Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers, and slaughter cows traded steady. No real test to last week for slaughter bulls, but a much higher undertone was noted. 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
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,222	159.00	1,943	2thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,664	166.90	2,778	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,522	157.92	2,404	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,502	141.77	2,129	63
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,240	137.91	1,710	70
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,030	119.27	1,228	39
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,150	118.86	1,367	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,607	169.00	2,716	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,368	190.49	2,606	63
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,147	173.77	1,993	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,447	191.12	2,765	107
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,229	180.23	2,215	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	967	150.00	1,451	2thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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	—	—	1,791	177.66/cwt	172.50–183.00	3,182	5
Bulls	—	—	1,951	192.07/cwt	187.50–195.00	3,747	5
Bulls	—	—	1,320	136.96/cwt	115.00–157.50	1,808	6
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	967	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,451	2
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,190	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,225	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,147	173.77/cwt	161.00–183.50	1,993	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,607	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,716	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,240	178.29/cwt	153.00–184.00	2,211	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	117.59/cwt	112.50–122.50	1,278	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	129.74/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,305	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,449	192.58/cwt	188.00–197.50	2,790	86
Steers	Choice	—	1,438	185.12/cwt	184.00–186.00	2,662	21
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,222	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,943	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,322	185.54/cwt	180.00–186.50	2,453	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,492	144.84/cwt	140.00–151.00	2,161	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	907	99.30/cwt	87.50–107.50	901	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,381	191.91/cwt	188.00–197.00	2,650	49
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	138.95/cwt	133.00–144.00	1,742	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	149.41/cwt	146.00–158.00	1,835	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	126.14/cwt	115.00–132.50	1,565	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,461	132.72/cwt	120.00–139.00	1,939	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,736	154.62/cwt	153.00–156.00	2,684	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,058	144.60/cwt	133.00–155.00	1,530	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,522	157.92/cwt	147.00–167.00	2,404	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	969	135.62/cwt	130.00–149.00	1,314	5
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	118.86/cwt	117.50–120.00	1,367	2

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 May 21, 2024

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

Receipts 403Last week 419Year ago 333

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,791	172.50–183.00	177.66
5	—	1,951	187.50–195.00	192.07
6	—	1,320	115.00–157.50	136.96
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	967	150.00	150.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,190	187.00	187.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,240	153.00–184.00	178.29
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,449	188.00–197.50	192.58
21	—	1,438	184.00–186.00	185.12
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,147	161.00–183.50	173.77
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,322	180.00–186.50	185.54
49	—	1,381	188.00–197.00	191.91
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,607	169.00	169.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,087	112.50–122.50	117.59
7	—	1,006	125.00–133.00	129.74
6	—	907	87.50–107.50	99.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,492	140.00–151.00	144.84
20	—	1,461	120.00–139.00	132.72
5	—	1,736	153.00–156.00	154.62
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,254	133.00–144.00	138.95
14	—	1,228	146.00–158.00	149.41
18	—	1,241	115.00–132.50	126.14
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,058	133.00–155.00	144.60
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,522	147.00–167.00	157.92
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	969	130.00–149.00	135.62
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,222	159.00	159.00
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,150	117.50–120.00	118.86

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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