Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers 1.00 to 2.00 lower, Boners 8.00 to 9.00 higher, and Leans 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 10.00 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 Heifers	Choice	Average	1,273	181.62	2,312	4thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,445	180.00	2,601	1thin
Bullocks	—	High	1,350	172.00	2,322	1thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,552	154.62	2,400	27
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,316	159.80	2,103	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,475	145.44	2,146	49
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,250	139.65	1,746	90
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,061	124.21	1,318	33
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,263	187.48	2,367	67
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,151	165.63	1,906	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,065	159.33	1,696	3thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,394	189.72	2,646	157
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,116	178.86	1,996	7thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	164.84/cwt	161.00–169.00	3,000	6
Bulls	—	—	1,926	173.26/cwt	171.00–178.00	3,337	7
Bulls	—	—	1,250	140.92/cwt	125.00–151.00	1,761	14
Bullocks	—	—	1,350	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,322	1
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	957	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,665	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,280	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,664	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,445	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,601	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,273	181.62/cwt	181.50–182.00	2,312	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,151	165.63/cwt	155.00–182.00	1,906	7
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,116	178.86/cwt	176.00–183.00	1,996	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,265	187.83/cwt	183.00–194.00	2,376	65
Steers	Choice	—	1,445	196.54/cwt	196.50–197.00	2,840	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	148.02/cwt	147.00–149.00	1,773	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,688	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	2,650	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,390	189.47/cwt	184.00–195.00	2,634	139
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	139.46/cwt	133.00–146.00	1,792	70
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	129.52/cwt	120.00–133.00	1,464	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	126.24/cwt	121.00–132.00	1,351	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,458	136.53/cwt	125.00–143.00	1,991	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	148.52/cwt	144.00–155.00	2,183	33
Steers	Choice	—	1,386	178.95/cwt	171.00–183.00	2,480	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,185	176.23/cwt	172.00–181.00	2,088	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,103	159.41/cwt	150.00–167.00	1,758	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	136.34/cwt	133.00–138.00	1,500	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,223	160.01/cwt	159.00–161.00	1,957	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,390	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,960	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,372	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,319	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	991	106.75/cwt	90.00–118.00	1,058	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.

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Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Tue Sep 3, 2024

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

Receipts 456Last week 272Year ago 151

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,820	161.00–169.00	164.84
7	—	1,926	171.00–178.00	173.26
14	—	1,250	125.00–151.00	140.92
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	957	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,151	155.00–182.00	165.63
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,265	183.00–194.00	187.83
2	—	1,185	172.00–181.00	176.23
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	180.00	180.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,273	181.50–182.00	181.62
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,116	176.00–183.00	178.86
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,445	196.50–197.00	196.54
139	—	1,390	184.00–195.00	189.47
5	—	1,386	171.00–183.00	178.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,198	147.00–149.00	148.02
70	—	1,285	133.00–146.00	139.46
12	—	1,130	120.00–133.00	129.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,688	157.00	157.00
14	—	1,458	125.00–143.00	136.53
33	—	1,470	144.00–155.00	148.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,070	121.00–132.00	126.24
3	—	1,100	133.00–138.00	136.34
5	—	991	90.00–118.00	106.75
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,103	150.00–167.00	159.41
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,223	159.00–161.00	160.01
1	—	1,390	141.00	141.00
2	—	1,372	169.00	169.00

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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