Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 9.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 lower. 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	1,779	127.52	2,269	21
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,420	139.69	1,984	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,540	124.32	1,915	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,294	113.10	1,463	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,044	94.61	988	15
Heifers	Choice	High	1,354	184.96	2,504	60
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,078	162.28	1,749	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,135	125.86	1,429	2thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,518	184.62	2,803	78
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,287	168.66	2,171	7thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,078	162.28/cwt	158.50–169.00	1,749	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,560	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	2,956	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,480	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,812	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,183	172.51/cwt	171.00–174.00	2,041	2
Bulls	—	—	2,028	133.37/cwt	127.00–139.00	2,705	8
Bulls	—	—	2,159	145.90/cwt	140.00–151.00	3,150	4
Bulls	—	—	1,460	115.29/cwt	105.00–125.00	1,683	8
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	820	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	861	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	105.22/cwt	95.00–110.00	1,339	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	117.73/cwt	112.00–122.00	1,515	36
Steers	Choice	—	1,430	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,517	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,351	185.05/cwt	178.00–189.00	2,500	54
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,287	168.66/cwt	160.00–175.00	2,171	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,174	95.38/cwt	91.00–98.00	1,120	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,518	184.54/cwt	177.50–188.00	2,801	74
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,440	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	360	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,497	124.60/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,865	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,589	113.63/cwt	108.00–119.00	1,806	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,680	133.80/cwt	132.00–137.00	2,248	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	125.03/cwt	123.00–129.00	1,750	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,135	125.86/cwt	120.00–131.00	1,429	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,021	105.76/cwt	103.00–107.50	1,080	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	730	77.68/cwt	62.50–87.50	567	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,455	133.55/cwt	129.00–142.00	1,943	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,350	151.98/cwt	150.00–154.00	2,052	2

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 20, 2024

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

Receipts 287Last week 386Year ago 274

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 9.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 lower. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,078	158.50–169.00	162.28
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,480	190.00	190.00
2	—	1,183	171.00–174.00	172.51
54	—	1,351	178.00–189.00	185.05
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,135	120.00–131.00	125.86
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,560	189.50	189.50
1	—	1,430	176.00	176.00
74	—	1,518	177.50–188.00	184.54
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,287	160.00–175.00	168.66
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	2,028	127.00–139.00	133.37
4	—	2,159	140.00–151.00	145.90
8	—	1,460	105.00–125.00	115.29
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	105.00	105.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,273	95.00–110.00	105.22
36	—	1,287	112.00–122.00	117.73
1	—	1,440	25.00	25.00
4	—	1,400	123.00–129.00	125.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,174	91.00–98.00	95.38
4	—	1,021	103.00–107.50	105.76
3	—	730	62.50–87.50	77.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,497	120.00–130.00	124.60
5	—	1,589	108.00–119.00	113.63
5	—	1,680	132.00–137.00	133.80
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,455	129.00–142.00	133.55
2	—	1,350	150.00–154.00	151.98

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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