Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers 2.00 lower, Boners 2.00 higher, and Leans 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 10.00 higher. 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	1,537	180.00	2,767	2thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,355	177.17	2,401	2thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,552	154.32	2,395	43
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,491	163.65	2,441	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,509	143.78	2,169	60
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,265	135.83	1,719	82
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,091	118.00	1,287	31
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,525	139.47	2,127	2thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,490	135.66	2,021	2thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,314	118.77	1,561	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,314	188.55	2,477	57
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,154	173.73	2,005	14
Steers	Choice	High	1,450	190.99	2,769	133
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,287	174.54	2,246	13
Steers	Select	Average	1,135	145.00	1,646	2thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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	—	—	1,694	160.94/cwt	155.00–167.50	2,726	21
Bulls	—	—	1,365	171.55/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,342	5
Bulls	—	—	1,521	136.70/cwt	115.00–152.50	2,079	14
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,015	161.52/cwt	161.00–162.50	1,639	3
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,205	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,898	1
Steers	Select	—	1,065	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,411	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,355	177.17/cwt	174.00–180.00	2,401	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,537	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,767	2
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,115	168.59/cwt	127.50–191.00	1,880	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,170	175.79/cwt	147.50–183.00	2,057	10
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,287	174.54/cwt	159.00–184.00	2,246	13
Heifers	Choice	—	1,385	181.40/cwt	179.50–184.00	2,512	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,332	197.16/cwt	197.00–197.50	2,626	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	139.10/cwt	133.00–145.00	1,761	36
Steers	Choice	—	1,448	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	2,853	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,450	179.54/cwt	172.50–184.00	2,603	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,493	149.06/cwt	144.00–155.00	2,225	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,558	156.52/cwt	156.00–157.00	2,439	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,524	136.30/cwt	111.00–143.00	2,077	26
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,145	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,298	189.40/cwt	185.00–195.50	2,458	45
Steers	Choice	—	1,450	191.35/cwt	185.00–196.00	2,775	123
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	107.82/cwt	102.50–112.50	1,138	8
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,370	122.21/cwt	117.50–127.00	1,674	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,325	173.45/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,298	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,533	161.20/cwt	154.00–166.00	2,471	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	147.08/cwt	146.00–149.00	1,916	10
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,490	135.66/cwt	131.00–141.00	2,021	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,166	153.65/cwt	131.00–167.00	1,792	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	125.54/cwt	115.00–132.50	1,592	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,460	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	918	132.05/cwt	127.50–137.50	1,212	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	120.19/cwt	115.00–126.00	1,346	20
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	139.47/cwt	139.00–140.00	2,127	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 Jun 4, 2024

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,694	155.00–167.50	160.94
5	—	1,365	170.00–175.00	171.55
14	—	1,521	115.00–152.50	136.70
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,015	161.00–162.50	161.52
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	157.50	157.50
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	132.50	132.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,287	159.00–184.00	174.54
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,448	197.00	197.00
6	—	1,450	172.50–184.00	179.54
123	—	1,450	185.00–196.00	191.35
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,355	174.00–180.00	177.17
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,537	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,115	127.50–191.00	168.59
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,170	147.50–183.00	175.79
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,385	179.50–184.00	181.40
3	—	1,332	197.00–197.50	197.16
45	—	1,298	185.00–195.50	189.40
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,266	133.00–145.00	139.10
10	—	1,303	146.00–149.00	147.08
31	—	1,268	115.00–132.50	125.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,493	144.00–155.00	149.06
2	—	1,558	156.00–157.00	156.52
26	—	1,524	111.00–143.00	136.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,055	102.50–112.50	107.82
1	—	1,145	127.50	127.50
20	—	1,120	115.00–126.00	120.19
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,325	170.00–180.00	173.45
16	—	1,533	154.00–166.00	161.20
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,166	131.00–167.00	153.65
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	918	127.50–137.50	132.05
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	105.00	105.00
4	—	1,370	117.50–127.00	122.21
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,490	131.00–141.00	135.66
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,525	139.00–140.00	139.47

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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