Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls traded steady. 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	—	Low	1,650	113.42	1,871	14
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,392	124.27	1,729	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,511	104.49	1,579	58
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,280	95.55	1,223	69
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,131	77.36	875	34
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,470	149.50	2,198	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,273	110.23	1,403	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,553	148.53	2,307	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,302	177.60	2,312	39
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,132	171.44	1,941	13
Heifers	Select	Average	1,080	104.00	1,123	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,445	179.20	2,589	69
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,271	172.72	2,195	11

Every lot, as filed

26 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	—	—	1,556	103.52/cwt	90.00–114.00	1,611	7
Bulls	—	—	1,743	123.33/cwt	119.00–129.00	2,150	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	98.27/cwt	92.00–103.00	1,307	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,375	108.45/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,491	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	82.84/cwt	45.00–91.00	1,060	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,102	127.18/cwt	115.00–137.50	1,402	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,438	179.89/cwt	176.00–185.00	2,587	63
Steers	Choice	—	1,514	171.98/cwt	165.00–174.00	2,604	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,617	116.81/cwt	115.00–125.00	1,889	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,132	171.44/cwt	152.50–175.50	1,941	13
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,570	151.43/cwt	143.00–155.00	2,377	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,470	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,970	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,382	166.18/cwt	160.00–175.00	2,297	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,271	172.72/cwt	166.00–175.00	2,195	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,497	94.53/cwt	77.50–102.00	1,415	21
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,376	129.44/cwt	124.00–136.00	1,781	4
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,273	110.23/cwt	107.50–112.50	1,403	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,470	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	2,198	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	65.39/cwt	55.00–74.00	693	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	108.86/cwt	103.00–114.00	1,633	31
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,423	113.93/cwt	112.00–116.00	1,621	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,273	88.07/cwt	87.00–89.00	1,121	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,080	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,123	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,287	179.68/cwt	176.00–185.50	2,312	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	925	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	994	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,166	81.37/cwt	75.00–86.00	949	20

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 Nov 14, 2023

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

Receipts 326Last week 366Year ago 368

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls traded steady. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,556	90.00–114.00	103.52
7	—	1,743	119.00–129.00	123.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,330	92.00–103.00	98.27
3	—	1,375	105.00–115.00	108.45
31	—	1,280	45.00–91.00	82.84
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,102	115.00–137.50	127.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,617	115.00–125.00	116.81
21	—	1,497	77.50–102.00	94.53
31	—	1,500	103.00–114.00	108.86
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,376	124.00–136.00	129.44
2	—	1,423	112.00–116.00	113.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,060	55.00–74.00	65.39
2	—	1,273	87.00–89.00	88.07
20	—	1,166	75.00–86.00	81.37
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	107.50	107.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,438	176.00–185.00	179.89
6	—	1,514	165.00–174.00	171.98
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,271	166.00–175.00	172.72
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,132	152.50–175.50	171.44
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,382	160.00–175.00	166.18
33	—	1,287	176.00–185.50	179.68
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	104.00	104.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,570	143.00–155.00	151.43
1	—	1,470	134.00	134.00
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,273	107.50–112.50	110.23
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,470	149.50	149.50

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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