Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers and Boners steady, and Leans 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 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 Steers	Choice	Average	1,203	189.92	2,285	2thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,182	168.00	1,986	2thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,629	171.43	2,792	33
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,453	165.70	2,408	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,515	146.73	2,223	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,266	142.02	1,798	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,061	127.21	1,350	33
Dairy Bulls	—	Low	1,243	133.69	1,662	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,241	193.87	2,406	59
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,194	172.52	2,060	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	965	148.00	1,428	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,422	194.81	2,771	168
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,149	181.88	2,090	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,145	134.00	1,534	1thin

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	—	—	1,714	171.73/cwt	167.00–178.00	2,943	12
Bulls	—	—	1,675	184.55/cwt	182.00–189.00	3,091	10
Bulls	—	—	1,494	159.17/cwt	152.00–165.00	2,378	11
Dairy Bulls	—	—	1,243	133.69/cwt	125.00–141.00	1,662	2
Heifers	Select	—	965	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,428	1
Steers	Select	—	1,145	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,534	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,149	181.88/cwt	159.00–186.00	2,090	9
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,820	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	3,276	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,421	195.07/cwt	188.00–199.00	2,772	165
Heifers	Choice	—	1,241	194.58/cwt	188.50–197.50	2,415	55
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	150.12/cwt	149.00–152.00	1,746	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,479	138.00/cwt	125.00–145.00	2,041	18
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,020	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,948	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,628	161.12/cwt	159.00–163.00	2,623	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,252	166.36/cwt	150.00–187.00	2,083	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	905	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,321	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,182	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,986	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,405	128.85/cwt	114.00–136.00	1,810	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,335	180.90/cwt	178.00–185.00	2,415	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	129.17/cwt	124.00–134.00	1,434	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	143.22/cwt	138.00–148.00	1,802	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,521	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,203	189.92/cwt	189.00–191.00	2,285	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,433	156.09/cwt	149.00–162.00	2,237	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,468	172.90/cwt	171.00–175.00	2,538	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,028	162.33/cwt	148.00–171.00	1,669	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,534	152.57/cwt	147.00–158.00	2,340	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	118.01/cwt	110.00–122.00	1,101	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,245	184.04/cwt	180.00–186.50	2,291	4

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 20, 2024

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

Receipts 426Last week 377Year ago 205

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,714	167.00–178.00	171.73
10	—	1,675	182.00–189.00	184.55
11	—	1,494	152.00–165.00	159.17
Dairy Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,243	125.00–141.00	133.69
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,241	188.50–197.50	194.58
4	—	1,245	180.00–186.50	184.04
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,252	150.00–187.00	166.36
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	134.00	134.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,149	159.00–186.00	181.88
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,820	180.00	180.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
165	—	1,421	188.00–199.00	195.07
2	—	1,335	178.00–185.00	180.90
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,163	149.00–152.00	150.12
11	—	1,405	114.00–136.00	128.85
36	—	1,258	138.00–148.00	143.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,479	125.00–145.00	138.00
2	—	1,628	159.00–163.00	161.12
22	—	1,534	147.00–158.00	152.57
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	146.00	146.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,110	124.00–134.00	129.17
1	—	1,110	137.00	137.00
8	—	933	110.00–122.00	118.01
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,433	149.00–162.00	156.09
4	—	1,468	171.00–175.00	172.90
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,028	148.00–171.00	162.33
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,182	168.00	168.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,203	189.00–191.00	189.92

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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