Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 6.00 to 12.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 8.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate 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	1,583	117.56	1,860	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,508	146.41	2,208	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,468	100.52	1,476	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,278	96.08	1,228	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,151	75.73	872	32
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,249	181.46	2,266	28
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,138	168.58	1,918	14
Heifers	Select	Average	992	139.91	1,387	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,462	182.48	2,667	44
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,235	156.78	1,936	6thin

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
Bulls	—	—	1,435	123.85/cwt	120.25–126.00	1,777	4
Bulls	—	—	1,945	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,723	1
Bulls	—	—	1,611	111.61/cwt	101.00–117.00	1,798	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,312	99.13/cwt	93.50–104.00	1,301	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,289	110.22/cwt	106.00–118.00	1,421	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	87.35/cwt	77.00–93.00	1,083	22
Heifers	Select	—	1,065	138.36/cwt	136.00–140.00	1,474	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,138	168.58/cwt	155.00–175.00	1,918	14
Steers	Choice	—	1,488	184.93/cwt	180.00–188.00	2,752	37
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,252	161.93/cwt	150.00–172.00	2,027	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,150	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,507	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,322	169.51/cwt	140.00–175.00	2,241	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	105.82/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,608	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,648	117.57/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,938	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,158	80.21/cwt	74.00–85.00	929	17
Heifers	Choice	—	1,237	183.39/cwt	178.00–187.00	2,269	24
Heifers	Choice	—	1,320	169.88/cwt	166.00–175.00	2,242	4
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	845	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,208	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,342	87.91/cwt	70.00–96.00	1,180	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,120	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,355	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	86.66/cwt	86.00–87.00	991	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	66.66/cwt	50.00–73.00	762	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,418	138.30/cwt	131.00–142.00	1,961	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,643	158.58/cwt	156.00–161.00	2,605	2

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 Oct 3, 2023

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

Receipts 233Last week 336Year ago 307

Compared to last week slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 6.00 to 12.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 8.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,435	120.25–126.00	123.85
1	—	1,945	140.00	140.00
8	—	1,611	101.00–117.00	111.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,312	93.50–104.00	99.13
6	—	1,289	106.00–118.00	110.22
22	—	1,240	77.00–93.00	87.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,520	101.00–109.00	105.82
2	—	1,648	115.00–120.00	117.57
9	—	1,342	70.00–96.00	87.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,158	74.00–85.00	80.21
3	—	1,143	86.00–87.00	86.66
12	—	1,143	50.00–73.00	66.66
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	121.00	121.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,418	131.00–142.00	138.30
2	—	1,643	156.00–161.00	158.58
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,065	136.00–140.00	138.36
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,138	155.00–175.00	168.58
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,237	178.00–187.00	183.39
4	—	1,320	166.00–175.00	169.88
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	143.00	143.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,488	180.00–188.00	184.93
7	—	1,322	140.00–175.00	169.51
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,252	150.00–172.00	161.93
1	—	1,150	131.00	131.00

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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