Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breaker and Boners 4.00 to 8.00 higher, and Leans steady. Slaughter bulls sold 9.00 higher. Trade was active with very good demand on a very cold day with a light run.

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	1,873	132.13	2,475	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,594	134.20	2,139	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,502	117.35	1,762	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,241	110.34	1,369	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	972	89.48	870	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,416	180.83	2,561	25
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,095	136.00	1,489	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	983	128.00	1,258	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,480	179.48	2,656	56

Every lot, as filed

17 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	—	—	1,873	132.13/cwt	128.00–136.00	2,475	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	111.71/cwt	98.00–118.00	1,377	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,446	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	95.66/cwt	95.00–96.00	1,261	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,374	105.42/cwt	97.00–114.00	1,448	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	101.45/cwt	101.00–102.00	1,106	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,050	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,712	1
Heifers	Select	—	915	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	851	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,095	136.00/cwt	134.00–138.00	1,489	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,480	179.48/cwt	173.00–183.75	2,656	56
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,660	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	2,125	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,170	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,533	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	913	83.50/cwt	80.00–89.00	762	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,594	134.20/cwt	131.00–142.00	2,139	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	119.87/cwt	115.00–126.00	1,870	14
Heifers	Choice	—	1,413	180.66/cwt	175.50–184.50	2,553	24
Heifers	ChoiceMuddy	—	1,500	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,775	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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Tue Jan 16, 2024

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

Receipts 153Last week 447Year ago 476

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,873	128.00–136.00	132.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,233	98.00–118.00	111.71
1	—	1,205	120.00	120.00
3	—	1,318	95.00–96.00	95.66
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,374	97.00–114.00	105.42
1	—	1,660	128.00	128.00
14	—	1,560	115.00–126.00	119.87
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,090	101.00–102.00	101.45
4	—	913	80.00–89.00	83.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	131.00	131.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,594	131.00–142.00	134.20
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	915	93.00	93.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,095	134.00–138.00	136.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,413	175.50–184.50	180.66
Heifers — Choice · Muddy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	185.00	185.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,480	173.00–183.75	179.48

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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