/cwt	184.50–194.00	2,609	103
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,178	173.82/cwt	167.00–182.00	2,048	17
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,485	152.29/cwt	151.00–153.50	2,262	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	88.42/cwt	84.00–94.00	944	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,039	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	72.61/cwt	65.00–81.00	795	14
Heifers	Choice	—	1,238	188.80/cwt	183.00–194.50	2,337	66
Steers	Choice	—	1,312	180.76/cwt	180.00–182.50	2,372	6
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	960	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,613	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 Jul 25, 2023

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

Receipts 380Last week 395Year ago 371

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,375	77.50–118.00	108.30
13	—	1,728	119.00–130.00	122.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,289	72.00–100.50	91.93
32	—	1,265	101.00–112.50	106.96
3	—	1,143	113.50–122.00	118.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,448	112.50–123.00	117.49
1	—	1,490	125.00	125.00
16	—	1,630	79.00–111.50	102.04
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,442	126.00–141.00	130.32
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	973	112.50–122.50	117.67
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,068	84.00–94.00	88.42
1	—	1,060	98.00	98.00
14	—	1,095	65.00–81.00	72.61
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,169	150.00–180.00	172.47
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,404	170.50–180.00	174.97
66	—	1,238	183.00–194.50	188.80
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,380	184.50–194.00	189.08
6	—	1,312	180.00–182.50	180.76
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,178	167.00–182.00	173.82
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	168.00	168.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,485	151.00–153.50	152.29

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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