Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 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
Bulls	—	Low	1,635	148.94	2,435	22
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,674	146.38	2,450	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,479	135.37	2,003	59
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,271	128.33	1,631	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,045	112.13	1,172	21
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	885	96.50	854	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,310	189.89	2,487	91
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,002	172.11	1,725	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,405	190.81	2,681	209
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,181	172.92	2,042	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	920	136.00	1,251	1thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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	—	—	1,542	140.06/cwt	115.00–155.00	2,160	13
Bulls	—	—	1,769	161.77/cwt	156.00–167.00	2,862	9
Steers	Select	—	920	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,251	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,181	172.92/cwt	166.00–183.00	2,042	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,002	172.11/cwt	166.00–177.50	1,725	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,407	190.90/cwt	184.00–195.75	2,686	207
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,153	137.95/cwt	136.00–140.00	1,591	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	126.91/cwt	121.00–132.00	1,602	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,683	145.04/cwt	143.00–147.00	2,441	6
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	750	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	563	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	115.43/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,239	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	915	92.73/cwt	60.00–105.00	848	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,308	191.04/cwt	183.00–194.75	2,499	83
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	795	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,133	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,327	177.99/cwt	171.00–180.00	2,362	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,233	125.37/cwt	122.00–132.00	1,546	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,386	115.99/cwt	112.00–119.00	1,608	4
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,204	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,449	136.46/cwt	131.00–142.00	1,977	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	136.73/cwt	134.00–141.00	1,754	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	122.00/cwt	110.00–130.00	1,828	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,674	146.38/cwt	144.00–148.00	2,450	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,220	181.49/cwt	180.00–183.00	2,214	2

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 24, 2024

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

Receipts 475Last week 308Year ago 336

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,542	115.00–155.00	140.06
9	—	1,769	156.00–167.00	161.77
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	136.00	136.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,181	166.00–183.00	172.92
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
207	—	1,407	184.00–195.75	190.90
2	—	1,220	180.00–183.00	181.49
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,002	166.00–177.50	172.11
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,308	183.00–194.75	191.04
8	—	1,327	171.00–180.00	177.99
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,153	136.00–140.00	137.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,262	121.00–132.00	126.91
4	—	1,386	112.00–119.00	115.99
10	—	1,283	134.00–141.00	136.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,683	143.00–147.00	145.04
45	—	1,449	131.00–142.00	136.46
8	—	1,498	110.00–130.00	122.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,073	110.00–120.00	115.43
6	—	915	60.00–105.00	92.73
4	—	1,233	122.00–132.00	125.37
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	142.50	142.50
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,674	144.00–148.00	146.38
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	75.00	75.00
1	—	1,020	118.00	118.00

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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