Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher, Slaughter bulls sold 12.00 higher on a better kind. 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
Bulls	—	Low	1,789	152.23	2,723	22
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,333	162.77	2,169	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,499	131.36	1,969	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,256	130.24	1,636	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,024	111.42	1,141	26
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,890	126.00	2,381	1thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,475	122.59	1,808	2thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,354	110.29	1,494	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	928	196.81	1,826	14
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,350	194.62	2,627	89
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,071	176.58	1,892	11
Steers	Choice	Low	1,453	192.73	2,801	70
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,196	180.35	2,157	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,090	152.50	1,662	1thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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	—	—	1,762	145.32/cwt	125.00–153.00	2,561	13
Bulls	—	—	1,828	162.21/cwt	154.00–165.00	2,965	9
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	923	200.76/cwt	177.50–235.00	1,853	13
Heifers	Select	—	990	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,440	1
Steers	Select	—	1,090	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,662	1
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	915	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,702	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,315	184.61/cwt	182.00–185.50	2,428	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,238	184.71/cwt	180.00–187.00	2,287	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,349	116.17/cwt	112.00–120.00	1,567	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	128.02/cwt	121.00–132.00	1,613	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,549	136.07/cwt	132.00–140.00	2,108	16
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,944	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,087	175.64/cwt	157.50–185.00	1,909	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,256	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,173	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,179	183.06/cwt	178.00–187.00	2,158	9
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,890	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	2,381	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,353	195.61/cwt	188.00–199.50	2,647	81
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	951	95.70/cwt	50.00–105.00	910	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,075	140.49/cwt	140.00–141.00	1,510	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	960	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,603	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	136.91/cwt	133.00–143.00	1,709	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,071	116.31/cwt	112.00–123.00	1,246	15
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,350	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,106	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,290	1
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,475	122.59/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,808	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,384	120.60/cwt	105.00–128.00	1,669	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,390	155.10/cwt	146.00–160.00	2,156	4
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,288	107.86/cwt	105.00–112.00	1,389	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,485	193.91/cwt	188.00–198.00	2,880	61

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 29, 2024

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,762	125.00–153.00	145.32
9	—	1,828	154.00–165.00	162.21
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	923	177.50–235.00	200.76
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	145.50	145.50
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	915	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,315	182.00–185.50	184.61
81	—	1,353	188.00–199.50	195.61
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,087	157.50–185.00	175.64
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	152.50	152.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,238	180.00–187.00	184.71
61	—	1,485	188.00–198.00	193.91
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,179	178.00–187.00	183.06
1	—	1,350	156.00	156.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,349	112.00–120.00	116.17
23	—	1,260	121.00–132.00	128.02
13	—	1,248	133.00–143.00	136.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,549	132.00–140.00	136.07
7	—	1,384	105.00–128.00	120.60
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,256	173.00	173.00
4	—	1,390	146.00–160.00	155.10
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	951	50.00–105.00	95.70
15	—	1,071	112.00–123.00	116.31
1	—	1,040	124.00	124.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,075	140.00–141.00	140.49
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	167.00	167.00
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,620	120.00	120.00
4	—	1,288	105.00–112.00	107.86
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,890	126.00	126.00
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,475	121.00–125.00	122.59

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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