Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mixed with Breakers and Boners 2.00 lower, and Leans 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 lower. 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
Bullocks	—	High	1,570	180.00	2,826	1thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,753	142.44	2,497	26
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,383	147.50	2,040	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,561	127.09	1,984	49
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,363	114.51	1,561	66
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,096	94.00	1,030	58
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,538	164.44	2,529	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	970	198.54	1,926	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,360	193.28	2,628	48
Heifers	Select and Choice	Low	1,141	175.20	1,999	18
Steers	Choice	Average	1,519	192.90	2,931	152
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,249	182.01	2,273	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,150	155.00	1,783	1thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,581	152.18	2,406	6thin

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
Bulls	—	—	1,860	155.32/cwt	150.00–159.00	2,889	11
Bulls	—	—	1,723	130.88/cwt	90.00–147.50	2,255	14
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	990	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,609	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,477	127.96/cwt	125.00–132.00	1,890	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,285	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,645	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	103.46/cwt	95.00–110.00	1,154	31
Steers	Choice	—	1,531	193.77/cwt	187.00–198.00	2,967	143
Steers	Standard	—	1,428	150.77/cwt	145.00–152.50	2,153	4
Bullocks	—	—	1,570	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,826	1
Steers	Standard	—	1,800	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,970	1
Steers	Standard	—	1,975	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,864	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,331	179.14/cwt	130.00–186.00	2,384	9
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,249	182.01/cwt	157.50–187.00	2,273	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,800	138.60/cwt	137.00–140.00	2,495	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,538	164.44/cwt	160.00–168.00	2,529	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,372	194.66/cwt	188.00–198.50	2,671	43
Heifers	Choice	—	1,253	181.43/cwt	174.00–185.00	2,273	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,145	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,632	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,141	177.12/cwt	152.50–184.50	2,021	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,543	118.84/cwt	107.50–124.50	1,834	11
Steers	Select	—	1,150	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,783	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,347	117.39/cwt	113.00–124.00	1,581	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	76.01/cwt	55.00–92.50	775	22
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,570	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,853	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,310	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,253	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,394	105.20/cwt	82.50–112.50	1,466	21
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	970	198.54/cwt	170.00–206.00	1,926	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,185	134.33/cwt	121.00–148.00	1,592	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,270	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,937	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,310	114.48/cwt	112.50–119.00	1,500	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,561	129.00/cwt	125.00–135.00	2,014	35

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 Dec 10, 2024

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

Receipts 451Last week 440Year ago 487

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,860	150.00–159.00	155.32
14	—	1,723	90.00–147.50	130.88
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	162.50	162.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,477	125.00–132.00	127.96
40	—	1,347	113.00–124.00	117.39
21	—	1,394	82.50–112.50	105.20
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	128.00	128.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,115	95.00–110.00	103.46
22	—	1,020	55.00–92.50	76.01
5	—	1,310	112.50–119.00	114.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,800	137.00–140.00	138.60
11	—	1,543	107.50–124.50	118.84
35	—	1,561	125.00–135.00	129.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	118.00	118.00
1	—	1,310	172.00	172.00
1	—	1,270	152.50	152.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,185	121.00–148.00	134.33
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
143	—	1,531	187.00–198.00	193.77
9	—	1,331	130.00–186.00	179.14
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,428	145.00–152.50	150.77
1	—	1,800	165.00	165.00
1	—	1,975	145.00	145.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,249	157.50–187.00	182.01
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	155.00	155.00
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	180.00	180.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,538	160.00–168.00	164.44
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,372	188.00–198.50	194.66
5	—	1,253	174.00–185.00	181.43
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	142.50	142.50
17	—	1,141	152.50–184.50	177.12
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	970	170.00–206.00	198.54

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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