Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher with Breakers making the larger gain. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher. 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	1,394	128.33	1,789	9thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,459	135.85	1,982	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,473	119.34	1,757	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,203	116.43	1,401	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,067	95.85	1,022	17
Dairy Heifers	Choice	High	1,603	166.00	2,661	3thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,370	131.00	1,795	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,213	180.12	2,185	56
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,081	170.05	1,838	11
Heifers	Select	Average	755	127.45	962	2thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,372	185.26	2,542	145
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,336	155.35	2,075	13
Steers	Select	Average	1,105	125.25	1,384	2thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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	—	—	1,253	125.60/cwt	122.00–128.00	1,574	3
Bulls	—	—	1,579	137.13/cwt	134.00–141.00	2,165	5
Bulls	—	—	895	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	828	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	110.88/cwt	106.00–115.50	1,308	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	124.76/cwt	119.00–130.00	1,663	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	94.10/cwt	87.50–103.50	1,139	6
Steers	Select	—	1,105	125.25/cwt	118.00–132.50	1,384	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,450	193.03/cwt	192.00–195.00	2,799	13
Steers	Choice	—	1,333	165.54/cwt	150.00–175.00	2,207	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,336	155.35/cwt	134.00–176.00	2,075	13
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,603	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,661	3
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,370	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,795	2
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	995	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,294	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,228	184.83/cwt	180.00–189.50	2,270	41
Heifers	Choice	—	1,270	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	2,432	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,081	170.05/cwt	147.00–178.00	1,838	11
Heifers	Select	—	755	127.45/cwt	116.00–135.00	962	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,365	184.93/cwt	180.00–190.50	2,524	129
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	125.10/cwt	119.00–128.00	1,830	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,256	92.58/cwt	87.50–96.50	1,163	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,491	134.60/cwt	129.00–146.00	2,007	20
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,273	155.25/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,976	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,215	171.94/cwt	140.00–178.00	2,089	11
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	978	148.05/cwt	144.00–152.00	1,448	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,100	123.01/cwt	113.00–135.00	1,353	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	928	119.05/cwt	102.00–137.50	1,105	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,135	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,190	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,452	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	70.46/cwt	60.00–81.00	726	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,521	90.53/cwt	70.00–115.00	1,377	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 Aug 1, 2023

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

Receipts 359Last week 380Year ago 259

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,253	122.00–128.00	125.60
5	—	1,579	134.00–141.00	137.13
1	—	895	92.50	92.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,180	106.00–115.50	110.88
13	—	1,333	119.00–130.00	124.76
6	—	1,210	87.50–103.50	94.10
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,463	119.00–128.00	125.10
4	—	1,521	70.00–115.00	90.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,256	87.50–96.50	92.58
1	—	1,135	100.00	100.00
5	—	1,030	60.00–81.00	70.46
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,491	129.00–146.00	134.60
2	—	1,273	150.00–160.00	155.25
1	—	1,190	122.00	122.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,100	113.00–135.00	123.01
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	928	102.00–137.50	119.05
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,105	118.00–132.50	125.25
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,450	192.00–195.00	193.03
3	—	1,333	150.00–175.00	165.54
129	—	1,365	180.00–190.50	184.93
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,336	134.00–176.00	155.35
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,603	166.00	166.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,370	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	130.00	130.00
2	—	978	144.00–152.00	148.05
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,228	180.00–189.50	184.83
1	—	1,270	191.50	191.50
11	—	1,215	140.00–178.00	171.94
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,081	147.00–178.00	170.05
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	755	116.00–135.00	127.45

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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