Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 1.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mixed with Breakers 1.00 higher, Boners and Leans 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 8.00 to 9.00 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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,447	165.00	2,388	2thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,412	149.13	2,105	22
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,551	143.64	2,227	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,506	130.55	1,966	48
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,286	128.00	1,647	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,089	109.50	1,193	18
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,258	119.03	1,497	2thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,755	117.00	2,053	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,370	191.84	2,628	63
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,101	170.67	1,879	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	975	161.75	1,577	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,453	193.13	2,807	193
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,265	147.50	1,866	1thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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	—	—	1,486	150.04/cwt	147.00–154.00	2,230	12
Bulls	—	—	1,613	164.77/cwt	162.00–167.00	2,658	2
Bulls	—	—	1,380	135.89/cwt	129.00–145.00	1,875	6
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	860	167.73/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,442	2
Bullocks	—	—	1,447	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,388	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	950	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,720	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,563	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	2,173	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,081	113.99/cwt	109.00–120.00	1,232	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,150	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	96.03/cwt	40.00–105.00	1,095	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	134.44/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,779	8
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,258	119.03/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,497	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,290	152.42/cwt	132.00–172.00	1,966	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	116.94/cwt	113.00–119.00	1,461	6
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,547	144.96/cwt	140.00–151.00	2,243	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,324	178.63/cwt	172.00–184.00	2,365	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,459	193.43/cwt	185.00–197.50	2,822	184
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	125.57/cwt	120.00–131.00	1,612	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,521	134.83/cwt	130.00–140.50	2,051	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	124.57/cwt	119.00–129.00	1,850	20
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,755	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	2,053	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,000	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,425	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,101	170.67/cwt	160.00–177.50	1,879	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,265	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,866	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,470	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	2,918	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,271	181.23/cwt	175.00–184.00	2,303	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,375	193.23/cwt	185.00–196.75	2,657	57

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 Oct 22, 2024

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

Receipts 427Last week 229Year ago 224

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,486	147.00–154.00	150.04
2	—	1,613	162.00–167.00	164.77
6	—	1,380	129.00–145.00	135.89
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	860	165.00–170.00	167.73
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,447	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,324	172.00–184.00	178.63
57	—	1,375	185.00–196.75	193.23
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,101	160.00–177.50	170.67
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,563	139.00	139.00
7	—	1,547	140.00–151.00	144.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,081	109.00–120.00	113.99
1	—	935	123.00	123.00
5	—	1,140	40.00–105.00	96.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,323	132.00–140.00	134.44
6	—	1,249	113.00–119.00	116.94
34	—	1,284	120.00–131.00	125.57
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,290	132.00–172.00	152.42
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,521	130.00–140.50	134.83
20	—	1,485	119.00–129.00	124.57
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,258	118.00–120.00	119.03
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,755	117.00	117.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
184	—	1,459	185.00–197.50	193.43
3	—	1,470	198.50	198.50
6	—	1,271	175.00–184.00	181.23
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	147.50	147.50

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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