Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. No test to last week for Dairy steers or heifers. Slaughter cows traded steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 lower. 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,809	154.33	2,791	15
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,260	164.90	2,078	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,483	135.38	2,008	56
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,305	128.99	1,684	77
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,031	115.72	1,193	24
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,398	158.19	2,211	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,500	166.20	2,493	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,284	191.15	2,454	45
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,074	178.49	1,917	4thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,418	189.52	2,687	67
Steers	Select	Average	957	183.00	1,751	2thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,205	183.00	2,205	1thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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	—	—	1,983	157.37/cwt	155.00–163.00	3,121	6
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	945	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,654	1
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	957	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,751	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,398	158.19/cwt	155.00–162.00	2,211	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,496	138.44/cwt	135.00–146.00	2,071	35
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,205	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,205	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,414	180.72/cwt	178.00–182.00	2,555	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	129.35/cwt	118.00–134.00	1,873	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	934	106.53/cwt	101.00–110.00	995	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	119.63/cwt	108.00–125.00	1,505	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	132.06/cwt	126.00–137.00	1,743	55
Bulls	—	—	1,925	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	3,215	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,735	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	2,585	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,380	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,904	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	124.49/cwt	123.00–126.00	1,323	2
Bulls	—	—	1,766	146.97/cwt	139.00–151.00	2,595	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	117.39/cwt	111.00–122.00	1,240	17
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,074	178.49/cwt	178.00–180.00	1,917	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,500	166.20/cwt	165.00–167.00	2,493	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,260	164.90/cwt	164.00–166.00	2,078	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,418	190.23/cwt	184.00–194.00	2,697	62
Heifers	Choice	—	1,284	191.15/cwt	186.00–196.00	2,454	45

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 17, 2024

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

Receipts 308Last week 602Year ago 381

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,983	155.00–163.00	157.37
1	—	1,925	167.00	167.00
7	—	1,766	139.00–151.00	146.97
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	175.00	175.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	957	183.00	183.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	183.00	183.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,414	178.00–182.00	180.72
62	—	1,418	184.00–194.00	190.23
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,398	155.00–162.00	158.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,496	135.00–146.00	138.44
20	—	1,448	118.00–134.00	129.35
1	—	1,735	149.00	149.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	934	101.00–110.00	106.53
2	—	1,063	123.00–126.00	124.49
17	—	1,056	111.00–122.00	117.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,258	108.00–125.00	119.63
55	—	1,320	126.00–137.00	132.06
2	—	1,380	138.00	138.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,260	164.00–166.00	164.90
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,074	178.00–180.00	178.49
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,284	186.00–196.00	191.15
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,500	165.00–167.00	166.20

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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