Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold mixed with Breakers 4.00 higher, Boners 1.00 lower, and Leans 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher on a very high dressing set. Trade was active with good to very 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	1,743	163.19	2,844	38
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,552	158.00	2,452	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,558	135.52	2,112	68
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,287	123.68	1,592	64
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,120	110.25	1,235	40
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,535	119.27	1,831	3thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,188	113.13	1,344	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,493	167.03	2,494	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,313	185.96	2,442	50
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,213	168.15	2,040	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,112	143.18	1,592	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,472	189.41	2,787	81
Steers	Standard	High	2,085	177.00	3,690	1thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,237	176.32	2,182	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,057	160.86	1,701	4thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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	—	—	1,754	156.82/cwt	150.00–165.00	2,751	13
Bulls	—	—	1,868	174.09/cwt	167.50–186.00	3,252	19
Bulls	—	—	1,323	142.50/cwt	137.50–147.50	1,885	6
Heifers	Select	—	1,150	139.77/cwt	135.00–144.00	1,607	2
Steers	Select	—	1,040	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,196	1
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,035	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,553	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	960	138.50/cwt	135.00–142.50	1,330	2
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,468	115.90/cwt	111.00–120.00	1,701	2
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,670	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	2,104	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,348	2
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,188	113.13/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,344	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,595	152.42/cwt	150.00–156.00	2,431	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,658	149.30/cwt	149.00–150.00	2,475	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,537	127.20/cwt	111.00–137.50	1,955	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,270	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,994	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	98.62/cwt	65.00–105.00	1,103	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,117	111.92/cwt	107.50–117.50	1,250	27
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,465	169.17/cwt	163.00–177.50	2,478	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,295	188.04/cwt	182.50–192.00	2,435	43
Steers	Standard	—	2,085	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	3,690	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	127.94/cwt	122.50–133.00	1,626	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,337	136.06/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,819	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,319	116.00/cwt	105.00–121.00	1,530	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,569	141.88/cwt	137.00–148.00	2,226	34
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,213	168.15/cwt	160.00–177.50	2,040	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,253	174.15/cwt	170.00–177.00	2,182	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,473	189.63/cwt	182.50–193.00	2,793	80
Steers	Choice	—	1,360	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,339	1
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,807	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	3,180	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,273	172.10/cwt	160.00–180.00	2,191	5
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,063	176.14/cwt	165.00–193.00	1,872	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,493	167.03/cwt	166.00–170.00	2,494	4
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,175	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,174	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.

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Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Tue Apr 2, 2024

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

Receipts 383Last week 363Year ago 439

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,754	150.00–165.00	156.82
19	—	1,868	167.50–186.00	174.09
6	—	1,323	137.50–147.50	142.50
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,150	135.00–144.00	139.77
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,295	182.50–192.00	188.04
5	—	1,273	160.00–180.00	172.10
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,213	160.00–177.50	168.15
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,807	176.00	176.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	115.00	115.00
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,085	177.00	177.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,253	170.00–177.00	174.15
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,473	182.50–193.00	189.63
1	—	1,360	172.00	172.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,063	165.00–193.00	176.14
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	185.00	185.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	960	135.00–142.50	138.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,100	122.50	122.50
10	—	1,118	65.00–105.00	98.62
27	—	1,117	107.50–117.50	111.92
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,595	150.00–156.00	152.42
3	—	1,465	163.00–177.50	169.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,658	149.00–150.00	149.30
31	—	1,537	111.00–137.50	127.20
34	—	1,569	137.00–148.00	141.88
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	157.00	157.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,271	122.50–133.00	127.94
5	—	1,337	135.00–140.00	136.06
28	—	1,319	105.00–121.00	116.00
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,468	111.00–120.00	115.90
1	—	1,670	126.00	126.00
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,188	110.00–115.00	113.13
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,493	166.00–170.00	167.03

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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