Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows sold sharply lower, selling 7.00 to 14.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate to 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	1,684	123.09	2,073	19
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,417	152.20	2,157	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,422	110.67	1,573	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,209	105.36	1,273	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,027	78.27	804	31
Heifers	Select	Average	910	200.63	1,826	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,226	184.37	2,260	48
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,219	170.88	2,083	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,362	188.58	2,569	122
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,251	170.97	2,139	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	991	157.11	1,557	4thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	897	89.17/cwt	72.50–97.50	800	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,561	102.94/cwt	93.00–107.00	1,607	7
Bulls	—	—	1,768	127.42/cwt	123.00–133.50	2,253	10
Bulls	—	—	1,860	137.58/cwt	136.00–140.00	2,559	3
Bulls	—	—	1,457	108.62/cwt	85.00–121.00	1,583	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	107.32/cwt	101.00–112.50	1,319	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,192	93.35/cwt	80.00–100.50	1,113	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,388	112.53/cwt	108.00–119.00	1,562	29
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	927	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,910	2
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,130	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	2,102	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,369	189.02/cwt	184.00–195.50	2,588	115
Steers	Choice	—	1,254	181.38/cwt	178.00–183.50	2,275	7
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,266	169.09/cwt	158.00–180.00	2,141	8
Steers	Select	—	1,055	108.21/cwt	100.00–115.00	1,142	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,427	136.61/cwt	132.00–145.00	1,949	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,411	161.55/cwt	154.00–169.00	2,279	5
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	910	200.63/cwt	190.00–204.00	1,826	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,219	170.88/cwt	139.00–180.00	2,083	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,206	187.27/cwt	182.00–191.50	2,258	39
Heifers	Choice	—	1,311	171.82/cwt	160.50–180.00	2,253	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	85.76/cwt	79.50–90.50	965	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,120	117.60/cwt	112.00–127.00	1,317	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	840	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	773	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	64.48/cwt	49.50–74.00	638	12

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 15, 2023

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

Receipts 356Last week 423Year ago 289

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	897	72.50–97.50	89.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,561	93.00–107.00	102.94
29	—	1,388	108.00–119.00	112.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,229	101.00–112.50	107.32
12	—	1,192	80.00–100.50	93.35
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,427	132.00–145.00	136.61
5	—	1,411	154.00–169.00	161.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,125	79.50–90.50	85.76
1	—	840	92.00	92.00
12	—	990	49.50–74.00	64.48
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,120	112.00–127.00	117.60
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,768	123.00–133.50	127.42
3	—	1,860	136.00–140.00	137.58
6	—	1,457	85.00–121.00	108.62
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	927	206.00	206.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	186.00	186.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	1,369	184.00–195.50	189.02
7	—	1,254	178.00–183.50	181.38
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,266	158.00–180.00	169.09
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,055	100.00–115.00	108.21
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	910	190.00–204.00	200.63
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,219	139.00–180.00	170.88
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,206	182.00–191.50	187.27
9	—	1,311	160.50–180.00	171.82

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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