Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers 8.00 higher, Boners steady, and Leans 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 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	—	High	1,558	120.39	1,875	27
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,397	141.83	1,981	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,536	112.78	1,733	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,281	95.48	1,223	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,079	80.44	868	38
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,312	187.66	2,462	61
Steers	Choice	Low	1,458	188.26	2,744	164
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,243	176.18	2,190	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,165	132.18	1,540	4thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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	—	—	1,837	141.63/cwt	137.00–146.00	2,602	3
Bulls	—	—	1,748	128.08/cwt	123.50–133.00	2,239	10
Bulls	—	—	1,362	110.34/cwt	93.00–121.00	1,503	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	84.13/cwt	75.50–88.50	1,052	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,388	109.65/cwt	105.00–119.00	1,522	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,301	94.25/cwt	89.00–100.50	1,226	27
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,243	176.18/cwt	165.00–181.00	2,190	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,728	123.95/cwt	120.00–126.00	2,142	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,306	179.22/cwt	175.00–182.50	2,341	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,327	188.80/cwt	182.50–193.50	2,505	55
Steers	Choice	—	1,560	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	3,034	1
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,750	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,800	1
Steers	Select	—	1,165	132.18/cwt	110.00–140.00	1,540	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,550	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,775	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,460	188.69/cwt	183.00–193.00	2,755	157
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	89.56/cwt	88.00–93.00	1,021	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	68.01/cwt	60.00–73.50	722	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,305	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,153	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,499	113.90/cwt	108.00–119.00	1,707	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	80.76/cwt	74.50–85.50	891	18
Heifers	Choice	—	1,173	177.22/cwt	170.00–182.00	2,079	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	820	135.64/cwt	100.00–170.00	1,112	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,571	103.26/cwt	100.00–106.50	1,622	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,035	124.49/cwt	101.00–140.00	1,288	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,335	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,949	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 Oct 17, 2023

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

Receipts 385Last week 292Year ago 342

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,837	137.00–146.00	141.63
10	—	1,748	123.50–133.00	128.08
14	—	1,362	93.00–121.00	110.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,251	75.50–88.50	84.13
5	—	1,388	105.00–119.00	109.65
27	—	1,301	89.00–100.50	94.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,728	120.00–126.00	123.95
21	—	1,499	108.00–119.00	113.90
6	—	1,571	100.00–106.50	103.26
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	114.50	114.50
1	—	1,305	165.00	165.00
1	—	1,335	146.00	146.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,140	88.00–93.00	89.56
13	—	1,061	60.00–73.50	68.01
18	—	1,103	74.50–85.50	80.76
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	820	100.00–170.00	135.64
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,035	101.00–140.00	124.49
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,243	165.00–181.00	176.18
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,306	175.00–182.50	179.22
1	—	1,560	194.50	194.50
157	—	1,460	183.00–193.00	188.69
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,750	160.00	160.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,165	110.00–140.00	132.18
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,327	182.50–193.50	188.80
6	—	1,173	170.00–182.00	177.22

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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