Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers steady, Boners 5.00 lower, and Leans 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 7.00 lower. 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	—	Average	1,784	122.50	2,185	29
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,506	144.29	2,172	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,547	113.65	1,758	94
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,293	105.67	1,367	139
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,040	82.56	859	48
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,570	144.66	2,271	3thin
Heifers	Choice	High	1,377	178.60	2,459	113
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,103	159.33	1,757	9thin
Heifers	Select	High	997	142.99	1,426	11
Steers	Select	Average	985	181.00	1,783	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,492	178.69	2,665	174
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,278	167.66	2,142	15

Every lot, as filed

31 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	—	—	1,856	125.32/cwt	123.00–132.00	2,326	11
Bulls	—	—	1,871	146.37/cwt	135.00–159.00	2,739	5
Bulls	—	—	1,689	110.93/cwt	90.00–127.00	1,874	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	113.53/cwt	112.00–117.00	1,460	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,329	94.10/cwt	82.50–99.00	1,251	37
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,527	154.22/cwt	147.00–164.00	2,355	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,490	178.68/cwt	173.00–184.50	2,662	151
Heifers	Choice	—	1,491	185.59/cwt	185.00–186.50	2,767	13
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,570	144.66/cwt	144.00–145.00	2,271	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,333	164.76/cwt	157.00–170.00	2,196	9
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	985	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,783	2
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,195	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,055	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,547	186.23/cwt	185.00–187.50	2,881	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,885	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	2,375	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,452	170.58/cwt	162.00–172.50	2,477	11
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,020	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,734	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,069	120.17/cwt	112.50–130.00	1,285	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,103	159.33/cwt	140.00–170.00	1,757	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,400	165.64/cwt	150.00–172.50	2,319	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,526	105.79/cwt	80.00–113.00	1,614	39
Heifers	Choice	—	1,357	179.33/cwt	173.00–184.00	2,434	88
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,453	119.34/cwt	113.00–125.00	1,734	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,483	134.47/cwt	134.00–135.00	1,994	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,208	93.67/cwt	92.00–96.00	1,132	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,304	106.58/cwt	100.00–112.00	1,390	72
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	84.49/cwt	80.00–90.00	882	14
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	945	153.71/cwt	137.50–165.00	1,453	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,115	125.08/cwt	93.00–150.00	1,395	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	983	101.64/cwt	89.00–145.00	999	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	69.42/cwt	40.00–77.50	686	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,556	119.09/cwt	114.00–125.00	1,853	54

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 Jan 30, 2024

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

Receipts 667Last week 153Year ago 246

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,856	123.00–132.00	125.32
5	—	1,871	135.00–159.00	146.37
13	—	1,689	90.00–127.00	110.93
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,286	112.00–117.00	113.53
37	—	1,329	82.50–99.00	94.10
72	—	1,304	100.00–112.00	106.58
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,527	147.00–164.00	154.22
2	—	1,453	113.00–125.00	119.34
2	—	1,483	134.00–135.00	134.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,885	126.00	126.00
39	—	1,526	80.00–113.00	105.79
54	—	1,556	114.00–125.00	119.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,208	92.00–96.00	93.67
14	—	1,044	80.00–90.00	84.49
19	—	988	40.00–77.50	69.42
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,115	93.00–150.00	125.08
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	983	89.00–145.00	101.64
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
151	—	1,490	173.00–184.50	178.68
12	—	1,547	185.00–187.50	186.23
11	—	1,452	162.00–172.50	170.58
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,333	157.00–170.00	164.76
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	985	181.00	181.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,195	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,491	185.00–186.50	185.59
12	—	1,400	150.00–172.50	165.64
88	—	1,357	173.00–184.00	179.33
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	170.00	170.00
6	—	945	137.50–165.00	153.71
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,069	112.50–130.00	120.17
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,103	140.00–170.00	159.33
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,570	144.00–145.00	144.66

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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