Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, slaughter steers and heifers traded higher 1.00-2.00 on good demand. Slaughter cows traded mostly steady to higher 2.00 with slaughter bulls following the same trend at 2.00 higher. Active trade today with good overall 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	Select and Choice	Average	1,060	165.00	1,749	1thin
Bulls	—	Low	1,393	158.52	2,208	46
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,461	173.77	2,539	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,473	156.08	2,300	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,305	137.60	1,796	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,083	121.60	1,317	16
Dairy Bulls	—	Average	1,355	152.50	2,066	1thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,378	122.61	1,690	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,700	175.00	2,975	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,337	202.05	2,701	67
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,199	186.80	2,239	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,158	173.78	2,012	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,404	202.12	2,838	100
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,267	187.35	2,374	23
Steers	Select	Average	1,026	157.50	1,616	3thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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	—	—	1,580	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,370	1
Bulls	—	—	1,591	169.58/cwt	160.00–193.00	2,698	22
Bulls	—	—	1,195	148.32/cwt	122.50–165.00	1,772	23
Steers	Select	—	1,026	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,616	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,158	173.78/cwt	172.50–175.00	2,012	2
Dairy Bulls	—	—	1,355	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	2,066	1
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,005	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,990	1
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,020	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,969	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,258	188.46/cwt	170.00–195.00	2,371	20
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,060	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,749	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,224	185.91/cwt	180.00–195.00	2,276	7
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,490	170.92/cwt	169.00–173.00	2,547	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,700	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,975	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,394	202.40/cwt	195.00–208.00	2,821	97
Steers	Choice	—	1,540	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	2,988	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,341	202.13/cwt	195.00–207.00	2,711	66
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,820	192.43/cwt	189.00–196.00	3,502	2
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	1,070	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	2,103	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	141.09/cwt	131.00–149.00	1,848	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,342	150.34/cwt	150.00–151.00	2,018	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,283	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,154	126.63/cwt	117.50–130.00	1,461	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,539	168.37/cwt	164.00–182.00	2,591	9
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,286	185.93/cwt	180.00–192.00	2,391	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	115.53/cwt	105.00–128.00	1,199	8
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,378	122.61/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,690	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,321	122.69/cwt	110.00–130.00	1,621	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	860	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,183	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	161.77/cwt	160.00–164.00	2,488	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	155.35/cwt	150.00–163.00	2,276	31

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 Jul 2, 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
1	—	1,580	150.00	150.00
22	—	1,591	160.00–193.00	169.58
23	—	1,195	122.50–165.00	148.32
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,026	157.50	157.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	198.00	198.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,258	170.00–195.00	188.46
2	—	1,490	169.00–173.00	170.92
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	1,394	195.00–208.00	202.40
1	—	1,540	194.00	194.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,820	189.00–196.00	192.43
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,158	172.50–175.00	173.78
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,224	180.00–195.00	185.91
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,341	195.00–207.00	202.13
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	196.50	196.50
Dairy Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	152.50	152.50
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	165.00	165.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	175.00	175.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,310	131.00–149.00	141.09
3	—	1,342	150.00–151.00	150.34
11	—	1,321	110.00–130.00	122.69
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	135.00	135.00
7	—	1,154	117.50–130.00	126.63
8	—	1,038	105.00–128.00	115.53
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,539	164.00–182.00	168.37
4	—	1,286	180.00–192.00	185.93
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	137.50	137.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,538	160.00–164.00	161.77
31	—	1,465	150.00–163.00	155.35
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,378	120.00–125.00	122.61

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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