Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers 2.00 lower, Boners 2.00 to 3.00 higher, and Leans 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 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	1,735	137.59	2,387	25
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,449	145.40	2,107	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,529	124.79	1,909	71
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,259	113.89	1,434	88
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	985	95.79	943	35
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,427	111.82	1,596	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,381	184.50	2,549	101
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,137	170.93	1,943	16
Heifers	Select	Average	965	107.50	1,037	1thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,060	189.57	2,009	6thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,480	185.10	2,739	113
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,267	168.48	2,135	8thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,571	162.00	2,546	3thin

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	—	—	1,938	139.60/cwt	135.00–145.00	2,705	10
Bulls	—	—	1,954	151.86/cwt	149.00–155.00	2,967	4
Bulls	—	—	1,679	126.10/cwt	97.50–132.50	2,117	8
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	917	142.49/cwt	130.00–155.00	1,307	3
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	989	200.48/cwt	196.00–223.00	1,983	5
Heifers	Select	—	965	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	1,037	1
Steers	Select	—	1,415	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,910	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,137	170.93/cwt	155.00–180.00	1,943	16
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,267	168.48/cwt	147.50–181.50	2,135	8
Steers	Standard	—	1,590	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,385	1
Steers	Standard	—	1,562	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,624	2
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	975	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,745	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,383	186.93/cwt	181.50–192.50	2,585	78
Steers	Choice	—	1,414	177.33/cwt	160.00–180.50	2,507	14
Heifers	Choice	—	1,394	176.13/cwt	171.00–180.00	2,455	22
Steers	Choice	—	1,489	186.20/cwt	182.00–192.50	2,773	99
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	116.28/cwt	111.00–122.00	1,476	48
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,313	124.70/cwt	123.00–129.00	1,637	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,320	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,178	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	105.75/cwt	82.50–110.00	1,299	31
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,427	111.82/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,596	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	126.22/cwt	122.00–132.00	1,944	52
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,491	138.15/cwt	130.00–144.00	2,060	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,345	163.53/cwt	160.00–167.50	2,199	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	134.51/cwt	134.00–135.00	2,152	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,474	117.26/cwt	108.00–120.00	1,728	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,232	109.20/cwt	107.50–112.00	1,345	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	850	108.09/cwt	102.50–113.00	919	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	84.31/cwt	70.00–92.50	759	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	100.73/cwt	95.00–106.00	1,007	14

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 Mar 5, 2024

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

Receipts 479Last week 290Year ago 344

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,938	135.00–145.00	139.60
4	—	1,954	149.00–155.00	151.86
8	—	1,679	97.50–132.50	126.10
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	917	130.00–155.00	142.49
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	989	196.00–223.00	200.48
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	135.00	135.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,267	147.50–181.50	168.48
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,590	150.00	150.00
2	—	1,562	168.00	168.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,414	160.00–180.50	177.33
99	—	1,489	182.00–192.50	186.20
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	107.50	107.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,137	155.00–180.00	170.93
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,383	181.50–192.50	186.93
22	—	1,394	171.00–180.00	176.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,269	111.00–122.00	116.28
8	—	1,313	123.00–129.00	124.70
31	—	1,228	82.50–110.00	105.75
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	165.00	165.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,540	122.00–132.00	126.22
4	—	1,600	134.00–135.00	134.51
15	—	1,474	108.00–120.00	117.26
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,491	130.00–144.00	138.15
2	—	1,345	160.00–167.50	163.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,232	107.50–112.00	109.20
14	—	900	70.00–92.50	84.31
14	—	1,000	95.00–106.00	100.73
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	850	102.50–113.00	108.09
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,427	110.00–115.00	111.82

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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