Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers 3.00 lower, Boners 2.00 higher, and Leans steady. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 higher. Trade was active with moderate to 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 Steers	Choice	Average	1,243	171.22	2,128	2thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,593	170.01	2,707	25
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,455	164.12	2,388	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,478	149.77	2,213	53
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,266	138.66	1,756	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,150	120.47	1,386	16
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,615	134.88	2,178	2thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,285	120.28	1,546	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,216	190.66	2,319	38
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,077	180.86	1,948	9thin
Heifers	Select	Average	945	140.93	1,332	5thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,406	191.34	2,690	97
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,265	182.60	2,310	23
Steers	Select	Average	1,108	141.67	1,570	2thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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	—	—	1,548	171.00/cwt	165.00–178.00	2,647	7
Bulls	—	—	1,946	185.45/cwt	179.00–195.00	3,609	9
Bulls	—	—	1,381	150.22/cwt	138.00–162.00	2,075	7
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	898	166.33/cwt	164.00–169.00	1,494	2
Heifers	Select	—	945	140.93/cwt	126.00–147.50	1,332	5
Steers	Select	—	1,108	141.67/cwt	135.00–150.00	1,570	2
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	985	183.50/cwt	181.00–186.00	1,807	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,234	191.55/cwt	185.50–196.00	2,364	35
Heifers	Choice	—	1,050	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,827	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	149.19/cwt	148.00–153.00	1,919	11
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,285	120.28/cwt	110.00–129.00	1,546	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	124.11/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,396	12
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,265	182.60/cwt	175.00–184.00	2,310	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,492	139.46/cwt	130.00–144.00	2,081	8
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,243	171.22/cwt	170.00–172.50	2,128	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,255	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,669	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,493	180.72/cwt	175.00–184.00	2,698	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,428	171.59/cwt	170.00–173.00	2,450	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	142.38/cwt	136.00–147.00	1,824	22
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,200	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,812	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,503	162.80/cwt	160.00–168.00	2,447	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,135	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,691	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,077	180.86/cwt	175.00–183.00	1,948	9
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,615	134.88/cwt	133.00–137.00	2,178	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	129.62/cwt	117.00–135.00	1,619	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,198	86.06/cwt	55.00–115.00	1,031	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,562	158.08/cwt	157.00–159.50	2,469	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,462	150.61/cwt	145.00–156.00	2,202	39
Steers	Choice	—	1,403	191.68/cwt	187.00–195.00	2,689	94

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 Aug 6, 2024

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

Receipts 356Last week 434Year ago 423

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,548	165.00–178.00	171.00
9	—	1,946	179.00–195.00	185.45
7	—	1,381	138.00–162.00	150.22
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	898	164.00–169.00	166.33
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	945	126.00–147.50	140.93
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	985	181.00–186.00	183.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,234	185.50–196.00	191.55
1	—	1,050	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,077	175.00–183.00	180.86
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,108	135.00–150.00	141.67
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,265	175.00–184.00	182.60
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,493	175.00–184.00	180.72
94	—	1,403	187.00–195.00	191.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,286	148.00–153.00	149.19
22	—	1,281	136.00–147.00	142.38
23	—	1,249	117.00–135.00	129.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,125	120.00–129.00	124.11
2	—	1,255	133.00	133.00
2	—	1,198	55.00–115.00	86.06
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,492	130.00–144.00	139.46
6	—	1,562	157.00–159.50	158.08
39	—	1,462	145.00–156.00	150.61
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,428	170.00–173.00	171.59
1	—	1,200	151.00	151.00
7	—	1,503	160.00–168.00	162.80
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	149.00	149.00
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,285	110.00–129.00	120.28
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,615	133.00–137.00	134.88
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,243	170.00–172.50	171.22

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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