Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a much lower market all around, Slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 7.00 to 9.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 10.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate 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
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,245	163.09	2,030	3thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,632	149.55	2,440	24
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,515	154.65	2,343	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,511	130.85	1,977	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,267	122.09	1,547	75
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	968	100.13	969	21
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,321	183.63	2,426	35
Heifers	Select and Choice	Low	1,185	163.35	1,935	11
Heifers	Select	Average	1,012	143.50	1,452	10
Steers	Choice	Low	1,475	185.59	2,737	58
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,217	171.11	2,082	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,058	153.93	1,629	3thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,416	167.96/cwt	162.50–174.00	2,378	7
Bulls	—	—	1,694	157.72/cwt	151.00–162.00	2,672	10
Bulls	—	—	2,014	171.27/cwt	168.00–176.00	3,449	6
Bulls	—	—	1,267	123.06/cwt	100.00–149.00	1,559	8
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	992	157.85/cwt	145.00–172.50	1,566	5
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,065	162.15/cwt	150.00–175.00	1,727	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,032	129.15/cwt	124.00–142.50	1,333	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,190	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,755	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,217	171.11/cwt	168.00–175.00	2,082	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,400	174.90/cwt	170.00–178.00	2,449	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,505	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,559	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	134.53/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,690	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,493	119.33/cwt	110.00–124.00	1,782	9
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,190	157.13/cwt	151.00–163.00	1,870	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,594	141.21/cwt	139.00–145.00	2,251	7
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,355	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,371	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	845	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	908	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,184	164.93/cwt	157.50–172.50	1,953	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	881	86.64/cwt	75.00–90.00	763	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,474	185.86/cwt	181.50–192.00	2,740	57
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,060	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,405	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	122.23/cwt	117.00–128.00	1,569	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	112.98/cwt	110.00–117.50	1,141	7
Steers	Select	—	1,045	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,437	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,573	146.89/cwt	141.00–159.00	2,311	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	107.39/cwt	85.00–116.00	1,326	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,496	131.96/cwt	127.00–138.00	1,974	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	102.24/cwt	95.00–107.50	1,098	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,308	185.09/cwt	180.00–189.00	2,421	30

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 23, 2024

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

Receipts 328Last week 378Year ago 506

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,416	162.50–174.00	167.96
12	—	1,573	141.00–159.00	146.89
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,256	130.00–139.00	134.53
47	—	1,284	117.00–128.00	122.23
13	—	1,235	85.00–116.00	107.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,493	110.00–124.00	119.33
7	—	1,594	139.00–145.00	141.21
28	—	1,496	127.00–138.00	131.96
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	107.50	107.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	881	75.00–90.00	86.64
7	—	1,010	110.00–117.50	112.98
5	—	1,074	95.00–107.50	102.24
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	132.50	132.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,694	151.00–162.00	157.72
6	—	2,014	168.00–176.00	171.27
8	—	1,267	100.00–149.00	123.06
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	992	145.00–172.50	157.85
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,032	124.00–142.50	129.15
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	147.50	147.50
10	—	1,184	157.50–172.50	164.93
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,400	170.00–178.00	174.90
30	—	1,308	180.00–189.00	185.09
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,065	150.00–175.00	162.15
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,217	168.00–175.00	171.11
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	170.00	170.00
57	—	1,474	181.50–192.00	185.86
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,045	137.50	137.50
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,190	151.00–163.00	157.13
1	—	1,355	175.00	175.00

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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