Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers 2.00 lower, Boners 2.00 higher, and Leans 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 6.50 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	1,543	148.43	2,290	28
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,492	154.58	2,306	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,597	136.95	2,187	65
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,254	129.20	1,621	86
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,098	106.36	1,167	13
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,910	128.00	2,445	1thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,443	123.00	1,774	2thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,030	116.48	1,200	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,378	188.40	2,597	86
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,203	171.33	2,061	12
Heifers	Select	Average	1,097	146.48	1,606	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,551	188.56	2,924	84
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,328	183.89	2,441	21
Steers	Standard	Average	1,760	175.00	3,080	2thin

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	—	—	1,664	150.31/cwt	145.00–157.50	2,501	10
Bulls	—	—	1,982	166.20/cwt	160.00–177.50	3,294	7
Bulls	—	—	1,154	135.41/cwt	95.00–145.00	1,563	11
Heifers	Select	—	830	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,058	1
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,150	150.27/cwt	132.50–170.00	1,728	5
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,162	170.75/cwt	152.50–180.00	1,984	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	935	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,145	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,049	150.23/cwt	110.00–172.50	1,576	12
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,055	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,255	1
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,830	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	2,324	1
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	116.48/cwt	116.00–117.00	1,200	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,110	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,332	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%Return to Feed	—	1,255	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,259	1
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,910	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	2,445	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	943	86.80/cwt	80.00–95.00	819	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,146	107.20/cwt	102.50–112.50	1,229	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	114.50/cwt	114.00–115.00	1,305	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,570	154.74/cwt	148.00–160.00	2,429	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,720	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	116.62/cwt	107.50–123.00	1,419	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	139.81/cwt	134.00–145.00	2,272	37
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,644	147.06/cwt	146.00–148.50	2,418	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,526	127.62/cwt	85.00–133.00	1,947	20
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,485	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	2,413	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,555	188.89/cwt	182.50–192.50	2,937	82
Steers	Choice	—	1,368	175.17/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,396	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,380	188.85/cwt	182.00–192.50	2,606	83
Heifers	Choice	—	1,333	175.90/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,345	3
Steers	Standard	—	1,760	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	3,080	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	130.36/cwt	124.00–135.00	1,727	48
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,183	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,307	7
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,400	178.34/cwt	175.00–181.00	2,497	14
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,217	171.52/cwt	150.00–180.00	2,087	9

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 9, 2024

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

Receipts 433Last week 383Year ago 287

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,664	145.00–157.50	150.31
7	—	1,982	160.00–177.50	166.20
11	—	1,154	95.00–145.00	135.41
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,150	132.50–170.00	150.27
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,162	152.50–180.00	170.75
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,380	182.00–192.50	188.85
3	—	1,333	170.00–180.00	175.90
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,217	150.00–180.00	171.52
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	122.50	122.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,049	110.00–172.50	150.23
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	120.00	120.00
8	—	1,570	148.00–160.00	154.74
1	—	1,485	162.50	162.50
Cows — Premium White 65-75% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	180.00	180.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	943	80.00–95.00	86.80
8	—	1,146	102.50–112.50	107.20
2	—	1,140	114.00–115.00	114.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	136.00	136.00
25	—	1,217	107.50–123.00	116.62
48	—	1,325	124.00–135.00	130.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,625	134.00–145.00	139.81
8	—	1,644	146.00–148.50	147.06
20	—	1,526	85.00–133.00	127.62
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	119.00	119.00
1	—	1,830	127.00	127.00
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,030	116.00–117.00	116.48
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,910	128.00	128.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,555	182.50–192.50	188.89
2	—	1,368	170.00–180.00	175.17
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,760	175.00	175.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,183	195.00	195.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,400	175.00–181.00	178.34

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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