Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold 8.00 to 12.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 10.00 higher. Trade was active with good to very 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,646	160.73	2,645	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,397	165.84	2,316	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,491	156.21	2,329	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,243	140.54	1,747	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,066	124.55	1,328	13
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,245	189.57	2,360	112
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,039	180.38	1,874	13
Heifers	Select	Average	935	178.84	1,672	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,372	188.64	2,589	136
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,182	170.99	2,021	7thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,250	160.00	2,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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%	—	1,343	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,283	2
Bulls	—	—	1,607	171.33/cwt	165.00–177.50	2,753	5
Bulls	—	—	1,685	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	3,084	2
Bulls	—	—	1,657	150.98/cwt	142.50–160.00	2,502	10
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	935	178.84/cwt	157.50–192.50	1,672	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,182	170.99/cwt	157.50–182.50	2,021	7
Steers	Standard	—	1,250	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,000	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	985	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,556	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,063	176.17/cwt	150.00–182.50	1,873	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	147.57/cwt	142.00–154.00	1,899	16
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	973	165.50/cwt	165.00–166.00	1,610	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	133.66/cwt	120.00–141.00	1,636	21
Steers	Choice	—	1,378	189.86/cwt	185.00–196.00	2,616	124
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,450	161.68/cwt	158.00–165.00	2,344	2
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	985	189.85/cwt	185.00–195.00	1,870	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,657	168.37/cwt	168.00–169.00	2,790	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,266	191.39/cwt	185.00–196.00	2,423	95
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,605	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,314	176.05/cwt	142.50–184.00	2,313	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,456	157.60/cwt	152.00–164.00	2,295	32
Heifers	Choice	—	1,148	181.27/cwt	170.00–184.50	2,081	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,561	147.20/cwt	139.00–151.00	2,298	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,868	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	132.03/cwt	125.00–137.00	1,480	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	971	111.19/cwt	95.00–122.50	1,080	5

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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Tue Jun 11, 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
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,343	170.00	170.00
2	—	1,450	158.00–165.00	161.68
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	158.00	158.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,287	142.00–154.00	147.57
21	—	1,224	120.00–141.00	133.66
1	—	1,205	155.00	155.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,657	168.00–169.00	168.37
32	—	1,456	152.00–164.00	157.60
9	—	1,561	139.00–151.00	147.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	139.00	139.00
7	—	1,121	125.00–137.00	132.03
5	—	971	95.00–122.50	111.19
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,607	165.00–177.50	171.33
2	—	1,685	183.00	183.00
10	—	1,657	142.50–160.00	150.98
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	935	157.50–192.50	178.84
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,063	150.00–182.50	176.17
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	973	165.00–166.00	165.50
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	985	185.00–195.00	189.85
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	1,266	185.00–196.00	191.39
15	—	1,148	170.00–184.50	181.27
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,182	157.50–182.50	170.99
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	160.00	160.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	1,378	185.00–196.00	189.86
12	—	1,314	142.50–184.00	176.05

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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