Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 7.00 to 9.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate 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	1,566	158.90	2,489	36
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,439	166.00	2,389	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,475	138.95	2,049	89
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,201	131.80	1,583	113
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,108	113.82	1,262	37
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,785	129.00	2,303	1thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,489	123.11	1,833	3thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,245	106.65	1,328	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,244	185.93	2,313	102
Heifers	Select	Average	939	180.45	1,694	7thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,100	174.82	1,923	29
Steers	Choice	Low	1,350	186.24	2,515	176
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,328	175.00	2,324	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,006	163.89	1,649	7thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,119	173.80/cwt	150.00–178.00	1,945	19
Steers	Choice	—	1,375	177.48/cwt	176.00–178.00	2,440	4
Bulls	—	—	1,543	163.46/cwt	157.50–168.50	2,522	20
Bulls	—	—	1,878	170.42/cwt	169.00–173.00	3,200	4
Bulls	—	—	1,501	147.46/cwt	127.50–155.00	2,213	12
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	942	169.85/cwt	169.00–172.00	1,600	5
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	939	180.45/cwt	170.00–184.00	1,694	7
Steers	Select	—	1,167	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,739	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	905	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,177	1
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,220	116.32/cwt	113.00–119.00	1,419	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	132.44/cwt	126.00–138.00	1,584	66
Steers	Choice	—	1,336	186.05/cwt	180.00–190.50	2,486	161
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	120.76/cwt	100.00–125.00	1,488	25
Steers	Choice	—	1,549	192.13/cwt	191.50–192.25	2,976	11
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,243	71.41/cwt	65.00–77.50	888	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,328	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,324	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,137	117.01/cwt	110.00–121.00	1,330	21
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,064	176.76/cwt	170.00–179.00	1,881	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	124.11/cwt	122.00–128.00	1,324	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,244	185.93/cwt	180.00–189.75	2,313	102
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,785	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	2,303	1
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,528	129.17/cwt	124.00–134.00	1,974	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	142.57/cwt	139.00–148.00	1,749	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,479	140.57/cwt	135.00–147.00	2,079	59
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,472	129.93/cwt	122.00–134.00	1,913	21
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,439	166.00/cwt	165.00–169.00	2,389	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,088	142.04/cwt	128.00–150.00	1,545	7
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,410	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,565	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,092	97.73/cwt	70.00–109.00	1,067	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,451	149.36/cwt	148.00–152.00	2,167	9
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,263	123.70/cwt	122.00–125.00	1,562	3

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 10, 2024

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

Receipts 602Last week 456Year ago 439

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,119	150.00–178.00	173.80
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	939	170.00–184.00	180.45
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,064	170.00–179.00	176.76
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	1,244	180.00–189.75	185.93
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,375	176.00–178.00	177.48
161	—	1,336	180.00–190.50	186.05
11	—	1,549	191.50–192.25	192.13
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	942	169.00–172.00	169.85
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,167	149.00	149.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,328	175.00	175.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,543	157.50–168.50	163.46
4	—	1,878	169.00–173.00	170.42
12	—	1,501	127.50–155.00	147.46
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	130.00	130.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,196	126.00–138.00	132.44
25	—	1,232	100.00–125.00	120.76
15	—	1,227	139.00–148.00	142.57
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,137	110.00–121.00	117.01
6	—	1,067	122.00–128.00	124.11
9	—	1,092	70.00–109.00	97.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,479	135.00–147.00	140.57
21	—	1,472	122.00–134.00	129.93
9	—	1,451	148.00–152.00	149.36
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,439	165.00–169.00	166.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,088	128.00–150.00	142.04
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,220	113.00–119.00	116.32
2	—	1,243	65.00–77.50	71.41
3	—	1,263	122.00–125.00	123.70
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,785	129.00	129.00
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,528	124.00–134.00	129.17
1	—	1,410	111.00	111.00

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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