Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2024-05-14

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, May 14
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
419 head
32 vs last sale 387 106 vs year ago 525 · 20.2%
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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 6.00 higher. A much lower quality of slaughter bulls resulted in a light test. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,669132.982,21917
CowsPremium White 65-75%Low1,602159.872,56113
CowsBreaker 75-80%Very Low1,471138.542,03870
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,223133.351,63160
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,080111.341,20330
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,510155.002,3413thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,324190.682,525121
HeifersSelect and ChoiceLow1,150178.672,0553thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,060140.001,4841thin
SteersChoiceLow1,467191.892,81483
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,131160.841,8195thin
SteersSelectAverage918146.251,3422thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,395160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,2321
Bulls1,686131.29/cwt115.00–145.002,21416
SteersSelect1,000127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,2751
HeifersSelect1,060140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,4841
SteersSelectReturn to Feed835165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3781
HeifersSelect and Choice1,085180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,9531
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,66055.00/cwt55.00–55.009131
CowsLean 85-90%1,14535.00/cwt35.00–35.004011
CowsLean 85-90%1,08491.62/cwt52.50–107.009935
CowsLean 85-90%1,057125.66/cwt122.50–127.501,3286
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,643143.72/cwt138.00–148.002,3612
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,608167.74/cwt167.00–169.002,6976
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,579156.88/cwt154.00–160.002,4775
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,486132.82/cwt122.50–139.001,97427
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,457144.20/cwt140.00–151.002,10142
SteersChoice1,520182.00/cwt182.00–182.002,7661
CowsBoner 80-85%1,220134.86/cwt129.00–140.001,64533
CowsBoner 80-85%1,243144.64/cwt141.00–148.001,79811
CowsBoner 80-85%1,218120.99/cwt109.00–128.001,47415
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,185145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,7181
CowsLean 85-90%1,083116.29/cwt110.00–122.501,25918
HeifersSelect and Choice1,183178.00/cwt178.00–178.002,1062
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,510155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,3413
SteersSelect and Choice1,131160.84/cwt150.00–171.001,8195
HeifersChoice1,333191.77/cwt185.00–195.502,556112
HeifersChoice1,213177.13/cwt147.50–183.502,1499
SteersChoice1,466192.01/cwt185.00–196.002,81582

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.