Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle sold lower. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 7.00 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	1,819	104.38	1,899	32
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,442	137.10	1,977	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,516	99.07	1,502	91
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,283	87.94	1,129	113
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,101	73.71	812	50
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,319	173.52	2,290	51
Heifers	Select	Average	970	148.99	1,445	10
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,064	147.24	1,566	10
Steers	Choice	Low	1,482	172.90	2,562	50
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,143	153.74	1,757	2thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	—	1,890	114.28/cwt	109.00–120.00	2,160	10
Bulls	—	—	1,830	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	2,324	1
Bulls	—	—	1,785	98.59/cwt	78.00–108.00	1,760	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,322	92.35/cwt	88.00–99.00	1,221	58
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,465	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,465	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	79.66/cwt	62.50–87.00	997	49
Steers	Choice	—	1,435	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,310	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,143	153.74/cwt	147.00–160.00	1,757	2
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,043	166.04/cwt	165.00–167.00	1,732	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	961	155.37/cwt	135.00–175.00	1,493	8
Heifers	Select	—	1,005	123.48/cwt	115.00–131.00	1,241	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,325	164.26/cwt	164.00–164.50	2,176	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	72.04/cwt	65.00–76.00	800	31
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,420	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,548	2
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,755	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	3,001	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,477	173.19/cwt	165.00–176.50	2,558	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	81.38/cwt	77.00–86.00	903	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	58.22/cwt	45.00–63.00	633	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%Return to Feed	—	1,220	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,781	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	945	92.26/cwt	81.00–104.00	872	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,069	142.54/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,524	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,319	174.31/cwt	172.00–176.50	2,299	47
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,116	115.60/cwt	99.00–136.00	1,290	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,685	110.25/cwt	106.00–118.00	1,858	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,508	87.90/cwt	81.00–93.00	1,326	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,476	99.25/cwt	94.00–105.50	1,465	60
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,496	130.82/cwt	128.00–140.00	1,957	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,419	155.36/cwt	150.00–163.00	2,205	5

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 Dec 5, 2023

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

Receipts 429Last week 505Year ago 534

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,890	109.00–120.00	114.28
1	—	1,830	127.00	127.00
21	—	1,785	78.00–108.00	98.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,322	88.00–99.00	92.35
1	—	1,465	100.00	100.00
49	—	1,251	62.50–87.00	79.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,110	65.00–76.00	72.04
12	—	1,110	77.00–86.00	81.38
5	—	1,088	45.00–63.00	58.22
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,420	109.00	109.00
7	—	1,496	128.00–140.00	130.82
5	—	1,419	150.00–163.00	155.36
Cows — Premium White 65-75% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	146.00	146.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	945	81.00–104.00	92.26
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,116	99.00–136.00	115.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,685	106.00–118.00	110.25
16	—	1,508	81.00–93.00	87.90
60	—	1,476	94.00–105.50	99.25
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,435	161.00	161.00
48	—	1,477	165.00–176.50	173.19
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,143	147.00–160.00	153.74
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,755	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,043	165.00–167.00	166.04
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	961	135.00–175.00	155.37
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,005	115.00–131.00	123.48
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,325	164.00–164.50	164.26
47	—	1,319	172.00–176.50	174.31
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,069	140.00–150.00	142.54

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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