Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher, with many high dressing kind. 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	1,652	122.56	2,025	22
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,524	133.53	2,035	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,501	117.14	1,759	65
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	105.05	1,313	102
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,073	84.71	909	46
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,377	181.67	2,501	62
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,186	167.60	1,988	16
Heifers	Select	Average	1,089	119.33	1,300	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,496	179.88	2,690	45
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,343	159.79	2,146	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,185	155.00	1,837	1thin

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	—	—	1,773	134.13/cwt	129.00–141.00	2,378	3
Bulls	—	—	1,851	153.51/cwt	149.50–159.00	2,841	5
Bulls	—	—	1,555	109.02/cwt	67.50–127.00	1,695	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	108.59/cwt	103.00–114.00	1,341	62
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,382	116.07/cwt	115.00–117.00	1,604	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	93.99/cwt	79.00–102.00	1,210	31
Steers	Choice	—	1,498	180.93/cwt	175.00–185.00	2,710	38
Steers	Choice	—	1,440	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,693	1
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,190	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,934	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,064	108.54/cwt	90.00–116.00	1,155	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,376	181.83/cwt	175.00–185.00	2,502	61
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,185	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,837	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	98.56/cwt	96.00–103.00	1,074	6
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,553	133.73/cwt	130.00–141.00	2,077	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,343	159.79/cwt	144.00–172.50	2,146	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,489	172.08/cwt	170.00–174.50	2,562	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	74.49/cwt	57.50–83.00	767	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,205	22.50/cwt	22.50–22.50	271	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,152	120.16/cwt	114.00–137.50	1,384	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,165	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,503	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,186	167.60/cwt	139.50–173.00	1,988	16
Heifers	Choice	—	1,425	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,451	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	90.23/cwt	84.00–95.00	984	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,521	118.80/cwt	114.00–125.00	1,807	49
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,623	127.03/cwt	126.00–128.00	2,062	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	108.47/cwt	99.00–113.00	1,557	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,620	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,430	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,245	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,245	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 Feb 13, 2024

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

Receipts 386Last week 589Year ago 333

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,773	129.00–141.00	134.13
5	—	1,851	149.50–159.00	153.51
14	—	1,555	67.50–127.00	109.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,235	103.00–114.00	108.59
3	—	1,382	115.00–117.00	116.07
31	—	1,287	79.00–102.00	93.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,090	96.00–103.00	98.56
15	—	1,030	57.50–83.00	74.49
1	—	1,205	22.50	22.50
24	—	1,091	84.00–95.00	90.23
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,553	130.00–141.00	133.73
2	—	1,620	150.00	150.00
1	—	1,245	100.00	100.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,152	114.00–137.50	120.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	129.00	129.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,521	114.00–125.00	118.80
2	—	1,623	126.00–128.00	127.03
13	—	1,435	99.00–113.00	108.47
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,498	175.00–185.00	180.93
1	—	1,440	187.00	187.00
6	—	1,489	170.00–174.50	172.08
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	155.00	155.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,343	144.00–172.50	159.79
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,064	90.00–116.00	108.54
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,376	175.00–185.00	181.83
1	—	1,425	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,186	139.50–173.00	167.60

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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