Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold .75 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mixed as Breakers sold 3.00 higher, Boners traded steady, and Leans sold 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,623	154.48	2,508	27
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,343	163.39	2,194	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,499	150.66	2,258	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,289	139.06	1,792	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,073	113.57	1,219	16
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,835	137.50	2,523	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,264	198.42	2,508	20
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,090	179.00	1,951	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,474	200.85	2,960	35
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,200	185.00	2,220	1thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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	—	—	1,820	169.24/cwt	165.00–175.00	3,080	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,090	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,951	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,200	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,220	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	140.93/cwt	134.00–146.00	1,812	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,104	121.65/cwt	117.50–127.50	1,343	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,472	201.39/cwt	195.00–205.00	2,964	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	128.00/cwt	115.00–133.00	1,644	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	141.30/cwt	129.00–148.00	2,124	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,230	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,710	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,505	191.97/cwt	190.00–194.00	2,889	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	98.82/cwt	80.00–115.00	987	6
Bulls	—	—	1,862	187.64/cwt	180.00–197.50	3,494	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,319	149.52/cwt	147.00–154.00	1,972	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	131.32/cwt	129.00–133.00	1,501	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,225	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	2,193	1
Bulls	—	—	1,449	135.32/cwt	102.50–157.50	1,961	15
Heifers	Choice	—	1,235	165.93/cwt	162.50–170.00	2,049	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,165	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,282	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,267	202.03/cwt	198.00–205.00	2,560	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,210	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,057	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,496	156.35/cwt	150.00–161.00	2,339	28
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,835	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	2,523	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,458	167.77/cwt	165.00–171.00	2,446	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 Jul 16, 2024

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

Receipts 204Last week 387Year ago 395

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,820	165.00–175.00	169.24
6	—	1,862	180.00–197.50	187.64
15	—	1,449	102.50–157.50	135.32
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,235	162.50–170.00	165.93
18	—	1,267	198.00–205.00	202.03
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	185.00	185.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,472	195.00–205.00	201.39
2	—	1,505	190.00–194.00	191.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,286	134.00–146.00	140.93
14	—	1,284	115.00–133.00	128.00
7	—	1,319	147.00–154.00	149.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,104	117.50–127.50	121.65
6	—	999	80.00–115.00	98.82
2	—	1,143	129.00–133.00	131.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,503	129.00–148.00	141.30
28	—	1,496	150.00–161.00	156.35
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	139.00	139.00
1	—	1,225	179.00	179.00
2	—	1,458	165.00–171.00	167.77
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	110.00	110.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	170.00	170.00
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,835	137.50	137.50

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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