Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers 7.00 higher, Boners 2.00 lower, and Leans steady. Slaughter bulls sold 27.00 lower on a lessor kind. 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 Heifers	Choice	Average	1,320	179.00	2,363	1thin
Bulls	—	Average	2,013	158.97	3,201	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,565	155.00	2,426	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,553	144.48	2,244	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,248	133.40	1,665	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,003	114.04	1,144	15
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,460	122.00	1,781	1thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,290	120.00	1,548	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,558	169.27	2,637	7thin
Dairy Steers	Standard	Average	1,655	140.00	2,317	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,328	192.66	2,559	70
Heifers	Select	Average	1,003	188.34	1,889	2thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,186	171.68	2,036	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,447	192.24	2,781	112
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,100	180.00	1,980	1thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,005	147.50	1,482	2thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	—	2,008	150.60/cwt	145.00–157.50	3,024	6
Bulls	—	—	2,020	169.02/cwt	165.00–177.50	3,414	5
Steers	Select	—	1,120	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,484	1
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	890	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,446	1
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,003	188.34/cwt	180.00–197.60	1,889	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,100	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,980	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,186	171.68/cwt	145.00–180.00	2,036	5
Dairy Steers	Standard	—	1,655	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,317	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,558	169.27/cwt	161.00–173.00	2,637	7
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,320	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	2,363	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,450	192.63/cwt	186.00–196.50	2,793	109
Steers	Choice	—	1,320	178.24/cwt	175.00–182.50	2,353	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	125.95/cwt	112.50–131.00	1,559	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,138	150.99/cwt	146.00–155.00	1,718	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	137.45/cwt	132.00–145.00	1,744	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	148.01/cwt	147.00–149.00	1,899	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	159.66/cwt	158.00–161.00	2,523	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,589	134.41/cwt	120.00–143.00	2,136	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	117.71/cwt	112.50–125.00	1,181	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	126.96/cwt	126.00–128.00	1,390	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,331	192.94/cwt	184.50–195.50	2,568	68
Heifers	Choice	—	1,233	183.24/cwt	182.50–184.00	2,259	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	967	103.00/cwt	95.00–110.00	996	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,565	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,426	1
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,290	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,548	1
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,460	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,781	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,240	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,034	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	151.21/cwt	145.00–157.00	2,288	15

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 28, 2024

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

Receipts 336Last week 403Year ago 279

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	2,008	145.00–157.50	150.60
5	—	2,020	165.00–177.50	169.02
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	132.50	132.50
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	162.50	162.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	180.00	180.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	1,450	186.00–196.50	192.63
3	—	1,320	175.00–182.50	178.24
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,003	180.00–197.60	188.34
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,186	145.00–180.00	171.68
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,331	184.50–195.50	192.94
2	—	1,233	182.50–184.00	183.24
Dairy Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,655	140.00	140.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,558	161.00–173.00	169.27
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	179.00	179.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,238	112.50–131.00	125.95
24	—	1,269	132.00–145.00	137.45
3	—	1,283	147.00–149.00	148.01
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,138	146.00–155.00	150.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,580	158.00–161.00	159.66
21	—	1,589	120.00–143.00	134.41
15	—	1,513	145.00–157.00	151.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,003	112.50–125.00	117.71
2	—	1,095	126.00–128.00	126.96
5	—	967	95.00–110.00	103.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,565	155.00	155.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	164.00	164.00
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	120.00	120.00
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	122.00	122.00

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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