Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold mixed with Breakers and Boners 1.00 to 2.00 lower and Leans 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 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	—	Average	1,544	124.70	1,926	51
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,295	145.96	1,890	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,501	113.55	1,704	106
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,265	101.17	1,280	125
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,052	84.28	887	74
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,330	179.42	2,385	100
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,153	167.06	1,926	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,023	149.86	1,534	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,491	175.95	2,624	72
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,261	167.38	2,111	11
Steers	Select	Average	1,084	146.38	1,587	5thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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	—	—	1,558	130.49/cwt	125.00–136.00	2,033	19
Bulls	—	—	1,919	144.69/cwt	137.00–152.00	2,777	7
Bulls	—	—	1,500	109.51/cwt	70.00–122.50	1,643	21
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,070	142.61/cwt	130.00–150.00	1,526	3
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,020	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,428	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	90.04/cwt	40.00–98.00	1,135	46
Heifers	Choice	—	1,330	180.07/cwt	173.00–183.50	2,395	93
Steers	Select	—	1,220	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,708	1
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,050	147.98/cwt	142.50–150.00	1,554	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,261	167.38/cwt	150.00–172.50	2,111	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,495	177.11/cwt	173.50–181.50	2,648	67
Steers	Choice	—	1,440	160.37/cwt	135.00–172.50	2,309	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	104.27/cwt	75.00–112.00	1,531	33
Heifers	Select	—	1,078	123.07/cwt	114.00–130.00	1,327	3
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,000	161.34/cwt	150.00–167.50	1,613	7
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,153	167.06/cwt	155.00–172.50	1,926	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,445	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,673	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,303	168.37/cwt	161.00–172.50	2,194	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,688	126.98/cwt	125.00–129.00	2,143	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,258	157.55/cwt	147.50–165.00	1,982	6
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,370	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,658	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	87.39/cwt	82.50–93.00	939	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	105.58/cwt	99.00–111.00	1,328	64
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,349	113.42/cwt	112.00–117.00	1,530	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	883	138.62/cwt	137.50–140.00	1,224	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,064	136.11/cwt	132.50–140.00	1,448	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	97.50/cwt	94.00–104.00	1,075	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,027	74.42/cwt	55.00–82.00	764	28
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,319	138.53/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,827	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,511	117.48/cwt	113.00–124.00	1,775	71

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 Feb 6, 2024

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

Receipts 589Last week 667Year ago 485

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,558	125.00–136.00	130.49
7	—	1,919	137.00–152.00	144.69
21	—	1,500	70.00–122.50	109.51
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,070	130.00–150.00	142.61
1	—	1,020	140.00	140.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,260	40.00–98.00	90.04
64	—	1,258	99.00–111.00	105.58
13	—	1,349	112.00–117.00	113.42
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,468	75.00–112.00	104.27
2	—	1,688	125.00–129.00	126.98
71	—	1,511	113.00–124.00	117.48
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,258	147.50–165.00	157.55
1	—	1,370	121.00	121.00
6	—	1,319	130.00–145.00	138.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,074	82.50–93.00	87.39
3	—	1,103	94.00–104.00	97.50
28	—	1,027	55.00–82.00	74.42
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	883	137.50–140.00	138.62
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,064	132.50–140.00	136.11
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	1,330	173.00–183.50	180.07
1	—	1,445	185.00	185.00
6	—	1,303	161.00–172.50	168.37
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,078	114.00–130.00	123.07
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,000	150.00–167.50	161.34
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,153	155.00–172.50	167.06
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	140.00	140.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,050	142.50–150.00	147.98
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,261	150.00–172.50	167.38
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,495	173.50–181.50	177.11
5	—	1,440	135.00–172.50	160.37

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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